Southwest Life - The Durango Herald

Mercy Regional Medical Center welcomes physician assistant Susan MacDowell

Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center recently welcomed board-certified physician assistant Susan MacDowell to CHPG Southwest Gastroenterology, 1 Mercado St., Suite 270. Ma...

DATE: Dec 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Neighbors In Need Alliance grateful to Durango community

Neighbors In Need Alliance and the homeless would like to thank the Durango community for their generous donations of camping equipment and clothes provided Nov. 23 at St. Marks Church. ...

DATE: Dec 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community

Thank you from Know Your Dough

Know Your Dough, a nonprofit that provides tailored, in-person financial wellness programs for local youths, would like to thank Miller Middle School and the seventh grade teachers, Scott Da...

DATE: Dec 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community

Accolades for concert in the pines

Durango Friends of the Arts wishes to thank the very talented Marilyn Garst, who opened up her home Nov. 20 for a private classical music concert to benefit DFAâ€™s Grant Fund, which has bee...

DATE: Dec 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community

Manna to host Christmas brunch

Manna will be host its annual Christmas Brunch from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Manna, 1100 Avenida Del Sol. The brunch will be a ‘Thanksgiving Dinner’ style meal of turkey, stu...

DATE: Dec 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Community

Modern Day Health Care, a virtual clinic, expands to Colorado

Modern Day Health Care, a virtual clinic, has expanded to Colorado with the addition of Dr. Sandra Summers. MDHC is an advanced practice that is nurse-owned and operated, and wor...

DATE: Dec 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

$1.5M agreement permanently keeps Utah trail open to hikers

SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah farming family has reached an agreement with land officials allowing permanent access to a portion of private land along a trail bordering Zion National Park. ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals

For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals, a trend that reflects more hospice care and progress toward the kind of end that most peo...

DATE: Dec 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Mercy Regional Medical Center welcomes family medicine physician Christine Koch

Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center welcomes board-certified family medicine physician Dr. Christine Koch to Mercy Family Medicineâ€™s Three Springs location, 1 Mercado St., Suite 1...

DATE: Dec 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Rocky Mountain Health Foundation announces funding deadlines

Rocky Mountain Health Foundation announces two funding-cycle deadlines for 2020: Jan. 10 and July 2. The foundation anticipates $1.5 million will be distributed for general opera...

DATE: Dec 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union fellows application deadline is Jan. 2

The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union fellows application is available online at Th program is geared toward people interested in taking the next step in agricultural leadership and enhancing t...

DATE: Dec 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Vaping illness death count surpasses 50 in U.S.

NEW YORK – The death toll in the vaping illness outbreak has topped 50, U.S. health officials said Thursday, Dec. 12. The 52 deaths in 26 states are among the 2,409 hospitalized c...

DATE: Dec 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health