Southwest Life

Senior Center Calendar – Durango

2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Daily 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Billiards, reading, darts, TV, meal. Monday 9 a.m. Coloring Group. 9…

November 29, 2019

San Juan Regional Medical Center offers stroke warning signs

Because strokes affect blood flow to the brain, rapid and effective treatment can save lives and provide the best chance…

Breen to host annual craft and gift bazaar

Community Connections to host Festival of Trees

There will be free, family-friendly fun, food and entertainment and a chance to win tree and wreath gifts and decorations…

Sacred Heart to hold Christmas bazaar

For more information, call Karen Gomez at 759-8168.

Travel

Egypt unveils animal mummies of lion cubs, crocodiles, birds

Items from the new find were displayed at a makeshift exhibition at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara,…

Stop! Washing your Thanksgiving turkey could spread germs

Thanksgiving turkey in Concord, N.H. Food safety experts say raw turkeys shouldn’t be rinsed, since that can spread harmful bacteria.…

And the West is History

Photo: Flood of 1927

The second worst flood in Durango history occurred June 28 to 30, 1927; devastation was only surpassed by the October…

November 25, 2019

McGee Park to host Turkey Bowl

Friday’s events will begin with sign up at 9 a.m. and roping at 10 a.m. Fees for P1/D2 or D3…

November 24, 2019

Travel

Dark tourism, explained: Why visitors flock to sites of tragedy

Experts call the phenomenon dark tourism, and they say it has a long tradition. Dark tourism refers to visiting places…

November 24, 2019

Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections

Free mail-order HIV tests for high-risk men offer a potentially better strategy for curbing disease spread than usual care, according…

November 23, 2019

Travel

Carcass of giant blue whale brought to surface for study

The dead whale, which was about as long as two school buses, washed ashore near Gold Beach, Oregon, in 2015.…

New, old drugs may offer fresh ways to fight heart disease

printout from an electrocardiogram machine in Missouri. Doctors are reporting that novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart…

Telluride to host Holiday Arts Bazaar

For more information, contact Telluride Arts at 728-3930, [email protected] or www.telluridearts.org/holiday-bazaar.

Community invited to Singing with Santa

Carolers will follow Santa’s sleigh from TBK Bank to Buckley Park, where there will be free cookies and hot cocoa,…

San Juan Mountains Association to hold Christmas tree lot

The lot will have white fir trees harvested from overgrown stands on the San Juan National Forest as well as…

Community Thanksgiving dinner to be held

It will be a traditional Thanksgiving meal with all the fixings at the annual Durango Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Take-out meals…

American Legion Post 28 to host Thanksgiving meal

The meal is free, but donations will be accepted. The meal is open to the public, as well as veterans…

Farmington Public Library announces holiday closures

Online resources will continue to be available at

TBK Bank supports local businesses this holiday season

Patrons can stop in at a participating business, grab an entry form and drop it off at any TBK Bank…

San Juan Basin Public Health offers holiday food safety reminders

Do not prepare food for others when sick.Wash hands before handling food and after touching raw meat and/or dirty dishes.Keep…

DFA’s ‘Spooktacular’ a howling success

Attendees enjoyed a day of Mah Jongg, a soup and salad bar lunch and a “Spooktacular” sheet cake. Costume and…

November 21, 2019