Durango Arts Center shows early Englehart works

Stanton Englehart often described Gaia, the ancient Greek earth mother, as “the real driver of our lives.” Englehart , who died April 22, 2009, was a child of the Southwest, an eminent landscape...

DATE: Feb. 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Amateur winemakers may soon be allowed to compete under Colorado bill

DENVER – Budding oenologists have some friends at the state Capitol who want to level the playing field with other practitioners of zymology. Or in English, amateur winemakers might have...

DATE: Feb. 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Rohwer’s Farm turns up the heat

Old Man Winter told the women working at Rohwer’s Farm to take a break. Nevertheless, they persisted. In the dark, quiet months between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, Judy, Heidi and...

DATE: Feb. 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Hydroponic farm harvesting greens year-round

In a shipping container surrounded by snow, Wendy Wyatt is growing lettuce, arugula, kale and other greens. Suspended from the ceiling in hollow fiberglass fencing, her 4,000 plants are kept in a...

DATE: Feb. 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Southwest Health: Cervical cancer is preventable and curable

January was Cervical Health Awareness Month to encourage women to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine if they’re eligible and get screened for cervical cancer. Therefore, we will...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Snowshoe workshop at Haviland

Snowshoes workshop to be held at Haviland Durango Nature Studies will host a snowshoe workshop, “Glaciers Then and Now” 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 21 at Haviland Lake. Participants will meet in...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Southwest Health holds discussion on outpatient antibiotic use

A public discussion about the problem of outpatient antibiotic use will be held at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. The discussion focuses on “how we can improve with...

DATE: Jan. 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Volunteers needed for raptor inventory survey in Moab

The Moab office of the Bureau of Land Management is looking for volunteers who like hiking and birds of prey to participate in its annual raptor survey. Field training will be provided. Training...

DATE: Jan. 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Montezuma County gets drop-off bin for unused prescriptions

Got a drawer or cabinet with unused or expired prescription drugs?To avoid them getting in the wrong hands, Southwest Memorial Hospital is now a drop-off point for a medication take-back program...

DATE: Jan. 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Smaller ski resorts tout personality, Champagne tastes

DENVER A budget ski resort in western Colorado came up with an eye-popping offer – a $700 lift ticket, the most expensive in the nation. Only this lift ticket comes with a sweet bonus: a pair of...

DATE: Jan. 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Hospitals are penalized for harming patients

Anyone facing a hospital stay should look at new data the government released right before Christmas showing that it penalized 769 of the nation’s hospitals for having high rates of patient...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

Citizen donates $10,000 to help children learn to swim

A private citizen donated $10,000 on Friday to help provide swim lessons for children through a program set up in honor of a 6-year old boy who drowned three years ago. “I think the sooner you can...

DATE: Jan. 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

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