Southwest Life

Durango/La Plata Senior Center offers Medicare counseling

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 382-6367.

December 21, 2018

Free workshops to help people with chronic health conditions

The Ignacio workshop will be held at the Ignacio Senior Center, 15345 Colorado Highway 172, and the Durango workshop will…

December 20, 2018

Health

Device opens airways for a good night’s rest

Specialist at Mercy offers new treatment for sleep apnea

December 20, 2018

Travel

El Chapo trial becomes New York’s latest tourist attraction

Australian tourists Wayne Burg and his daughter, Lydia, stand in front of Brooklyn’s federal courthouse in New York where they…

December 19, 2018

Health

U.S. urges doctors to write more prescriptions for overdose antidote

A Narcan nasal device which delivers naloxone lies on a counter as a health educator gives instructions on how to…

December 19, 2018

Health

Child abuse climbs after Friday report cards, study says

Child abuse increases the day after school report cards are released – but only when kids get their grades on…

December 17, 2018

Travel

Customs officers search more travelers’ devices

A new watchdog report has found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are searching the electronic devices of travelers…

December 16, 2018

Health

More sleep in Seattle: Later school start helps kids get more rest

Senior Hazel Ostrowski, center, smiles as she looks up during her first period, AP statistics class at Franklin High School…

December 16, 2018

Travel

In the Bahamas, Cat Island offers spectacular diving and solitude for miles

I am 100 feet deep in a Bahamian sea, finning along a reef wall that plunges like a waterfall of…

December 15, 2018

Health

Cuba health mystery: Diplomats had inner-ear damage early on

Dr. Michael Hoffer, of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Dec. 12,…

December 14, 2018

Travel

In a plot twist, Spirit tops U.S. airlines in on-time arrivals

Spirit Airlines tops the latest ratings for on-time flights, a stunning turnaround for a discount carrier that consistently ranked as…

December 14, 2018

Community

Bridge scores

Dec. 6: Non-life master First: A. Davis/K. Hasz Second: L. Hawk/C. Schadt Third: L. Arnold/R. Ayers Dec. 7: open game…

December 14, 2018

Community

Bookcase & Barber hosts Manhattan Mondays

For more information, visit www.bookcaseandbarber.com.

December 14, 2018

Community

Full Moon Howler to be held at Purgatory

The family-friendly event will explore trails on cross country skis or snow shoes. There will be sâ€™mores, refreshments from Ska…

December 14, 2018

Community

Ecstatic Dance and yoga to be held

The event will start with light yoga for all ages and levels followed by DJ CodeStar (Ecstatic Dance) And a…

December 14, 2018

Community

Senior Calendar

2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Monday 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 10:15 a.m. WYS. 10:30 a.m. Belly Dance. 12:30 p.m. Rec. Bridge.…

December 14, 2018

Community

Fort Lewis College Calendar

Saturday Commencement Ceremony, 10 a.m., Whalen Gymnasium. Doors open at 9 a.m. “La Traviata (Verdi),” with The Metropolitan Opera, live…

December 14, 2018

Health

Freedom from Smoking series starts Jan. 8

The eight-week series will be led by a respiratory therapist and will offer individualized support to stop smoking permanently. Classes…

December 13, 2018

Health

Nightingale Luminary award nominations

The Nightingale Luminary Award recognizes outstanding nurses in the Four Corners and is Colorado’s highest nursing honor. Luminaries will be…

December 13, 2018

Travel

Historic 1920s Delta Queen riverboat can cruise again

The Delta Queen riverboat is moored at Coolidge Park in 2013 on in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn. President Donald Trump signed…

December 11, 2018

Health

Shining a light on ‘sundowning’

For some people with dementia, their behavior can switch from normal to highly erratic come nightfall

December 11, 2018

Health

Record count reported for mysterious paralyzing illness

An electron microscope image shows numerous, spheroid-shaped Enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) virions. Doctors have suspected a mysterious paralyzing illness, acute flaccid myelitis,…

December 10, 2018

Travel

Sierra snowpack well above average after California storms

At the same time last year, the Sierra snowpack was 47 percent of average, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.…

December 10, 2018

Health

Free series focuses on aspects of aging

Dr. Frank Jarrell will discuss pain free function with a focus on the aging ankle and foot. The series will…

December 10, 2018