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La Plata County has encouraged public participation in its effort to update district plans, but some residents are going out of bounds, representing themselves as county employees and creating...
DATE: Feb. 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
La Plata County Planning Director Jason Meininger, who was leading the county’s contentious land-use code revision, has announced he will resign. When contacted Monday afternoon, Meininger said he...
DATE: Feb. 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
La Plata County is aiming to have all of its district plans updated by September, planning director Jason Meininger said Wednesday. District plans are a guiding document that allows smaller...
DATE: Jan. 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Montezuma County Planning Department is considering how to address golden and bald eagles nesting on private land. Although the bald eagle was removed from the Endangered Species Act list in...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Rural residents and members of the agricultural community in La Plata County who came out in full force Tuesday spoke out against the prospect of county-wide zoning, which they say would take away...
DATE: Dec. 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
A road to popular ruins on two local national monuments has been closed while officials seek an alternative access point that avoids private property. It was discovered in July that Bureau of Land...
DATE: Nov. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
A trash removal business that started hauling and dumping construction waste without a permit or state approval has been ordered to cease all operations on a property southeast of Durango. Megan...
DATE: Nov. 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Motorcycle and land access groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the San Juan National Forest over new trail recreation rules that reduce motorized trail use. San Juan Trail Riders, based in...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Battling La Plata County’s continuing budget woes and overhauling the county’s much-outdated land-use code are going to be the main issues facing whoever wins the one commissioner seat up for grabs...
DATE: Oct. 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Bureau of Land Management has approved a plan to improve parking and access to the South Sand Canyon Trail system in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. But a timeline on construction is...
DATE: Sept. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Residents of the Cedar Mesa Ranches subdivision are seeking help from the Montezuma County Board of Commissioners to curb speeding in their neighborhood. The subdivision north of Mesa Verde...
DATE: Sept. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Bait trapping is the favored procedure if wild horses need to be removed from the Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, according to a decision released Friday by the Tres Rios Bureau of Land...
DATE: Sept. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
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