Southwest Life - The Durango Herald

Powerhouse reopens Monday with Camp Discovery

Powerhouse Science center will reopen with Camp Discovery beginning Monday. Class will be held with smaller-sized camp groups engaged in STEM activities. Camps are for youths ages...

DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

La Plata County Humane Society receives grant

La Plata County Humane Society has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its lifesaving efforts during the COVID-19 crisis. The Petco Foundation investm...

DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

Durango Nature Center to host clean up

San Juan Mountains Association will welcome Durango Nature Center to its organization with some restoration and spring cleanup June 11 to June 25. Volunteers are invited to get o...

DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

Colorado Lottery recognizes the Durango Softball Complex and Tennis Courts redevelopment

Colorado Lottery Starburst Awards has recognized the Durango Softball Complex and Tennis Courts redevelopment with a Starburst Award. Colorado Lottery proceeds recently passed $3.5 billion. ...

DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

Photo: Durango Firehouse scene â€“ 1905

DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

La Plata County residents turn to gardening amid pandemic

Food security concerns drive desire for homegrown produce

DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

San Juan National Forest seeks proposals for Junction Creek thinning contract opportunity

The San Juan National Forest is requesting proposals for a 70-acre thinning project on the Columbine Ranger District. The project is in the Junction Creek area near the vicinity ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Masks and social distancing work, new analysis finds

Masks and social distancing can help control the coronavirus but hand washing and other measures are still needed, a new analysis finds. Researchers concluded single-layer cloth m...

DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control

NEW YORK – Protests erupting across the nation over the past week – and law enforcement’s response to them – are threatening to upend efforts by health officials to track and contain the spr...

DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

National parks hope visitors comply with virus measures

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A man pets a wild bison on the head. Rescuers pull a treasure-seeker from a snowy canyon. A woman taking photos stumbles into scalding water. Visitors to Yellowst...

DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

What happens to your loyalty program after the pandemic?

Sheree Davis was one of hundreds of thousands of air travelers eager to know how loyalty programs would treat them after the pandemic. So she was excited when American Airlines r...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel