Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum prevailed in La Plata County Republican caucuses Tuesday night.Participants favored him by 36 percent, with a total of 315 votes. Mitt Romney came in second with 28 percent, or 245 votes.Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich both tied with 18 percent each, 159 votes to Paul and 162 votes to Gingrich.

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum prevailed in La Plata County Republican caucuses Tuesday night.Participants favored him by 36 percent, with a total of 315 votes. Mitt Romney came in second with 28 percent, or 245 votes.Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich both tied with 18 percent each, 159 votes to Paul and 162 votes to Gingrich.

Fair board accepting fair theme ideasThe La Plata County Fair Board is accepting theme ideas for the 2012 La Plata County Fair. Themes should reflect the family and community nature of the fair, and the theme or slogan should be 10 words or less.

As government entities around the nation and globe struggle to keep their credit ratings from crashing, La Plata County recently saw its credit rating improve.Standard Poors Ratings Services announced this month that it raised the countys rating from an A to an A.

Green City (17-3) lost to Canton (14-5) in the finals of the La Plata Tournament Saturday that saw the lead change hands three times in the last two minutes.

The La Plata eighth-grade basketball team won the district championship this past weekend. The Broncos beat Truth or Consequences to get into the title game, and then downed Hatch, 46-29, to claim the title. The Broncos finished the year at 14-2.

The Class 1, No. 7 ranked La Plata (12-2) boys basketball team used their early momentum to hold off Novinger (12-4) Tuesday night in La Plata.

The deputy died Wednesday while snowmobiling.

La Plata's girls basketall team beat Novinger 69-49 Tuesday night in La Plata.

The La Plata County Republican Party chairwoman says she expects a strong turnout at the party's caucuses.