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Comfort Keepers to offer care packages for seniors

Comfort Keepers franchise in Durango is putting together care packages to distribute to seniors sheltering at home because of the coronavirus outbreak. Packages will include a pac...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

As fewer people fly, rate of guns found in bags by TSA jumps

With far fewer people flying because of travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, airport security screeners are naturally finding fewer guns in carry-on baggage. But t...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

CDC confirms 6 new coronavirus symptoms showing up in patients repeatedly

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added six symptoms of the novel coronavirus to its list, suggesting health experts are learning more about the growing number of ways physician...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Photo: 1920s Durango jazz dance band

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

BLM approves opening 171,000 acres for oil, gas drilling in western Colorado

Locals say plan could pollute water resources for agriculture, wildlife populations

DATE: Apr 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Amid the pandemic, an adventure addict finds solace in imagination

OK, I get it: I’m not going anywhere anytime soon. So as an inveterate adventure traveler facing a months-long adventure deficit, I decided in mid-March that I had to get resourceful. So in ...

DATE: Apr 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Colorado Native Plant Society to host virtual meeting

Southwest Chapter of the Colorado Native Plant Society will host a virtual presentation by Anthony Culpepper at 7 p.m. Wednesday via Zoom. Culpepper’s presentation is called “The ...

DATE: Apr 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Think things are bad for airlines? It’s about to get worse

The biggest and most profitable U.S. airline just posted its first quarterly loss in more than five years. Now things are going to get really bad. Delta Air Lines Inc. reported We...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Answers to questions about new coronavirus antibody studies

NEW YORK – Studies have begun to emerge that try to determine how many Americans have been infected by the new coronavirus. But are they accurate? The results depend on where and ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

10 apple types thought extinct found in West

Lost Apple Project team identifies pioneer-era fruits

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Elk rescued from Colorado mine shaft

Hiker: ‘Something was drawing me to go up there’

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Journalist tackles recovery in new podcast

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – At times, listening to the path that Vic Vela has taken can be numbing. Yet, when he speaks about his journey, brutal honesty has to be there. “My pa...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life