Southwest Life

Manna to host fundraiser

Entry will include appetizers, a live and silent auction, live music by Mark Palmer and Bailey Barnes-Fagg and two drink…

September 19, 2019

Pediatric Associates of Durango to host open house

Dr. Pakhi Chaudhuri and Nurse Practitioner Jessica Rensner would like to honor Dr. William Streusand and Kim Kelley, licensed professional…

September 19, 2019

Travel

Airline customer-service agents report abusive customers

The Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday that more than half the 104 agents it surveyed reported threats or other harmful…

September 18, 2019

Will combo pill catch on in U.S. to prevent heart attacks?

A drugstore employee reaches for medicine from shelf in downtown Tehran, Iran. A cheap, daily pill that combines four drugs…

September 18, 2019

Many U.S. women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teens

A marcher carries a sign with the popular Twitter hashtag #MeToo used by people speaking out against sexual harassment as…

September 17, 2019

CBD vapes spiked with dangerous drugs for sale across U.S.

“It’ll relax you,” the friend assured. The vapor that Jenkins inhaled didn’t relax him. After two puffs, he ended up…

September 16, 2019

No new measles cases reported in fading U.S. outbreak

A woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y. U.S. Health…

September 16, 2019

And the West is History

Photo: The Chief

An iconic Durango eating establishment, the Chief Diner started out as a dining car on the Otto Mears Silverton Northern…

September 15, 2019

Travel

Discover authors’ favorite haunts on London Literary Pub Crawl

Tourists pass the Wheatsheaf pub in London, a spot where novelist George Orwell often visited. The London Literary Pub Crawl…

September 15, 2019

U.S. officials revise vaping illness count to 380 in 36 states

A man exhales while smoking an e-cigarette in Portland, Maine. The U.S. government has refined how it is measuring an…

September 14, 2019

A gene-editing first: Scientists tried CRISPR to fight HIV

This 2011 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control shows HIV virions. On Wednesday, Sept. 11,…

Travel

Report says airlines’ carbon emissions are growing fast

Frontier Airlines jetliners sit at gates on the A concourse at Denver International Airport in Denver. A new report says…

High Noon Rotary to meet

Dr. Don May will discuss the Fort Lewis College Village Aid Project in Nicaragua. The meeting is public to the…

Durango Photography Club to host astro-landscape photography with Matt Payne

Payne will present a thorough introduction to astro-landscape photography. His topics will include equipment considerations, field technique, composition and ethical…

Center of Southwest Studies to host lecture on John Wesley Powell

On the 150th anniversary of Powell’s first Colorado River run, retired Justice Hobbs of the Colorado Supreme Court will revisit…

Powerhouse to host PowerFall Ball

There are four award honorees this year: an individual, a student, a business and a philanthropist who are emblematic of…

Twin Buttes Farm to host benefit for Trails 2000

Happy hour will feature hors dâ€™oeuvres prepared with naturally grown produce along with wines from Four Leaves Winery. All proceeds…

Heart Safe La Plata to offer wilderness first aid

The cost is $175 per person. For more information or to reserve a spot, call Lisa Garofalo at 799-3260.

Will Witt of PragerU to visit La Plata County

Witt will speak about the importance of free speech and the First Amendment at 3 p.m. Thursday in Noble Hall,…

Durango Public Library to host touch a truck event

This interactive event will include vehicles from different community helpers including Durango City Operations, Durango Fire & Rescue, Durango-La Plata…

Sacred Heart spaghetti dinner returns next Saturday

Join community members for an authentic Italian meal. Cost is $12 for adults, $5 for kids ages 5 to 12…

Wedding: Giersch-Gaumond

Rachel Geraldine Giersch and Chase Andersen Gaumond were married on June 22 at Chapel of Our Savior in Colorado Springs.Courtesy…

Thank you from Pathways to Independence

The Trolley and Transit experience is always positive – from the “behind the scenes” people who issue passes and handle…