Southwest Life - The Durango Herald

Resident grateful to crew of Bread

As kids, many of us would work hard to get a “star” on our schoolwork (well perhaps that reflects my age, but I believe in some manner we all can understand and relate). I believe that Bread...

DATE: May 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

Heart Safe La Plata to host virtual CPR classes

Heart Safe La Plata, in association with American Safety & Health Institute, is now offering a way to recertify CPR skills using live videoconferencing. People who are currently c...

DATE: May 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

Mercy Regional Medical Center receives A for patient safety

Mercy Regional Medical Center has received an A score in the Leapfrog Groupâ€™s Spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing achievements for protecting pat...

DATE: May 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative seeks applicants for general manager position

Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative is seeking applicants for the general manager position. The general manager directs the operations and growth strategy for the co-op. The position reports d...

DATE: May 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

COVID-19 vaccine hunt heats up globally, still no guarantee

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, spurring hope – maybe unrealist...

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Q&A: Why some planes are crowded even with air travel down

Every once in a while, social media lights up with photos or video from flights that are nearly full, with passengers clearly violating advice from public health officials about social dista...

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Sparked by pandemic, initiative serves two vital needs

Save the Food, Serve the People employs restaurant workers, feeds the hungry

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Photo: Ready for the Parade, ca. 1920s

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

Locked down in Nice: Stranded in France’s second most popular tourist destination

By Christopher Elliott The Washington Post Nice, France, is a city on hold. Its hotels are boarded up, its restaurants are shuttered and its residents are confined to t...

DATE: May 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Dolores Huerta birthplace, former mining site up for sale

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – The picturesque northern New Mexico birthplace of Mexican American civil rights icon Dolores Huerta and the site of one of the worst mining disasters in U.S. history is up...

DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery

WASHINGTON – U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of the first drug that appears to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster, a milestone in the global search for effective ther...

DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Health official says U.S. missed some chances to slow virus

NEW YORK – The U.S. government was slow to understand how much coronavirus was spreading from Europe, which helped drive the acceleration of outbreaks across the nation, a top health officia...

DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health