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Serving Up Help for Restaurant Workers

Waiting tables, turning out orders on demand in a hot kitchen, dealing with obnoxious customers can take its toll on hospitality workers. Here’s how one man hopes to help them cope in the weeds.

March 15, 2020

Teens Find Themselves in Nowhere

Deer Hill Expeditions has been helping teenagers explore the wilderness of themselves in the wilds of the deserts and mountains of the Four Corners Region for 37 years.

March 11, 2020

Can Private Business Save the World?

A Durango marketing professional believes private business can save the world, and she and friends have started Live Creative Studio to help ‘businesses with a purpose’ make a difference -- and a profit.

March 10, 2020

Southwest Healthy Systems Wins Quality Award

When Southwest Health Systems in Cortez had to cut nearly 20 percent of its workforce to balance its budget, it promised to do so without sacrificing quality care. A new award proves it didn’t.

March 10, 2020

Council Explores Animas Trail Options

A proposed pedestrian bridge that crosses the Animas River adjacent to the traffic bridge on 32nd Street has been in the planning stages for 15 years, but last-hour protests have spawned another look.

March 6, 2020

No Town Snow Heats Up Real Estate

The pace of in-town real-estate sales was far higher than the same time last year. Could it be that’s because buyers and sellers haven’t been struggling with massive amounts of snow this year?

March 5, 2020

SWCO Follows State, Selects Sanders

All five counties in Southwest Colorado followed the state in selecting Bernie Sanders as the front-runner in the Democratic Presidential Primaries. Here are the county-by-county results.

March 4, 2020

SWCO Teachers Ask for State Support

Southwest Colorado teachers regaled lawmakers with stories of colleagues living in cars, working two to three jobs, and dealing with underfunded programs in a bid to gain support for more pay.

March 3, 2020

Celebrate 100 Years of Women Voting

This year’s Women’s History Month will commemorate the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, and the Women’s Resource Center offers several events to celebrate.

March 1, 2020

Mercy Elects to Offer Own Health Plan

The Southwest Health Alliance, a local health-care cooperative negotiating lower health-care prices, says it will continue its work despite Mercy’s decision to pull out and offer its own discounts.

February 28, 2020

First Responders Are Our Community

Durango Police Detective Kathleen O’Toole moved to Durango to enjoy the outdoor lifestyle, and as a police detective, she’s dedicated to help men and women avoid sexual assault.

May 21, 2020

LPCO TV: Why Helping Inmates Matters

La Plata County Sheriff Captain Ed Aber explains how hundreds of volunteers offer services to help jail inmates turn their lives around, and why that’s so important to our community.

February 24, 2020

CPW Confirms Wolf Pack in Colorado

A recent DNA test of scat samples in Moffat County confirms that a wolf pack has migrated into Colorado. But will that impact the initiative to reintroduce the endangered species on the West Slope?

February 24, 2020

Local Banker Thinks Outside the Box

Chris Aiken thinks outside the box when it comes to creating loan packages for customers who want to start or expand their businesses. It’s why he was named the Region EDD “Lender of the Year.”

February 19, 2020

Ask Dr. Doug: Choices to Avert Conflict

Are you tired of power struggles with your kids? Family counselor and psychologist Doug Miller suggests that you share power by offering your kids choices, and here are some examples.

February 18, 2020

Local Fruit Ferments New Cortez Wine

A bumper crop of local apples in Montezuma County inspired a U.S. Air Force retiree and his wife to start making wines from other local fruit and to open the new Yellow Car Country Wines.

February 16, 2020

New Edition for Old Mancos Letterpress

A 19th-century Cranston letterpress has inspired the creation of a community arts studio and musem. Learn about its history and how it will be used in the future to create works of art.

February 24, 2020

Do Cellphones Interfere with Learning?

We have laws that prohibit us from using our cellphones while driving because of the distractions they present. Durango middle schools now are considering a ban on phone use during school hours.

February 12, 2020

Census 2020: Why You Should Respond

We know. With all the concerns about privacy and ID piracy, you may be reluctant to respond to the 2020 Census. We tell you why SWCO county volunteers will be out in force to make sure you count.

February 11, 2020

It’s Your Money: What Your CPA Can Do

If you’re looking for an accountant who will do more than your taxes, Michelle Kooi from Tafoya Barrett & Associates has some questions you should ask to get what you want.

February 10, 2020

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