Southwest Life

Gustavus Adolphus College names Benjamin Mickel to fall semester dean’s list

The list includes students who have earned a 3.7 grade point average or higher for the semester ending in December…

Photo: Standard Smelter 1894

Not to be confused with the better-known, longer-operated Durango Smelter, the Standard Smelter was built in 1892 about a half-mile…

Patients push limits for clues to chronic fatigue syndrome

Zach Ault of Paducah, Ky., is connected to medical monitors during an exercise test at the National Institutes of Health’s…

Senior Center to host performance

Life-long Learning series to begin

Fort Lewis College offers variety of programs on Thursdays

TOPS to meet at senior center

The topic of the meeting will be the Mediterranean diet. Nicole Clark, RD, from La Plata County Extension, will lead…

Axis Health System to host dance and learn event

This event is free and open to anyone older than 65. Axis representative Karla Sluis will offer information about the…

Professor Don May to speak to the Rotary Club of Durango

All three of Durangos’ Rotary clubs are supporting this project. In 2005, May started VAP at FLC, which originally was…

Marvel Grange to host annual chili cook-off and dessert auction

To enter the chili cook-off, participants must bring 1 gallon of ready-to-serve chili and a $10 entry fee. Depending on…

San Juan Basin Public Health to provide radon workshops and test kits

About half of Colorado homes have radon gas levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s action level. In Colorado, radon…

Electric scooter injuries surge along with their popularity

A man on a scooter passes a parked scooter along the Mission Beach boardwalk in San Diego. Electric scooter injuries…

Durango AARP Chapter 1243 to meet

Bernice Madril, ADRC specialist, will speak about the changes to Medicare for the new year 2020. AARP members and members…

Cancer group finds biggest one-year drop in U.S. death rate

This 1964 photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a lung tissue specimen from a…

In a 24/7 food culture, periodic fasting gains followers

Melissa Breaux Bankston, a CrossFit athletic trainer at CrossFit Algiers in New Orleans, works out at the gym Monday, Dec.…

Grand Teton park to begin killing invasive mountain goats

A large swath of the high Tetons, including the north and west slopes of the iconic Cathedral Group, will be…

Four Corners Health Care Center grateful for community

Our residents at Four Corners Health Care Center would also like to say thank you to Ignacio Senior Center for…

Women’s March to be held Jan. 18

This year’s theme will be #WomenRising2020 and will celebrate the 100th anniversary of womens’ right to vote. Five speakers will…

Snowdown Prize Patrol seeks donations

Since its inception in 1973, one of Snowdown’s motivating principles is to encourage participation. One of the ways Snowdown pursues…

San Juan Basin Public Health reminds public of open enrollment deadline

Individuals and families can still get insurance through Connect for Health Colorado, as well as financial help to pay for…

Photo: Downtown Bayfield 1910

This photo was taken in front of a Bayfield drugstore and barbershop nearly 110 years ago. The structure housing the…

6 men become first to cross perilous Drake Passage unassisted

Icelandic ocean rower Fiann Paul blowing a horn in a scene from “The Impossible Row,” documenting endurance athlete Colin O’Brady…

Mercy Regional Medical Center announces November births

Beyleigh and Brendon Farley, Hesperus, Blakely Kiala, 5 pounds 5 ounces, 3:46 p.m. Nov. 6. Kayla Florez and Deven Jacquez,…

Kiwanis Club to meet Thursday

Charlie Landsman, La Plata County coordinator, Wildfire Adapted Partnership, will discuss the importance of fire mitigation and local programs available…

Heart Safe La Plata offers CPR 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. Jan, 15: Adult/child/infant CPR and CPR for health care…