Southwest Life https://www.the-journal.com/feeds/southwest-life/ 2026-05-26 05:21:08 -0700 en-us https://www.the-journal.com/articles/laura-clellan-becomes-first-female-director-of-colorado-parks-and-wildlife-since-divisions-merged-in/ Laura Clellan, who has led Colorado Parks and Wildlife as acting director since Dec. 1, is now in the role permanently, after commissioners Monday voted unanimously to confirm her. Tai Jacober was the... 2026-02-27 02:46:40 -0700 3ce08508-69bd-4f28-a4c1-ef1bcf7a4f39 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/how-solar-storms-light-up-the-sky/ Greetings stargazers. The current sunspot cycle maximum continues to amaze. Several times during the past year, the Aurora Borealis has been visible in the Durango sky. It was here again a couple of w... 2026-02-06 05:40:51 -0700 e4d89ee5-e243-4f9c-8057-2f47cb8375ac https://www.the-journal.com/articles/and-the-west-is-history-drgw-bumblebee-engine-no-268-1952/ ... 2025-12-21 05:00:00 -0700 9a086457-7bea-49da-b4bf-a399c1179def https://www.the-journal.com/articles/pushback-by-counties-on-solar-projects-is-challenging-climate-goals-colorado-officials-say/ Colorado must triple its wind generation and quintuple its solar capacity to meet 2040 clean energy targets and that will call for a lot of land – land developers say it is hard to come by in some cou... 2025-10-26 10:00:00 -0700 7d707c36-35f5-40ed-880e-abf8132ec874 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/herd-mentality-goats-deployed-by-some-colorado-cities-for-better-environmental-results/ Pedestrians and bicyclists along the Colorado Riverfront Trail in Grand Junction may have noticed something out of the ordinary this spring. In some fenced-off sections near Blue Heron Lake, 700 goats... 2025-06-30 02:18:47 -0700 a7608a17-710f-4417-8f0b-fa191ce0e459 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/fence-around-billionaires-san-luis-valley-ranch-leads-to-new-state-law/ San Luis Valley residents gathered Tuesday to watch Gov. Jared Polis sign a new law that strikes at the heart of a centuries-old issue: the rights of wealthy landowners versus the rights of people who... 2025-05-30 11:53:33 -0700 1fd5826f-bc94-43fd-b537-5c2931e24bcb https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-water-project-funding-is-drying-up/ Colorado lawmakers, worried that a key source of money for water projects is too easily tapped for other programs, want to create a special task force to examine ways to stabilize and boost funding fo... 2025-03-19 01:38:54 -0700 83fef713-f935-44da-a826-b10c094c7345 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-launches-dark-sky-program-at-these-12-state-parks/ A dozen Colorado state parks are aiming to tamp down light pollution and make it easier for stargazers to check out the night skies with support from a new dark sky program. The Colorado State Parks D... 2025-01-26 06:00:00 -0700 d5e4302d-c3a1-4e87-afe8-286713300d20 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dazzling-ice-castles-draw-tourists-to-colorado-and-other-states/ NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. – An annual architectural celebration of ice is up and running again in New Hampshire and several other states. Ice Castles, which are both temporary art installations and touri... 2025-01-26 12:00:00 -0700 5823c33d-554f-413e-a957-ce560662a668 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/shelby-jabour-named-to-graceland-university-deans-list/ The honor roll lists for Graceland University’s 2024 fall term have been announced, and Shelby Jabour of Mancos has been named to the dean’s list. Graceland University students with a GPA between 3.25... 2025-01-17 12:05:16 -0700 b27fc13f-51dc-473a-a96e-6c8354e38df9 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/couple-grateful-for-help-with-flat-tire/ While traveling through your town, a couple flagged us down, telling us we had a flat. With Triple A hours away, this couple took time to fix our flat, taking two hours of their time. They then took u... 2024-08-16 10:19:48 -0700 956806af-c42b-4672-8d8d-0f2bd36cf367 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/why-did-it-take-so-long-for-the-navajo-nation-to-secure-a-superfund-designation/ COVE, Ariz. – James Benally has been waiting a long time. He is the president of the Cove Chapter on the Navajo Nation, a local government subdivision that sits along the state line, just over the bo... 2024-04-02 05:00:00 -0700 1f62a0ac-1e14-4835-9090-5b3eef0174d1 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dhs-music-gala-to-be-held-at-miller-middle-school/ A benefit concert gala will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Miller Middle School auditorium, 2608 Junction St. The evening will begin with a concert by Durango High School jazz band, concert ba... 2024-02-23 11:38:41 -0700 eef90b6e-484b-43dd-9a30-9e364ec94a30 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/rotary-club-of-durango-to-meet-tuesday/ Durango Community Events Administrator Ellen Babers will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. Babers will provide an ove... 2024-02-16 10:51:52 -0700 7ea343f2-2c85-439e-8d5b-dc10822b6288 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/conservation-district-will-host-annual-landowner-meeting/ The La Plata Conservation District will host its annual landowner meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building, in