Public Health

Local News

City asked to remove fluoride from water

Utilities Commission will weigh issue

August 4, 2015

Business

Drug-testing firm a beacon

Versatile professional firms are prized as Durango job-creators

July 28, 2015

Regional News

Children’s Hospital alert for enterovirus recurrence

The outbreak, which erupted in mid-August and continued through January 2015, also was associated with rare cases of polio-like partial…

July 27, 2015

Local News

Colorado ranks third in healthy habits in the United States

Colorado ranked third in healthy habits, including tracking length, frequency and type of exercise, in a recent study by smartphone…

July 11, 2015

Local News

Radon is on county’s radar

mitigation may become required

June 18, 2015

Local News

Colorado teen-pregnancy program shows results

In La Plata County, the number of pregnancies among girls ages 15 to 19 dropped from 49 in 2009 to…

May 13, 2015

Local News

Local hantavirus victim identified

36-year-old Hesperus man died April 6

April 13, 2015

Local News

La Plata County resident dies from hantavirus

is second in Colorado this year

April 10, 2015

Regional News

Youths, drugs, sex survey on hold

Controlled by Republicans, the board delayed a vote to require parental consent for the surveys after their vote on the…

March 12, 2015

Local News

What’s stressing our teens?

Homework, extracurriculars and relationships, to name a few

March 6, 2015

$More data needed on fracking, water$

Local News

More data needed on fracking, water

Plata County commissioner says to look at entire process

March 4, 2015

Local News

Parent’s Bill of Rights moves forward

Colorado proposal would make it easier to choose not to vaccinate children

February 5, 2015

Local News

Bill would fund IUDs

Long-acting contraceptives focus for Coram

February 1, 2015

Good Earth

Region’s air may face new rules

Proposed EPA plan could put counties above pollution limits

January 27, 2015

Local News

More local people insured

Enrollment sees success

November 28, 2014

Nation & World

Town’s tobacco ban hearing too rowdy, ends early

Massachusetts burg wants to ban sale of all smokes

November 12, 2014

Local News

Mercy gets ‘A’ for protecting its patients

The Leapfrog Group awarded scores based on 28 measures of patient safety that examined how well hospitals protect patients from…

November 6, 2014

Local News

Commissioners face tough grant choices

Cross’s move of management to Grand Junction raises questions

November 5, 2014

Local News

Durango wastewater-plant repair deadline extends

gets six more years to meet new rules

October 27, 2014

Local News

Health experts: Be smart, get flu shot

Fort Lewis College freshman Morgan Shippen gets a flu shot Tuesday administered by nurse Connie Kane in the Student Union.SHAUN…

October 23, 2014

Local News

FLC health staff receives Ebola response training

Mitch Davis, spokesman for Fort Lewis College, said via email that FLC is vigilantly following recommendations from public health departments.…

October 20, 2014

Local News

City calmly prepares for Ebola

Durango medical practitioners plan for remote chance virus appears

October 16, 2014

Nation & World

Health worker 2nd in U.S. to get Ebola

Unclear how this occurred

October 12, 2014

Local News

AIDS remains a silent killer

awareness week highlights disease not much in the spotlight

September 17, 2014