Research

Local News

Fort Lewis College recognized with Carnegie Designation as research institute

of December 2024, FLC spent $50 million on undergraduate research

February 18, 2025

Southwest Life

Southwest Colorado a playground for research scientists

Landscape diversity invites study of desert groundwater, alpine permafrost and prehistoric wildfires

July 14, 2022

Local News

How citizen scientists are testing our streams and rivers for contamination

Mountain Studies Institute, Fort Lewis College partner to measure E. coli in San Juan National Forest’s waterways

July 6, 2022

Local News

Can we replace fire with mechanical thinning in Southwest Colorado?

ecologists argue prescribed burns are necessary even as they have caused blazes this spring

June 4, 2022

Local News

Animas River water quality is improving in Durango, study shows

Upgrades to city’s treatment plant benefit aquatic life, recreation

May 31, 2022

Local News

Fort Lewis College students research vitamin D as a treatment for long COVID-19

Monthlong study will test if the supplement can offer an over-the-counter solution to growing problem

February 9, 2022

Local News

Documentary explores how CDOT and tribes partnered to preserve Indigenous culture and history

A centuries-old Puebloan village was discovered during the realignment of U.S. Highway 550

January 12, 2022

Local News

What’s behind vaccine hesitancy in Southwest Colorado? Survey provides some answers

suggests majority of holdouts won’t be swayed; others are receptive to mandates and education

November 18, 2021

Southwest Life

In Colorado’s rivers, genetic research helps rainbow trout rebound

CPW’s approach to fighting whirling disease could be a model for the future

November 18, 2021

Local News

Fort Lewis College to develop solar park

Facility at the Old Fort Lewis will be used for research and electricity generation

June 23, 2020

Local News

Amid calls for preservation, CDOT says archaeological sites can’t be saved

U.S. Highway 550 realignment to destroy ruins south of Durango

September 10, 2019

Local News

Fort Lewis College launching water resource center

to focus on San Juan and Dolores watersheds

September 8, 2019

Local News

Study to examine effectiveness local program focused on helping families

Health, resiliency, economic security of participants will be scrutinized

March 24, 2019

Health

Southwest Retina opens research center to conduct clinical trials

Patients from across Four Corners will test new medications, devices

October 20, 2018

Business

Durango app development teams move to Go Code Colorado finals

Applications use publicly available data to make lives better

May 5, 2018

Local News

What if we could predict water availability with greater accuracy?

Lewis College researcher works on national watershed project

January 13, 2018

Nation & World

Idaho firm debuts solar sidewalks

He believes the solar-powered glass pavers his company makes could transform thousands of miles of pavement into a new energy…

October 16, 2016

Local News

Up in Saturday’s sky, a UFO?: No, it was only a weather balloon

mission was studying black holes

September 18, 2016

Regional News

Ancient ice reveals vital clues about Earth’s past climate

about global warming found frozen in Antarctica

August 10, 2016

Local News

Navajo researcher leads search for answers about contamination

identified 40 possible ways people could be exposed

August 5, 2016

Local News

Search and rescue crews retrieve hiker from Windom Peak

mission at 13,200 feet brings back man with broken ankle

July 10, 2016

Local News

Colorado College focuses on Western water issues

Students take EcoFlight to survey Gold King from above

June 28, 2016

Regional News

Big thinkers meet in Aspen to assess ‘climate fatigue’

Nevertheless, the environmental movement has still been able to rally enough support to win key victories on climate issues despite…

July 5, 2015

Local News

What’s causing the hot spot?

least 75 researchers study methane leaks in Four Corners

June 2, 2015