Southwest Life

Health

Hey, guys: Drinking may dumb you down

Not enough females had participated in study to count

April 27, 2014

Health

A first-aid approach to preventing suicides

With training, people can help in county where rate is triple U.S. average

April 27, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

Heart Safe La Plata will offer these classes at the Durango Fire Protection District training room, 142 Sheppard Drive: An…

April 27, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “It is rumored that ‘Two-Ton’ Tony Galento will hit Durango on a barnstorming prizefighting tour, but considering…

April 26, 2014

And the West is History

“This photo of Bill Menefee was taken in the doorway of the original homestead cabin built on the Menefee ranch.…

April 26, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Good news to people of this vicinity as well as the early tourists, is the fact that…

April 25, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Because he was carrying four persons in the front seat of his car, a Bayfield youth was…

April 24, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “After driving all the way here from Tierra Amarilla, N.M., a ‘merry’ car bringing a man to…

April 23, 2014

And the West is History

“It’s hard to believe that Spring in Southwest Colorado is already five days old in this March 1964 photo. Residents…

April 22, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “For three days – Durango High School boys and girls find out just how green is the…

April 21, 2014

Health

Use your phone to take pills on time

Many don’t take them as prescribed

April 20, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proclaimed May “Older American’s Month.” To recognized the month, Durango/La Plata…

April 20, 2014

Health

Apathetic? Your brain may be shrinking

Though the brain is known to shrink with age, people who show evidence of apathy and declining interest and emotion…

April 20, 2014

Health

What is top food-poisoning threat?

You might be surprised it’s not salmonella

April 20, 2014

Health

For couples who can’t conceive, there are now better options

Amazing leaps in infertility science

April 20, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Durango voters in the second municipal election elected as city councilmen, Nels Newman, Robert McNicholas, John Fankhauser,…

April 20, 2014

Travel

On foot in remote Scotland

Hills, lakes and hostels on the edge of civilization

April 19, 2014

Travel

Crocodile close calls can’t stop Nile walk

British man navigates numerous dangers during 4,250-mile African trek

April 19, 2014

Travel

Is it safe to go in the water this summer?

“I came down with a major ear infection on my third day there, which required immediate medical attention,” remembers Siegfried,…

April 19, 2014

Travel

What to call that trip?

Staycation, glamping – don’t worry there’s a made-up word for it

April 19, 2014

And the West is History

“Volunteers from Animas Fire Protection District, playing the roles of survivors of Continental Express Flight 2286, sit in a mock-up…

April 19, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Champion Joe Louis and veteran punching bag Jack Roper will fight tonight for the world’s heavyweight title…

April 18, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Extensive sidewalk improvements will be made in Durango through a $28,645 Works Progress Administration project approved in…

April 16, 2014

And the West is History

The following appeared in a March 1964 newspaper: “Clarence Rieke has uncovered the above picture of assassinated President John F.…

April 15, 2014