Tag: La Plata County
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‘Unprecedented’ flooding prompts evacuations in southwest Colorado; Polis issues verbal disaster declaration
LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. — Flooding brought on by heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Priscilla is damaging homes and prompting evacuations in southwest Colorado. A local disaster was declared in unincorporated La Plata County Saturday after hundreds of homes north of Vallecito Lake were evacuated due to flooding. On Sunday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D)…
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Wild flooding damages homes and prompts evacuations in southwest Colorado
A local disaster has been declared in southwest Colorado’s unincorporated La Plata County after extreme flooding took place on Saturday in the North Vallecito area following several inches of rainfall. Both Vallecito Creek and Grimes Creek breached their banks, prompting the evacuation of more than 350 homes. The flooding was described as “unprecedented.” Meanwhile, the…
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Former Colorado county jail commander charged with 117 counts of invasion of privacy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has charged a former La Plata County jail commander with 117 counts of invasion of privacy after he allegedly viewed and replayed 117 female inmates’ strip-search videos. Edward Aber, 62,…
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Appeals court overturns woman’s conviction, finds defect in template jury instructions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a criminal conviction from La Plata County on Thursday, concluding it was the “rare case” in which the template jury instructions incorrectly describe how jurors can find someone guilty of retaliating against a witness. The jury that convicted Erin Amber Trujillo…
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Colorado mountain towns tap tourists to help address housing, child care for workers
Editor’s note: Today, The Gazette begins publishing stories from the Colorado Network, a new cooperative of freelance journalists focused on covering news from all corners of the state, particularly areas that are undercovered now. DURANGO • Durango and La Plata County have come up with an innovative way to address acute shortages in housing and child…
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$88 million in federal funding to improve I-76 and US 160
The U.S. Department of Transportation approved $88 million in funding for repairs and safety improvements to two important Colorado highways, Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday. The projects are for improvements to US 160 in La Plata County between Durango and Bayfield, and reconstruction and bridge replacements on I-76 in Morgan County between Fort Morgan and…
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10-year-old girl dies from plague in La Plata County; state’s first since 2015
A 10-year-old girl in La Plata County died from the plague last week, making her Colorado’s first plague death in six years, according to San Juan Basin Public Health. The department said it was notified of the plague case on Wednesday but waited to confirm the cause of death after an investigation with the Colorado…
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Death of La Plata County resident might be state’s first plague death since 2015
Plague may have killed La Plata County man, possibly making him the first Colorado resident felled by the disease in six years, officials said. San Juan Basin Public Health was notified of the potential plague case on Wednesday, according to a press release. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is now leading an…