Southwest Life

Manna grateful for donations

In the December Primus Philanthropy, Primus pledged to donate a portion of its December proceeds, as well as award a…

Local organizations team up to celebrate 100 years of women’s voting rights

Taste Buckel Family wines and savor bites from Nature’s Oasis and Signature Delights to celebrate a century of Women’s Suffrage.…

Library seeks feedback

Residents are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to share their priorities and vision for their community library. The…

San Juan Basin Public Health offers HIV prevention

When taken daily, studies show that PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by over 99%. Rural areas…

Raphael fever hits Italy but art isn’t immune from virus

But no money can guarantee that Italy’s outbreak of coronavirus, the largest in Europe, won’t play havoc with the three-month…

Science Says: How risky is that virus? Your mind may mislead

She took it. “I’m a business person,” Alexander, 65, explained. “But if somebody else does it next time, I might…

China’s virus slowdown offers hope for global containment

A masked man looks out near a national flag outside a traditional medicine hospital in Beijing on Tuesday, March 3,…

Animas Museum to host author presentation and signing with Jerry Day

Celebrate the release of Jerry Day’s new book, “Rio Grande’s Narrow Gauge K-36 Locomotives” and learn more about Colorado Railroad…

Sand Creek Massacre site draws indigenous people who pray for victims of genocide worldwide

And when you arrive at the Sand Creek Massacre site, you’ll find open plains and a few markers. The rest…

Q&A: Emerging picture of virus shows world at critical stage

Francisco Seco/Associated Press<br><br>Tourits sit in a barely empty restaurant terrace at the St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy, Friday, Feb.…

After obesity surgery, more patients returning for another

This combination of photos provided by Anita Saah shows her on the morning before her sleeve gastrectomy surgery in July…

Mercy Regional Medical Center announces January births

Nicole and Zachary Belnap, Bayfield, Maxwell Bruce, 7 pounds 5 ounces, 9:44 p.m. Jan. 1. Kara and Steven Bradford, Bayfield,…

San Juan Basin Public Health to host high tea

Women are invited to celebrate their health in honor of International Women’s Day. Meet women’s health providers, community organizations and…

Heart Safe La Plata offers SPR and first aid classes

3-6 p.m. Wednesday: Basic first aid.6-10 p.m. Wednesday: Adult/child/infant CPR. 6-10 p.m. March 11: Adult/child/infant CPR for health care professionals.All…

Powerhouse to host Seven Rivers Farmers Market

The bimonthly indoor market features farmers and vendors from the area selling poultry, meat, cheese, eggs, jams and jellies, pickles,…

eMediHealth ranks Mercy Regional Medical Center highly among rural hospitals

Mercy was one of 35 hospitals in the nation and one of only three Colorado hospitals to be named on…

New U.S. coronavirus case may be 1st from unknown origin

President Donald Trump with Vice President Mike Pence, left, and members of the president’s coronavirus task force speaks during a…

Virus fears keep guests trapped in sunny ‘luxurious prison’ in Canary Islands

Holidaymakers in Tenerife, one of the most popular year-round destinations in the Canary Islands, will only be able to have…

La Plata Council on Aging grateful to Ohana Physical Therapy

Knights of Columbus grateful to donors

Dreams of Tibet, Re-Love, Dulce, Mild to Wild Rafting, Beads and Beyond, Sticks and Stones, The Boarding Haus, Gardenswartz, Out…

Foundation announces grant totals

$1,270,191 was donated from Community Foundation Fund Holders to nonprofits.$457,330 was donated from Friends of the Foundation to Community Foundation…

Local students graduate from Fort Lewis College

These local students graduated: Durango: Victoria Acosta, Spencer Ashton, Korbin Barkey, Mykayla Bates, Tamara Benally, Nicholas Brandau, Dylan Carrasco-Songer, Grace…

80 is not the new 70: Age may bias heart care, study finds

A surgeon and assistants perform open heart bypass surgery on a patient at a hospital in Mesa, Ariz.Associated Press file…

Airline, cruise stocks pummeled on fear of spreading virus

A man wearing a face mask passes by empty ticket counters at the Daegu Airport in Daegu, South Korea, Monday,…