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Endangered plants, butterfly barely hanging on in Southwest Colorado

Small populations of cactus, butterfly, flower at risk of disappearing

And the West is History

April 15 100 years ago: H.R. Davis was in Durango from Kline mesa “to get the latest war dope and incidentally to spend a goodly bunch of coin with the merchants on the main stem.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mr. Hood announced that the Navy Recruiting party was ready to sign applications for recruits from Durango. 75 years ago: Eighteen Durango men were enlisted ...

Boats left high and dry by drought back on Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY – Dozens of beached sailboats that spent two years on the shore of Utah’s drought-stricken Great Salt Lake were hoisted on cranes back into the briny waters Thursday after win...

Quiet rooms for autistic children popping up at airports

Quiet rooms for children on the autism spectrum are popping up at airports. Shannon Airport, which serves the southwestern region of Ireland, opened a “sensory room” for children ...

Community Health Action Coalition to hold monthly meeting at rec center

Community Health Action Coalition will be hold its monthly membership meeting from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 14, in the Eolus Room at Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. ...

Community Health Action Coalition to offer advance care planning presentations

Community Health Action Coalition will offer free educational presentations to groups that want to learn about advance care planning. The initiative, “My Life: Planning in Advanc...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The San Juan Basin spoke “for war and for victory, for a struggle that may last for years, for undying loyalty to Woodrow Wilson, the greatest president this country has e...

CEO issues new apology as details of passenger’s past emerge

CHICAGO – After people were horrified by video of a passenger getting dragged off a full United Express flight by airport police, the head of United’s parent company said the airline was rea...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. McQuaid, a resident on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street, was “having a siege with appendicitis.” 75 years ago: Hundreds of shoppers flocked ...

Drought planning: Water shortages expected in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – In all but one corner of New Mexico, water managers are projecting shortages in drinking and irrigation supplies given expected demand and variability in rainfall over the next...

Survey shows why doctors choose medicine and the challenges they face

She was just 15 when it happened. She started having trouble breathing when she ran cross-country, and she felt intense itching on her body, especially her lower limbs. She would stay up all...