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Local News

Boy, 5, thanks Durango High School students for helping make his wish come true

Schoolwide assembly wrapped up week of fundraising for Make-A-Wish

January 22, 2026

Local News

Pancake breakfast to raise money for Bayfield Middle School teacher who had brain surgery

making steady recovery, preparing to start physical therapy

November 22, 2024

Regional News

Here is everything you need to know about the bird flu outbreak in Colorado

FILE – Chickens stand in their cages at a farm, in Iowa, Nov. 16, 2009. Four more people, all Colorado…

July 27, 2024

Local News

Bayfield employees see pluses with ‘sick bank’ conversion

OK’d measure in January 2023, which allows employees to turn extra sick hours into paid time off or monetary payout

April 27, 2024

Regional News

CSU researchers say canine respiratory illnesses have dropped since its fall peak

Researchers continue to study its origins

February 6, 2024

Local News

Health officials raise alarm over West Nile cases

‘We have a lot of concerns,’ director of clinic and communicable disease says

September 13, 2023

Local News

Mystery gas affects 17 campers at Vallecito Creek Campground

Medical treatment provided to eight people, none hospitalized

June 28, 2023

Local News

Respiratory syncytial virus cases emerge in Durango School District 9-R

says immunity gap could be reason more students are getting the illness

November 15, 2022

Local News

Contagious respiratory illness detected in La Plata County

Juan Basin Public Health urges those who are sick to stay home

October 31, 2022

Local News

Will La Plata, Archuleta counties see a fourth COVID-19 wave?

Colorado experiences new rise in pandemic infections

April 13, 2021

Health

A ‘remarkable’ flu season: It nearly disappeared

Several factors may have caused dramatic drop in rates of infection

March 25, 2021

Local News

Even with vaccine, public should follow health guidelines, SJBPH says

remains transmissible in days, weeks after shot

January 26, 2021

Local News

Bayfield family faces tic syndrome, stigma head-on

Affliction turns 10-year-old’s life upside down in 48 hours

November 20, 2020

Local News

State champion Durango freestyle skier battling childhood leukemia

days before her diagnosis, Amara Kirk stood on podium at Telluride competition

April 21, 2020

Local News

Mercy screening patients for coronavirus as disease spreads

declares illness a global health emergency

January 31, 2020

Regional News

Incubation period ends for possible Denver measles exposure

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had issued warnings for travelers who passed through Denver International Airport or Los…

January 5, 2020

Local News

Local vape shops to diversify after national news of hospitalizations, deaths

lung injuries tied to black market products

January 1, 2020

Local News

San Juan Basin Public Health reports rabid bat

Plata and Archuleta counties tested 26 bats

September 5, 2019

Food

Source of fall romaine outbreak a mystery, US regulators say

The Food and Drug Administration says it wasn’t able to determine how a water reservoir on a Santa Barbara County,…

February 16, 2019

Local News

Polar plunging for veteran with multiple sclerosis

Durangoans swim despite cancellation

February 16, 2019

Local News

Community celebrates Christmas with girl diagnosed with tumor

Scott receives visits from Santa, tours of holiday lights

December 30, 2018

Food

Repeat outbreaks pressure produce industry to step up safety

Romaine lettuce sits on the shelves as a shopper walks through the produce area of an Albertsons market Nov. 20…

December 3, 2018

Southwest Life

Colorado sets record for flu hospitalizations

wave of virus spreads across the state

February 24, 2018

Local News

Problems at Archuleta courthouse force move to Durango

Air-quality tests to be conducted after workers fall ill

September 8, 2017