Southwest Lifestyle

River Permit Party is Jan. 24 in Dolores

Event is fundraiser for Dolores River Boating Advocates

Womenade to meet Monday

Donations will help La Plata County women who are normally self-sufficient and are experiencing an unexpected financial hardship. All are welcome. For more information, contact the Women’s Resource Center 247-1242.

Snowdown event coordinators party to be held

This will be the only opportunity available for event coordinators to receive their requested event prizes and volunteer caps. Appetizers and a cash bar will be available. Local media representatives…

Indivisible Durango to hold general meeting

The focus is to explain the upcoming residential primary and caucuses and who can vote for which candidates in March. Three candidates are seeking the Democratic nomination to oppose U.S.…

DeColores Civitan to host public social

The Durango Civitan club will raise a pint their recently departed member, Lon Erwin. This public social is free and open to all. For more information, contact Ashley Craven at…

Durango Adult Education Center starts session three ESL and GED classes Tuesday

On-site child care will be available for evening classes. Preregistration is required for classes. For more information about programs and services, visit www.durangoadulted.org or call 385-4354.

Women’s Wellness Connection offers free cervical cancer screenings

A Pap test is the first line of defense against cervical cancer. When cervical cancer is found early, more than 92% of women have a five-year survival rate. Every year…

National park rethinks its message about theft

Petrified Forest now embraces visitors rather than treating them as suspects

White evangelicals distinct on abortion, LGBT policy, poll shows

Poll: Most say religion should have influence on policymaking

City gardens, public produce stands ease ‘food desert’ woes

Large cities across country taking multipronged approach to bringing healthy nutrition into neighborhoods

Stillwater Music thanks supporters of Winter Wonder Bands event

Thanks to event sponsors First Southwest Bank and LPEA; Stella Dickson, Jana Leslie, Nancy Shanks, Lissa Howe, Shari and Daniel Gottlieb, Laura Wenger and all the volunteers; Bread for donating…

Thank you to the Library Advisory Board and the Friends of the Library

DBS is an all-volunteer organization that designs and builds public gardens providing education, inspiration and tranquility. We maintain our current gardens around the public library and develop new gardens on…

Thank you to the Community Foundation

We maintain our current gardens around the public library and develop new gardens on memberships, donations and grants alone. This donation by the Community Foundation will assist in the design…

Thank you from Clint Jacobsen

I’ve been around skiing for 30-odd years, and last weekend’s race had a lot in common with a few that were formative to my youth in Crested Butte – the…

DeColores Civitan Club thanks local clergy

Clergy Appreciation Week is held to recognize the heroism of four U.S. army chaplains during World War II who were aboard the U.S. troopship Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943. When…

Gustavus Adolphus College names Benjamin Mickel to fall semester dean’s list

The list includes students who have earned a 3.7 grade point average or higher for the semester ending in December 2019.

How to choose the right type of salt for your recipe

Choosing the right type of salt is important to the success of any recipe.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post “Salt is the single most important ingredient in cooking and the single most powerful…

Photo: Standard Smelter 1894

Not to be confused with the better-known, longer-operated Durango Smelter, the Standard Smelter was built in 1892 about a half-mile downstream from the Durango Smelter. Built and managed by Otto…

Bighorn sheep research project to continue in Weminuche Wilderness

Starting in late January or as conditions allow, a helicopter crew will be used to locate and capture bighorns and fit them with GPS telemetry collars. The collars will allow…

Patients push limits for clues to chronic fatigue syndrome

Zach Ault of Paducah, Ky., is connected to medical monitors during an exercise test at the National Institutes of Health’s hospital in Bethesda, Md. Ault has ME/CFS, what once was…

Wildlife officials find evidence of wolves in Colorado

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department announced the discoveries Wednesday, suggesting a pack of gray wolves may be residing in the state, The Denver Post reports. The news was first…

Senior Center to host performance

Life-long Learning series to begin

Fort Lewis College offers variety of programs on Thursdays

TOPS to meet at senior center

The topic of the meeting will be the Mediterranean diet. Nicole Clark, RD, from La Plata County Extension, will lead the discussion. The meeting is open to the public. For…

Axis Health System to host dance and learn event

This event is free and open to anyone older than 65. Axis representative Karla Sluis will offer information about the preventive-care benefits of the free Medicare Annual Wellness Visit, which…

Professor Don May to speak to the Rotary Club of Durango

All three of Durangos’ Rotary clubs are supporting this project. In 2005, May started VAP at FLC, which originally was called Engineers Without Borders. Since then, involved students have completed…

Marvel Grange to host annual chili cook-off and dessert auction

To enter the chili cook-off, participants must bring 1 gallon of ready-to-serve chili and a $10 entry fee. Depending on the numbers, there may be two categories, red or green.…

San Juan Basin Public Health to provide radon workshops and test kits

About half of Colorado homes have radon gas levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s action level. In Colorado, radon is estimated to cause 500 lung cancer deaths each year.…

Electric scooter injuries surge along with their popularity

A man on a scooter passes a parked scooter along the Mission Beach boardwalk in San Diego. Electric scooter injuries have surged along with their popularity in the United States,…

Durango AARP Chapter 1243 to meet

Bernice Madril, ADRC specialist, will speak about the changes to Medicare for the new year 2020. AARP members and members of the public are welcome to attend. To make a…