the Lightner Room, 2500 Main Ave. The meet... 2024-02-16 10:40:48 -0700 28172585-248d-402e-a315-617a0a101b81 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/san-juan-college-astrofriday/ The San Juan College Planetarium’s AstroFriday presentation “One Sky Project” is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 16. Show times are at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the SJC Planetarium. This 45-minute video p... 2024-02-14 04:13:38 -0700 80e9c3ad-8430-4d02-870e-fdf568751fb7 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/southwest-region-sportspersons-caucus/ The Southwest Region of Colorado Parks and Wildlife invites hunters and anglers to its next sports ehtusiasts’ meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 13. The meeting will be held virtually and it will be strea... 2024-02-09 10:42:02 -0700 abd701cc-25b4-487a-9ee2-b12d10715323 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/one-whole-place-exhibit-panned-for-san-juan-college/ The San Juan College Henderson Fine Arts Gallery will host “One Whole Place,” a retrospective exhibit from Four Corners artist Sonja Horoshko of Cortez. The opening reception is Friday, March 1, from ... 2024-02-08 10:38:02 -0700 04eb325c-d2ee-45d6-8f86-88a75017f2bc https://www.the-journal.com/articles/and-the-west-is-history-durango-colonial-era-themed-school-program-1914/ ... 2024-02-02 11:43:40 -0700 245aae94-214d-44bc-9599-90ecef5d2235 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/housing-discrimination-seminar-to-be-held/ The Southwest Center for Independence is sponsoring two Fair Housing Forums for housing consumers and providers. The Durango forum will take place from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Durango Community ... 2023-09-15 10:50:49 -0700 c86e833a-151e-4f35-8758-6d949a76299d https://www.the-journal.com/articles/and-the-west-is-history-fort-lewis-college-1963/ ... 2023-08-12 05:19:32 -0700 d8ee8ae8-95ed-46ff-90ce-87230e20b7f5 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/local-students-named-to-deans-list-at-fort-lewis-college-3/ The Fort Lewis College’s dean’s list for the Spring 2023 semester has been released. These students took at least 15 credits of gradable hours and achieved a 3.60 or higher grade-point average. Bayfie... 2023-08-10 06:42:45 -0700 2679db69-4aff-4945-b388-a7a3ef897987 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/community-workshop-to-be-held/ The state of Colorado is hosting a community workshop from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Sitter Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. Under the direction of Gov. Jared Polis, facilitators from the ... 2023-06-15 06:18:41 -0700 65e88625-e498-4587-b095-de8807454f50 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/president-of-anschutz-family-foundation-thanks-durango/ Congratulations to Durango and Southwest Colorado for hosting a very successful Southwest Colorado Rural Philanthropy Days event. On behalf of the Anschutz Family Foundation, I wish to express my deep... 2023-06-15 06:13:32 -0700 b6111104-bad7-4f7b-a1b4-a878c41031f0 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/animal-antibiotics-meeting-to-be-held/ The La Plata-Archuleta Cattleman’s Association will hold an informational meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Cowboy Church, 1867 Colorado Highway 172. The meeting will address the Federal Drug Administ... 2023-05-27 02:16:21 -0700 e6f9187c-8d97-49be-9a68-e177372dc1d6 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/adult-education-center-is-holding-a-ged-graduation-ceremony/ The Durango and Cortez Adult Education Centers are announcing the spring GED/High School Equivalency graduation ceremonies. The Durango graduation is from 6-7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31 at the Durango ... 2023-05-09 05:00:18 -0700 fc074575-ee5e-4c08-8a5f-0783b8e29f59 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/housing-solutions-expands-home-rehabilitation-loan-program/ The Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Housing has approved a request to expand the Housing Solutions Home Rehabilitation Loan Program for homeowners in Southwest Colorado According to ... 2023-04-25 03:24:59 -0700 dd367a15-6cfa-4086-a05c-93723050772d https://www.the-journal.com/articles/u-s-senate-clears-measure-to-undo-biden-wotus-rule-on-wetlands/ WASHINGTON – Both Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the Biden administration’s intensely contested expansion of what qualifies as wetlands that the federal... 2023-03-31 09:59:32 -0700 64a18506-84de-4435-a261-4fc06487b3f4 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/health-fair-to-be-held-at-fairgrounds/ Health Fairs by 365 Health, formerly 9Health Fair, will host a health fair from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1, at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main St. Residents of Durango and La Plata County ... 2023-03-27 12:17:52 -0700 e9e6e6e2-3671-4ce5-ae34-2b399992c8ce https://www.the-journal.com/articles/the-adult-education-center-is-offering-two-new-classes-in-april/ The Durango Adult Education Center, 701 Camino Del Rio, is offering two new community education classes: an intermediate Spanish book club class and a computer literacy class. The Spanish book club cl... 2023-03-22 02:28:31 -0700 9a1fc886-83df-402b-8b0c-6adf4bc5ff9c