Southwest Life

Health education center offers training to administer medications

QMAP training allows staff working in health care facilities to administer medications. The course will include a self-paced online preparatory…

May 8, 2020

Community

Thank you to Bill Bell

I just want to thank Bill Bell for going out of his way to help out so much. Thanks, Bob…

May 8, 2020

Community

Resident grateful to crew of Bread

The group at Bread have continued to bake their bread and goodies all the way through and while doing what…

May 8, 2020

Community

Heart Safe La Plata to host virtual CPR classes

People who are currently certified in CPR may take the online course on their own schedule and pace. Those who…

May 8, 2020

Health

Mercy Regional Medical Center receives A for patient safety

The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care committed to…

May 6, 2020

Health

COVID-19 vaccine hunt heats up globally, still no guarantee

A volunteer is injected with either an experimental COVID-19 vaccine or a comparison shot as part of the first human…

May 5, 2020

Travel

Q&A: Why some planes are crowded even with air travel down

Passengers get off an American Airlines flight after they landed at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. Social media…

May 5, 2020

And the West is History

Photo: Ready for the Parade, ca. 1920s

A picture taken today in the same location, would show Buckley Park on the left as you look south down…

May 4, 2020

Travel

Locked down in Nice: Stranded in France’s second most popular tourist destination

Two visitors defy social-distancing protocols amid the coronavirus lockdown to enjoy a Mediterranean sunset in Nice, France.Christopher Elliott/Washington Post The…

May 2, 2020

Health

U.S. allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery

Rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United…

May 2, 2020

Health

Health official says U.S. missed some chances to slow virus

Limited testing and delayed travel alerts for areas outside China contributed to the jump in U.S. cases starting in late…

May 2, 2020

Health

Airway experts’ work puts them inches from where virus lives

Hundreds of times every week during this pandemic, doctors and nurses treating critically ill COVID-19 patients steel themselves for a…

May 2, 2020

Travel

Airline nosedive: American, United post huge pandemic losses

Ethan Cale walks from the American Airlines ticket counter Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Salt Lake City. American Airlines reports…

May 2, 2020

Community

Thank you to The Million Dollar Highway Saloon

Thank you, Mercy Laboratory

May 1, 2020

Health

Household cleaning chemicals, why more is not better

Adobe StockA basket of household cleaners.du1-i-syn Implemented properly, this practice can help reduce the spread of some viruses and food-borne…

April 29, 2020

Community

Colorado Farm Bureau teams up with local food bank

La Plata County Farm Bureau President Charly Minkler coordinated the food delivery effort with Smith. Volunteers distributed the food immediately,…

April 29, 2020

Community

Animas Museum offers online exhibits

The exhibits will feature the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Zaidee Perkins’ wedding dress and handmade quilts housed in the museum’s…

April 29, 2020

Community

Jakes Farm offering limited number of Harvest Partner memberships

The farm specializes in produce, jams, pickles and poultry, eggs, live chicks, processed meats and greens. For more information, visit…

April 28, 2020

Community

Comfort Keepers to offer care packages for seniors

Packages will include a package of sanitizing wipes, a deck of cards or small game, handwritten letters from caregivers, snacks…

April 28, 2020

Travel

As fewer people fly, rate of guns found in bags by TSA jumps

A lone person works at the Delta airlines check-in desk April 21 at McCarran International airport in Las Vegas. The…

April 27, 2020

Health

CDC confirms 6 new coronavirus symptoms showing up in patients repeatedly

At the Peak Vista Community Health Center in Colorado Springs, medical assistant Jessica Martin tests a patient for COVID-19 at…

April 27, 2020

And the West is History

Photo: 1920s Durango jazz dance band

This photo from 1920 shows the early Durango jazz band “The Syncopated Five” performing at the Red Men Hall in…

April 27, 2020

Travel

Amid the pandemic, an adventure addict finds solace in imagination

I’m not talking about virtual travel videos or Oculus Rift or recreational drugs, each of which I’m sure has its…

April 25, 2020

Travel

Think things are bad for airlines? It’s about to get worse

Associated Press file<br><br>About 2.3 million people passed through security checkpoints on March 1, unchanged from the same day last year.…

April 25, 2020