Social conditions

Regional News

New report claims to have a more comprehensive look at scale of homelessness in Colorado

A tent encampment in place across from the Governor’s Mansion in Denver, Colo. on Aug. 1, 2023. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR…

May 1, 2025

Local News

Mercy Hospital celebrates Four Corners recipients of health equity grants

organizations in the region were among 48 region-wide to receive awards

October 25, 2023

Local News

Sen. Michael Bennet briefed on ARPA funds in Durango

Lawmaker stopped at the La Plata County Administration building Friday

September 15, 2023

Local News

Durango forms partnerships for Spanish- and English-speaking food business courses

Program focuses on basic food safety and best practices

May 12, 2023

Local News

End of emergency funds hits SNAP recipients and food providers in La Plata County

Benefits were cut an average of $90 per month in March

April 12, 2023

Local News

Students celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day despite inclement weather

Planned march at Fort Lewis College is tentatively rescheduled for next week

January 16, 2023

Local News

Durango’s storied history with homelessness: Can we become a ‘model community’?

Imminent closing of Purple Cliffs renews a complex history of unhoused camping, community action

July 16, 2022

Local News

La Plata County looks to partner with other counties for human services

challenges have led to a backlog in processing of public benefits

July 12, 2022

Local News

La Plata County doubles-down on plan to close Purple Cliffs this year

failed efforts to establish a managed camp, officials say dispersed camping can no longer continue

June 17, 2022

Local News

La Plata County commissioners terminate managed camp contract

Limitations identified during due diligence process led to concerns about size of site

June 14, 2022

Local News

Commissioners to vote on exiting managed camp contract

concerns, La Plata County advised not to buy property along Highway 160

June 11, 2022

Local News

Residents of Purple Cliffs want a say in move to managed camp

in unhoused community feel burned by the county, city and local advocacy groups

June 8, 2022

Local News

Manna opens resource and navigation center in Durango

Facility will support nonprofit’s expansion of services and its new model of empowerment

March 25, 2022

Local News

Why can’t Durango’s unhoused manage themselves?

Purple Cliffs residents say they already have a managed camp; La Plata County and advocacy groups disagree

February 23, 2022

Local News

List of locations for a managed homeless camp in Durango grows

Plata County and city of Durango vetting 18 additional sites after protest from residents

January 31, 2022

Local News

Steep rent increase forces some to pack it up in north Durango

Residents at Edelweiss Condominiums face 50% price hike

July 2, 2021

Local News

Residents buy Durango mobile home park from corporate owners

View homeowners take ‘control over housing destiny’

April 14, 2021

Nation & World

As children die reaching for Europe’s shores, empathy fades

It’s partly about timing, circumstance and the exceptional power of last September’s photos of Aylan Kurdi. But it’s also because…

February 1, 2016

Nation & World

Americans with Disabilities Act changes millions of lives

After months of medical care, he had to find a new college to attend – the one at which he…

July 26, 2015