Southwest Life

Indian couple who died in Yosemite took risks for photos

On Sept. 27, 2018 file photo, an unidentified couple gets married at Taft Point in California’s Yosemite National Park. The…

October 31, 2018

Health

Trippy depression treatment? Hopes and hype for ketamine

Now the chameleon drug ketamine is finding new life as an unapproved treatment for depression and suicidal behavior. Clinics have…

October 31, 2018

Health

Guns send over 8,000 U.S. kids to ER each year, analysis says

Handguns are displayed on a vendor’s table at an annual gun show in Albany, N.Y. In a study looking at…

October 29, 2018

Travel

Indonesian airline whose plane crashed a low-cost high flyer

The privately owned carrier was founded in 1999 to provide access to air travel to everyone. It offers dozens of…

October 29, 2018

Travel

Careful planning can add up to a debt-free vacation

Tourists climb a temple at the archaeological site of Coba in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Whether you’re planning a trip to…

October 28, 2018

Health

Science Says: Sex and gender aren’t the same

The National Center for Transgender Equality, NCTE, and the Human Rights Campaign gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the…

October 28, 2018

Travel

Reno’s motor lodges aren’t home to vacationers anymore

Dozens of downtown motor lodges provided spare but comfortable retreats for motorists who took to the nation’s new highways to…

October 27, 2018

Health

U.S. approves first new type of flu drug in 2 decades

U.S. health regulators have approved the first new type of flu drug in two decades. Xofluza is a pill for…

October 27, 2018

Health

Desperate and duped? GoFundMe means big bucks for dubious care

Courtesy of Michelle Drapeau via AP<br><br>In this image from video posted on YouTube on Aug 11, 2018, Michelle Drapeau, a…

October 25, 2018

Health

U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Azar…

October 23, 2018

Travel

Train lovers forge lifelong friendships through rail travel

Jishnu Mukdrji and Penny Jacobs wait to board an Amtrak train in Orlando, Fla. Murkdrji and Jacobs became friends from…

October 23, 2018

Health

Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancers

This undated fluorescence-colored microscope image made available by the National Institutes of Health in September 2016 shows a culture of…

October 22, 2018

Travel

U.S. lacks Latino historical sites and landmarks, scholars say

Across the U.S, many sites historically connected to key moments in Latino civil rights lie forgotten, decaying or endanger of…

October 21, 2018

Travel

Have 19 hours? World’s longest commercial flight takes off

Ingmar De Kegel of Belgium waits at the check-in counter of Singapore Airlines flight SQ22 from Singapore to the New…

October 21, 2018

Health

Southwest Retina opens research center to conduct clinical trials

Patients from across Four Corners will test new medications, devices

October 20, 2018

Travel

Charcoal makers in Spain keep embers of an old trade burning

Lander is among the handful of remaining professional “charcoal cookers,” the name given by locals to the backbreaking and painstaking…

October 20, 2018

Community

Free earring workshop to be held at FLC

Participants are asked to bring an earring to donate to an exhibit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Each earring…

October 19, 2018

Community

Victorian architecture lecture to be held Wednesday

This event is free and open to the public. The Newman Building, built in 1892 at corner of Eighth Street…

October 19, 2018

Community

Garden party to be held for the Thurstans

Thurston and her husband were well-known supporters of a variety of endeavors in La Plata County. There will be food…

October 19, 2018

Community

Mancos library Halloween party to be held Oct. 31

There will be crafts, face painting, mystery boxes and homemade chili. For more information, visit www.mancoslibrary.org/.

October 19, 2018

Community

FRANK N Stein Fundraiser to be held in Bayfield

There will be live music, games, costume contests, prizes, food and drinks, a sky-high pumpkin drop, a silent auction, barrel…

October 19, 2018

Health

New Durango sports medicine practice opens

Dr. Timothy Durkin, DO, is an experienced board-certified physician in both sports and emergency medicine. Durkin has strong ties to…

October 19, 2018

Community

Bridge scores

Oct. 11: Non-Life Master First: J. Mercer/J. Walter Second: J. Goldstein/S. Zerbe Second: J. Mullins/M. Zempel Oct. 12: Open Pairs…

October 19, 2018

Community

September births

Cassandra and Jeremiah Montoya, Ignacio, Santo Breeze, 6 lbs., 5 oz., 7:29 p.m. Sept. 10. Lillian Hinman and Staton Jeter,…

October 19, 2018