Public Health

Local News

Durango church offers ambulatory medical equipment for lending

Presbyterian’s program aids injured and sick at no cost

March 17, 2023

Local News

Durango mobile home park owner defends response to water crisis

orders landlord to file weekly updates with the court

March 14, 2023

Local News

La Plata County Board of Health members envision size, scope of new department

Consultant’s findings comparing past, present and future expectations presented this week

March 3, 2023

Local News

At Animas High School, students take on opioid harm reduction

Prompted by the loss of a friend to an overdose, classmates help deliver community resources

February 10, 2023

Local News

COVID-19 cases up in Silverton, San Juan County

Residents urged to get boosted to lessen severity of illness

February 9, 2023

Regional News

What is meth contamination and how do you clean it?

residue was detected in the Boulder Public Library and several other public spaces, prompting all of them to close for…

January 27, 2023

Local News

What will Archuleta County do without San Jan Basin Public Health?

'We cannot fail at this,’ says Commissioner Warren Brown

January 27, 2023

Local News

Seven members named to new La Plata County health board

selected come from a range of backgrounds

January 24, 2023

Local News

Input on public health priorities requested as counties prepare for new departments

Residents asked about importance of public and environmental health concerns

January 16, 2023

Regional News

2nd Colorado library closes due to meth contamination

Testing shows levels higher than state thresholds in Englewood facility

January 16, 2023

Local News

Happy healthy holidays in La Plata County

Children 6 months to 5 years now eligible for omicron boosters, CDC says

December 22, 2022

Local News

Durango-area subdivision couldn’t be more proud of its wastewater discharge

Housing development has a state-of-the-art $8.6 million sewage system out of Austria

December 11, 2022

Local News

Get tested for sexually transmitted infections (free) and receive a $15 gift card from SJBPH

Syphilis cases this year have exceeded three-year average

December 1, 2022

Local News

Planned Parenthood to administer free HIV testing at Fort Lewis College

Students and visitors are encouraged to stop by, even for free contraceptives

November 29, 2022

Local News

La Plata County seeks candidates for newly formed health board

Non-trivial workload includes no financial compensation, but it’s a chance to serve community during critical time

November 25, 2022

Local News

San Juan Basin Public Health announces free well testing for ‘forever chemicals’

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will provide funding to test for PFAS

November 22, 2022

Local News

Holidays could serve up a ‘tripledemic’ of respiratory viruses

Plata County reporting rising number of COVID-19, influenza and RSV cases

November 17, 2022

Regional News

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis tests positive for COVID

Governor is asymptomatic and will work remotely from home

November 17, 2022

Local News

La Plata, Archuleta counties agree to dissolve San Juan Basin Public Health

Pandemic response exposed ‘philosophical differences’ between the counties, prompting them to go separate ways

November 15, 2022

Local News

La Plata County prepares for dissolution of San Juan Basin Public Health

Commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton says a vote could come within a month

October 24, 2022

Local News

Seeping sewage torments Lightner Creek Mobile Home Park

Wastewater lagoon discharges 10,000 gallons per day into namesake creek

October 24, 2022

Local News

Lightner Creek Mobile Home Park under sale contract to local buyer

Purchase has been underway for more than a year, but residents were just recently notified

October 24, 2022

Local News

Junction Creek Mobile Home Park under boil water advisory

Treatment plant turned off after chemical spill

October 5, 2022

Local News

Monkeypox cases remain low in La Plata County

Juan Basin Public Health finds success stopping spread through communication, background monitoring

October 5, 2022