Southwest Life - The Journal

From avian flu to zoning permits, here’s what you need to know about raising backyard chickens

Amid Colorado's egg shortage, some people are foregoing grocery trips and starting their own flocks

DATE: Jan 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. House GOP would make it easier for feds to give public lands away to state

Measure would mostly affect Congressional accounting guidelines when tracking land federal land transfers

DATE: Jan 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New speaker for has been selected for SJBAS event

The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will host a different presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the Lyceum at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive,...

DATE: Jan 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Community

News Access and Literacy Task Force will sponsor presentation about fake news

On Jan. 19 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Montezuma County League of Women Voters, Larimer County League, League of Women Voters of Colorado and the News Access and Literacy Task Force will s...

DATE: Jan 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Community

Here are all the new EV and e-bike tax credits heading Colorado’s way

Denver relaunches e-bike vouchers; Polis proposes new car-buying credits to promote clean electrification

DATE: Jan 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado sees more avalanche deaths than any other state. A training course at this mountain park hopes to change that

At a park just outside of Minturn, now open for its third season, there are eight transmitters that people can practice finding with their beacons

DATE: Jan 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado’s paid family leave program kicking off Jan. 1

Employers are required to start collecting premiums for the new FAMLI program

DATE: Dec 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

This Colorado scientist fled the Marshall fire, then returned to study how it happened

In 2021, the devastating Marshall fire showed wildfire can strike Colorado in almost any place or season. Scientists now hope to glean lessons from it for communities across the West.

DATE: Dec 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Boards and Commissions newest members announced

The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners on Dec. 19 appointed new members and reappointed existing members to several of the county’s citizen advisory boards and commissions. Newly...

DATE: Dec 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Foundation announces $626,641 in donations on Colorado Gives Day

This year’s Colorado Gives Day on Dec. 6, resulted in $53 million donated to nonprofit organizations statewide and more than $626,641 donated to organizations in the southwest corner of the ...

DATE: Dec 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Bear cubs on the loose

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released two successfully rehabilitated black bear cubs after their mother was killed

DATE: Dec 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado River water users convening amid crisis concerns

Experts say system is in ‘dire condition’

DATE: Dec 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life