Southwest Life

SASO seeks volunteers

SASO is dedicated to providing advocacy to victims of sexual assault and providing education and prevention programs aimed at increasing…

September 19, 2019

Community

Manna to host connected parenting class

The class is geared toward parents, grandparents and caregivers of children, and will explore empowering youths to recognize and speak…

September 19, 2019

Community

Durango Adult Education Center to offer Microsoft Office Suite class

The course is designed for students who have basic computer skills who want to know about the basic capabilities of…

September 19, 2019

Community

Guinn Unger to present Medicare for All talk

The talk will be a free, nonpartisan presentation and dialogue. Participants will learn about the existing health care payment system…

September 19, 2019

Community

Powerhouse to host Lost Walks performance

Lost Walks band integrates music and dance to tell a story and bring awareness to conservation and the reintroduction of…

September 19, 2019

Community

Know Your Dough to host volunteer training

Light snacks will be provided. Volunteers for elementary classes are especially needed. RSVP by emailing [email protected].

September 19, 2019

Community

Animas Valley Grange to host talk on food as medicine

Husted will discuss how her herbalism has changed around food and how she now works with clients to heal their…

September 19, 2019

Community

Rainbow Youth Center to host fall fundraiser

The community is invited to enjoy cocktails, appetizers and live music. This is a 21 and older event. Tickets are…

September 19, 2019

Community

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering seeks parade entrants

A chuckwagon breakfast will kick off the parade from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Fifth Street and Main Avenue. For…

September 19, 2019

Community

The Club – Dems on the Move to host talk

Chairwoman of the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners Julie Westendorff will give a presentation about county revenue issues,…

September 19, 2019

Community

Manna to host fundraiser

Entry will include appetizers, a live and silent auction, live music by Mark Palmer and Bailey Barnes-Fagg and two drink…

September 19, 2019

Health

Pediatric Associates of Durango to host open house

Dr. Pakhi Chaudhuri and Nurse Practitioner Jessica Rensner would like to honor Dr. William Streusand and Kim Kelley, licensed professional…

September 19, 2019

Travel

Airline customer-service agents report abusive customers

The Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday that more than half the 104 agents it surveyed reported threats or other harmful…

September 18, 2019

Health

Will combo pill catch on in U.S. to prevent heart attacks?

A drugstore employee reaches for medicine from shelf in downtown Tehran, Iran. A cheap, daily pill that combines four drugs…

September 18, 2019

Health

Many U.S. women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teens

A marcher carries a sign with the popular Twitter hashtag #MeToo used by people speaking out against sexual harassment as…

September 17, 2019

Health

CBD vapes spiked with dangerous drugs for sale across U.S.

“It’ll relax you,” the friend assured. The vapor that Jenkins inhaled didn’t relax him. After two puffs, he ended up…

September 16, 2019

Health

No new measles cases reported in fading U.S. outbreak

A woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y. U.S. Health…

September 16, 2019

And the West is History

Photo: The Chief

An iconic Durango eating establishment, the Chief Diner started out as a dining car on the Otto Mears Silverton Northern…

September 15, 2019

Travel

Discover authors’ favorite haunts on London Literary Pub Crawl

Tourists pass the Wheatsheaf pub in London, a spot where novelist George Orwell often visited. The London Literary Pub Crawl…

September 15, 2019

Health

U.S. officials revise vaping illness count to 380 in 36 states

A man exhales while smoking an e-cigarette in Portland, Maine. The U.S. government has refined how it is measuring an…

September 14, 2019

Health

A gene-editing first: Scientists tried CRISPR to fight HIV

This 2011 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control shows HIV virions. On Wednesday, Sept. 11,…

September 13, 2019

Travel

Report says airlines’ carbon emissions are growing fast

Frontier Airlines jetliners sit at gates on the A concourse at Denver International Airport in Denver. A new report says…

September 13, 2019

Community

High Noon Rotary to meet

Dr. Don May will discuss the Fort Lewis College Village Aid Project in Nicaragua. The meeting is public to the…

September 13, 2019

Community

Durango Photography Club to host astro-landscape photography with Matt Payne

Payne will present a thorough introduction to astro-landscape photography. His topics will include equipment considerations, field technique, composition and ethical…

September 13, 2019