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Women’s Resource Center seeks grilling teams, sponsors

The Women’s Resource Center will host the annual Men Who Grill event June 15 and is currently seeking grilling teams and sponsors. Registration to compete in the event is free. T...

DATE: Apr 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community

McPhee Overlook Trail to open part of trail

The McPhee Overlook Trail, located in the Dolores Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest, will open from the trailhead near Dolores to May Canyon on Monday. Only the first section, ...

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Bridge Scores

DURANGO BRIDGE CLUB SCORES (ALL PAIRS SCORED 50+ PERCENT) April 4 Non-Life Master First: S. McInturff/J. Walter Second: N. Burpee/J. Fusco ...

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community

Delta tops long-running ranking of U.S. airlines

Delta Air Lines comes in first in a long-running study that ranks U.S. airlines by how often flights arrive on time and other statistical measures. Researchers who crunch the numb...

DATE: Apr 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Durango Nature Studies to host cleanup day April 13

Durango Nature Studies will host a cleanup day from 9 a.m. to noon April 13 at the Nature Center, south of Durango. Winter took a toll on the Nature Center, and cleaning up is ne...

DATE: Apr 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community

Sorrow revisited: Re-creating Katrina’s muck in New Orleans

Exhibit depicts how flooding ravaged homes

DATE: Apr 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Arizona wildlife agency collects animals killed by cars, poachers for tribes

A resource for cultural practices

DATE: Apr 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Study challenges health benefits of moderate drinking

LONDON – It might just be enough to kill your buzz: A new study challenges the idea that a drink or two a day could actually be good for you. In a study conducted in China, the re...

DATE: Apr 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

First verse: Searching for America’s first published poet

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Anne Bradstreet was the North American continent’s first published poet, yet her legacy has largely been lost to time. Now, professors and students at Merri...

DATE: Apr 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Archaeological society meeting to feature photographer

The next meeting of the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. Garry and Ming Adams wil...

DATE: Apr 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community

U.S. health officials alarmed by paralyzing illness in kids

NEW YORK – One morning last fall, 4-year-old Joey Wilcox woke up with the left side of his face drooping. It was the first sign of an unfolding nightmare. Three days la...

DATE: Apr 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

High March temperatures shortened Alaska’s winter weather

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Unusually high March temperatures lopped weeks off Alaska’s long winter and reflect a warming climate trend, state climate experts say. March is normally relia...

DATE: Apr 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.