Southwest Life

Supporting environment becomes a new area of focus of Rotary

More than $18 million in Foundation global grant funding has been allocated to environment-related projects over the past five years.…

July 10, 2020

Men Who Grill goes virtual

The event highlights local culinary skills while giving back to the community. Ten grill teams will grill in their own…

July 10, 2020

Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge virus can spread in air

In a letter published this week in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, two scientists from Australia and the U.S. wrote…

July 6, 2020

In Russia and Ukraine, no social distance on crowded beaches

Desperate for a break from the confinement of months-long lockdowns, few wear masks or try to maintain social distance as…

July 6, 2020

And the West is History

Photo: Wildcat Canyon â€“ ca. 1900

The next time you drive Wildcat Canyon (Colorado Highway 141), look for remnants of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad grade…

July 6, 2020

The future of travel, according to guidebook writer Rick Steves

Author, TV show host says virus can put dreams on hold, but it can’t crush them

July 4, 2020

ReStore seeks volunteers

The store needs volunteer support for the register and pick-ups. For more information, call Susie at 382-9931.

Registration opens for fall golf tournament to benefit Music in the Mountains

The tournament will feature 18-hole shotgun scramble, happy hour and a barbecue at Glacier’s Valley Clubhouse and a silent auction.…

Durango Botanical Society thanks High Noon Rotary

This donation will allow DBS to begin construction on the newest garden, the Elevation Grass Garden at the Durango Public…

Thank you to all trades involved in helping a veteran

You, sir, are an inspiration and a hero and it was an honor to create a usable, safe environment for…

Annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show canceled

The club will offer several field trips this summer and fall. For online registration and additional information about these rock-hounding…

Mercy Regional Medical Center announces April births

Annabelle Mick and Ori Rehman, Ignacio, Rhiannon Evelyn Victoria, 8 pounds 11 ounces, 6:14 a.m. April 4. Teresa Burk and…

Animas High School grateful to community partners

Our deepest appreciations go to national event producer John Oakes, who lives locally, and produces local events Four Corners Motorcycle;…

Rotary Club of Durango to host Marsha Porter-Norton

Porter-Norton will discuss the various things she has learned about bringing communities together around tough, contentious issues. She is an…

Alternative Horizons seeks volunteer advocates, offers training

Alternative Horizons supports and empowers survivors of domestic violence. A free, comprehensive training that will be held online Monday through…

Little evidence that protests spread coronavirus in U.S.

Demonstrators gather near the White House in Washington on June 6 to protest the death of George Floyd, a black…

July 1, 2020

EU reopens its borders to 14 nations but not to U.S. tourists

A woman walks her dog April 7 on a Paris bridge, with the Eiffel tower in background, during a nationwide…

June 30, 2020

Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race

A volunteer receives a COVID-19 test vaccine injection June 24 developed at the University of Oxford in Britain, at the…

June 29, 2020

And the West is History

Photo: 1911 Flood aftermath

This picture taken just days after the October flood in 1911 looks north with the Main Avenue bridge seen just…

June 29, 2020

Summer vacationers weigh testing, quarantine or staying home

Cod Cove Inn owners Ted and Jill Hugger show a draft of a compliance form June 10 that inn owners…

June 27, 2020

U.S. officials change virus risk groups, add pregnant women

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its list of which Americans are at…

June 26, 2020

Durango Chamber Of Commerce announces “Coolest Dog in Durango” contest

Participants may upload a photos of their dog to the contest website. Entry is $10 and earns participants 10 free…

June 26, 2020