Southwest Life

Health

How best to treat opioids’ youngest sufferers? No one knows

A week old baby lies in one of the ICU bays at one of the Norton Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive…

February 15, 2018

Travel

Flights resume on tribal land after fatal Grand Canyon crash

A survivor, lower right, walks away from the scene of a deadly tour helicopter crash Saturday along the jagged rocks…

February 14, 2018

Health

First blood test to help diagnose brain injuries gets OK

Michael Catania, vice president of product development, holds up a patient sample at Banyan Biomarkers in San Diego. The company…

February 14, 2018

Community

Durango Project Linus names coordinators

Project Linus is a local nonprofit that distributes handmade blankets to children and families in need, and was established by…

February 14, 2018

Community

February library events

Ongoing events Tuesdays, 2 p.m.: Baby story time. Interactive activities with music, stories, finger-plays, counting rhymes and playtime for infants…

February 14, 2018

And the West is History

du1-i-syn 75 years ago: Hearings for an increase in electric power rates, requested by the Western Colorado Power Co., were…

February 14, 2018

Health

14 worms pulled from woman’s eye after rare infection

This undated photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows Thelazia gulosa, a type of eye…

February 13, 2018

Travel

Exhibit celebrates pulp fiction artist who broke gender barriers

The pioneering artist, who had a brief but productive stint as an illustrator of pulp crime and romance magazines of…

February 13, 2018

Health

Marijuana’s 4/20 holiday tied to rise in fatal car crashes

Members of a crowd numbering tens of thousands smoke marijuana at the Denver 4/20 pro-marijuana rally at Civic Center Park…

February 12, 2018

Travel

Long-stalled Vegas casino-resort gets new life

This 2009 photograph shows the stalled Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino-hotel project in Las Vegas. The hulking, bluish casino-resort, which has…

February 12, 2018

Health

Kids Rock to offer breastfeeding workshop

The workshop is for pregnant women and their partners and will discuss how to start breastfeeding a newborn. Snacks will…

February 12, 2018

Health

Physical therapist assistant completes training

Buckingham will create tools to treat patients with thoracic spine conditions. For appointments and more information, call 764-4094.

February 12, 2018

Travel

Big birthday for Big Easy: New Orleans marks tricentennial

remains one of the most interesting destinations in the U.S.

February 11, 2018

Health

Flu season still getting worse; now as bad as 2009 swine flu

Henry Beverly, 73, battles the flu while tended to by nurse Kathleen Burks at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston,…

February 11, 2018

Community

Durango resident organizes Washington, D.C. rally

du1-i-syn Protesters will gather at 10 a.m. at the Lincoln Memorial Plaza and march at noon to the closed portion…

February 11, 2018

Travel

Vintage Vegas neon signs shine for first time in years

But these former Sin City landmarks are missing light bulbs and some of the remaining are cracked or hang by…

February 10, 2018

And the West is History

And the West is HIstory

du1-i-syn 75 years ago: The San Juan Basin League Basketball Tournament in Durango continued with second-round games at Smiley Junior…

February 10, 2018

Health

San Juan Regional Medical Center offers tips for flu season

Recommendations included for infants, children, adults

February 10, 2018

Health

Free screenings offered for Children’s Dental Health Month

Kari Plante, regional oral health specialist, will be available for walk-in dental appointments from 8 a.m. to noon and from…

February 10, 2018

Community

Senior Calendar

2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Monday 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 9 a.m. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance at La Plata County Fairgrounds,…

February 9, 2018

Community

Fort Lewis College Calendar

Saturday Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: G. Donizetti, 10 a.m., $20-$23, Student Union, Vallecito Room. Skyhawks hockey: Western State Colorado…

February 9, 2018

Community

Bridge scores

Feb. 1 Non-Life Master First: A. and R. Davis Second: E. Bennett, C. Eaton Third: S. Mondin, R. Norton Fourth:…

February 9, 2018

Travel

Romantic getaway tips from the world’s longest honeymooners

But Mike and Anne Howard took their honeymoon on the road, threw in a sense of adventure and learned to…

February 9, 2018

Health

AP count: Nearly 11.8M enroll for Obama health law in 2018

A new tally by The Associated Press finds that nearly 11.8 million Americans have signed up for coverage this year…

February 9, 2018