Health

Two La Plata County fire departments are trying out a new way to train: virtual reality. Los Pinos and Upper Pine River fire protection districts, and an Arvada fire agency, are participating in a...

Southwest Health System has announced that CEO Tony Sudduth has resigned. According to a April 16 news release, Chief Financial Officer Rick Shrader will serve as interim CEO. Community Hospital...

Colorado health officials say the state is in its fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, and Southwest Colorado could follow the same trajectory. Statewide, coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have...

Fewer than 10% of La Plata and Archuleta county residents have received the vaccine as the COVID-19 community vaccination effort enters its sixth week. San Juan Basin Public Health and community...

As new limits on gyms and fitness studios in Colorado’s most populous areas take effect, owners of these facilities are trying to assess what it will mean. Many have already been struggling...

The Walk to End Alzheimer’s event will take place Sept 19 in Southwest Colorado, but the format will be different because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of hosting a large gathering, the...

Among the organizations seeking to create virtual connections during a global pandemic is the Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition. A global, virtual event for breastfeeding mothers kicked off World...

Composting improves soil health and gut health dramatically, but not many people know that, said co-owners of Table to Farm Compost Monique DiGiorgio and Taylor Hanson, who have received a grant to...

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe embarked on a multi-day COVID-19 testing event this week in an effort to better understand any transmission of the coronavirus in the community. The tribe, in...

It has been more than two weeks since Gov. Jared Polis announced the first COVID-19 case in Colorado, and nearly two months since Washington state reported its first case. If time since then has...

Mercy Regional Medical Center CEO Will McConnell announced Friday through a news release his plans to resign from his position April 10. McConnell has spent the past three years of his decade-long...