Southwest Life

Mercy Regional Medical Center announces January births

Nicole and Zachary Belnap, Bayfield, Maxwell Bruce, 7 pounds 5 ounces, 9:44 p.m. Jan. 1. Kara and Steven Bradford, Bayfield,…

San Juan Basin Public Health to host high tea

Women are invited to celebrate their health in honor of International Women’s Day. Meet women’s health providers, community organizations and…

Heart Safe La Plata offers SPR and first aid classes

3-6 p.m. Wednesday: Basic first aid.6-10 p.m. Wednesday: Adult/child/infant CPR. 6-10 p.m. March 11: Adult/child/infant CPR for health care professionals.All…

Powerhouse to host Seven Rivers Farmers Market

The bimonthly indoor market features farmers and vendors from the area selling poultry, meat, cheese, eggs, jams and jellies, pickles,…

eMediHealth ranks Mercy Regional Medical Center highly among rural hospitals

Mercy was one of 35 hospitals in the nation and one of only three Colorado hospitals to be named on…

New U.S. coronavirus case may be 1st from unknown origin

President Donald Trump with Vice President Mike Pence, left, and members of the president’s coronavirus task force speaks during a…

Virus fears keep guests trapped in sunny ‘luxurious prison’ in Canary Islands

Holidaymakers in Tenerife, one of the most popular year-round destinations in the Canary Islands, will only be able to have…

La Plata Council on Aging grateful to Ohana Physical Therapy

Knights of Columbus grateful to donors

Dreams of Tibet, Re-Love, Dulce, Mild to Wild Rafting, Beads and Beyond, Sticks and Stones, The Boarding Haus, Gardenswartz, Out…

Foundation announces grant totals

$1,270,191 was donated from Community Foundation Fund Holders to nonprofits.$457,330 was donated from Friends of the Foundation to Community Foundation…

Local students graduate from Fort Lewis College

These local students graduated: Durango: Victoria Acosta, Spencer Ashton, Korbin Barkey, Mykayla Bates, Tamara Benally, Nicholas Brandau, Dylan Carrasco-Songer, Grace…

80 is not the new 70: Age may bias heart care, study finds

A surgeon and assistants perform open heart bypass surgery on a patient at a hospital in Mesa, Ariz.Associated Press file…

Airline, cruise stocks pummeled on fear of spreading virus

A man wearing a face mask passes by empty ticket counters at the Daegu Airport in Daegu, South Korea, Monday,…

Photo: Hanson’s Elk Horn Club ca. 1880

A popular place for early Animas City residents to spend their free time was the Elk Horn Club. This business…

Traveling back in time to Tombstone, Arizona

Visitors come for the famous shootout, but there’s much more to see

SpaceX aims to launch up to 4 tourists into super high orbit

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft undergoing acoustic testing in Florida. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, SpaceX announced it is working with…

In rough U.S. flu season for kids, vaccine working OK so far

A patient receiving a flu vaccination in Mesquite, Texas. On Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…

U.S. medical schools boost LGBTQ students, doctor training

Harvard Medical School student Aliya Feroe, of Minneapolis, Minn., poses for a photograph on the school’s campus, in Boston. Feroe…

Knights of Columbus, Sacred Heart Parish to host Lenten fish fries

Baked and fried fish, French fries, coleslaw and drinks will be served. Soft serve ice cream will also be available.…

Powerhouse to host showing of “Gather at the River”

There will be free local beer and whiskey tastings while learning about community approaches to tackling statewide water issues. A…

City of Durango spring/summer enrichment activity guide now available

Registration for spring and summer programs will begin Tuesday at www. Durangogov.org/register4rec or in person at the Recreation Center, Chapman…

La Plata Family Center seeks help with study

Families with children are invited to join the study. Participants will answer questions about themselves and their family at La…

Music in the Mountains seeks board members

Music in the Mountains board members are charged with working collaboratively to direct and support a well-established organization. Board members…

Petition delivery and rally for Rosa to take place Thursday

Join the rally of support and deliver Rosa’s Private Bill petition to Rep. Scott Tipton at his Durango office, 835…