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Library accepting nominations for award

The Durango Public Library Advisory Board, at the annual Friends of the Durango Public Library meeting held March 15, announced that nominations are being accepted for the Library Community ...

Amid shortage, health education centers work to recruit rural doctors

Colorado could be short 800 primary care physicians by 2020

Turkey hunter seminar set for April 7

“Turkey Hunting 101,” a class for those interested in hunting turkeys, will be offered from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 7 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. The clas...

San Juan Regional staffs pulmonologists

San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington recently announced that it appointed two board-certified pulmonary medicine specialists, Dr. Ravi Chopra and Dr. William Krause, to treat patie...

Heart Safe La Plata to offer first-aid, CPR classes

Local nonprofit Heart Safe La Plata will offer basic first-aid and CPR trainings in April at Durango Fire and Rescue Station 1, 142 Sheppard Drive: A basic first-aid class will...

Canyons Alliance plans talk on wilderness areas

Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance will present “Wilderness 101: What Citizens Need to Know” at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the Anasazi Heritage Center, 27501 Highway 184, in Dolores. ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Everyone was invited to attend a dance in Durango, which promised people that talented vocalists would “sing the choruses.” It was also said to include moonlight dances, g...

And the West is History

100 years ago: It was the duty of “every citizen in the San Juan Basin and every mine operator shipping to this section” to encourage the addition of a zinc smelter in Durango. ...

Are you storing your pills in the right place? A dose of reality

Just about every household has pills. Where’s the best place to keep them? It’s not the medicine cabinet – or your kitchen counter. About 82 percent of American adults take at lea...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Copper ore from the Allen-Fattor Sliver Lake lease was shipped, bringing the total shipment for the month to 40 carloads. 75 years ago: Fishing was announced...

Leonard Bernstein, social activist, is focus of new exhibit

PHILADELPHIA – In October 1979, Leonard Bernstein received a fan letter from a high school humanities teacher. Helen Morgan wrote to the celebrity composer-conductor-pianist in hopes he coul...

Study finds obesity robs the tongue of taste buds in mice

WASHINGTON – Packing on pounds seems to dull people’s sense of taste, and puzzled researchers turned to mice to figure out why: Obesity, they found, can rob the tongue of taste buds. ...
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