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Skiers push for Purgatory Resort to allow uphill travel

Emerging sport embraced by areas across the state

DATE: Feb 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Library Advisory Board thanks Rachel Turiel, Salye Stein

The Library Advisory Board of the Durango Public Library thanks Rachel Turiel and Salye Stein for their service on the board. Turiel served two terms, a total of six years, and w...

DATE: Feb 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Community members grateful to vaccine volunteers

My husband and I were fortunate enough to receive our first COVID-19 vaccine at the La Plata County Fairgrounds on Jan. 30. Oh my! What an amazing event that was organized for all of us. Fro...

DATE: Feb 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Colorado Native Plant Society to host a virtual talk

Colorado Native Plant Society, Southwest Chapter, will host a virtual talk, “Beyond Honey Bees: Why Care About Butterflies and Beetles?” by Tina Sebestyen with Four Corners Beekeepers Associ...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Wander Women group gives up normal life to hike, bike, kayak

Middle-age trio from Colorado Springs seek adventure

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Court rules against Apaches in bid to halt proposed mine

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A federal judge has rejected a request from a group of Apaches to keep the U.S. Forest Service from transferring a parcel of land to a copper mining company. Ap...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

UN authorizes AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine for emergency use

TORONTO – The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the U.N. agency’s partners to ship millions of d...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health

CDC study finds two masks are better than one vs. COVID-19

NEW YORK – U.S. government researchers found that two masks are better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone double up. ...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health

Viral Vegas: Deaths jump, tourism slumps amid long pandemic

LAS VEGAS – Six weeks ago, thousands of New Year’s revelers gathered beneath the neon-lit marquees on the Las Vegas Strip – even though the big annual fireworks show was called off due to th...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Italy won’t open its ski slopes because of virus fears

ROME – The Italian government on Sunday abruptly delayed opening Italy’s beloved ski season because a coronavirus variant was detected in a good portion of recently infected persons in the c...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Around the globe, virus cancels spring travel for millions

FRANKFURT, Germany – They are the annual journeys of late winter and early spring: Factory workers in China heading home for the Lunar New Year; American college students going on road trips...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel