Photo: Durango Firehouse scene – 1905
DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: And the West is History
La Plata County residents turn to gardening amid pandemic
Food security concerns drive desire for homegrown produce
DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
San Juan National Forest seeks proposals for Junction Creek thinning contract opportunity
The San Juan National Forest is requesting proposals for a 70-acre thinning project on the Columbine Ranger District.
The project is in the Junction Creek area near the vicinity ...
DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Masks and social distancing work, new analysis finds
Masks and social distancing can help control the coronavirus but hand washing and other measures are still needed, a new analysis finds.
Researchers concluded single-layer cloth m...
DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control
NEW YORK – Protests erupting across the nation over the past week – and law enforcement’s response to them – are threatening to upend efforts by health officials to track and contain the spr...
DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
National parks hope visitors comply with virus measures
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A man pets a wild bison on the head. Rescuers pull a treasure-seeker from a snowy canyon. A woman taking photos stumbles into scalding water.
Visitors to Yellowst...
DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
What happens to your loyalty program after the pandemic?
Sheree Davis was one of hundreds of thousands of air travelers eager to know how loyalty programs would treat them after the pandemic.
So she was excited when American Airlines r...
DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Rare cutthroat trout, saved in 416 Fire, set to be released back into the wild
Crews mounted rescue mission during wildfire in June 2018
DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Online class teaches how to stretch budget with plant proteins
Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center and the La Plata County Colorado State University Extension Office will present the online workshop “Stretch Your Budget with Plant Proteins” fro...
DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Environmentalists lose bid to halt uranium mine in Arizona
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A federal judge has ruled against environmental groups and a tribe in their bid to keep a uranium mine south of the Grand Canyon from operating.
The Canyon Mine...
DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
San Juan Mountains Association receives matching grant from The Payroll Department
The Payroll Department recently awarded San Juan Mountains Association a $7,000 matching grant to support SJMA’s merger with Durango Nature Studies and the launch of a re-envisioned outdoor ...
DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Project Echo to host online series about implementing telehealth program sessions
Project Echo will host seven weekly virtual sessions about implementing a successful telehealth program from noon to 1 p.m. from June 1 to July 13.
The sessions are geared toward...
DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
