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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

Rare cutthroat trout, saved in 416 Fire, set to be released back into the wild

Crews mounted rescue mission during wildfire in June 2018

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Online class teaches how to stretch budget with plant proteins

Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center and the La Plata County Colorado State University Extension Office will present the online workshop “Stretch Your Budget with Plant Proteins” fro...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Environmentalists lose bid to halt uranium mine in Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A federal judge has ruled against environmental groups and a tribe in their bid to keep a uranium mine south of the Grand Canyon from operating. The Canyon Mine...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

San Juan Mountains Association receives matching grant from The Payroll Department

The Payroll Department recently awarded San Juan Mountains Association a $7,000 matching grant to support SJMA’s merger with Durango Nature Studies and the launch of a re-envisioned outdoor ...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Project Echo to host online series about implementing telehealth program sessions

Project Echo will host seven weekly virtual sessions about implementing a successful telehealth program from noon to 1 p.m. from June 1 to July 13. The sessions are geared toward...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Half of Americans would get a COVID-19 vaccine, poll says

Only about half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if the scientists working furiously to create one succeed, a number that’s surprisingly low considering the effort going in...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat

First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body. Darlene Gildersleeve thought ...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Boeing slashes 12,000 jobs as virus seizes travel industry

Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. One o...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

San Juan Mountains Association to offer summer programs

San Juan Mountains Association will offer weeklong, half-day summer programs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning June 8. The programs will feature small group hiking adventures on nearby closest...

DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

How has dating changed during the pandemic?

Digital connections rise, reports of STIs fall

DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. to grant more time to consider New Mexico drilling plan

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Thursday he’ll extend the public comment period on a contested plan that will guide oil and gas drilling and other development in a...

DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life