Southwest Life - The Journal

To refine water forecasts, Western cities map snow by plane

GUNNISON – At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region’s snow by air. U...

DATE: May 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. to hold back Lake Powell water to protect hydropower

SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. officials announced plans Tuesday that they characterized as extraordinary to keep hundreds of billions of gallons of water stored in a reservoir on the Utah-Arizona li...

DATE: May 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests

ALBUQUERQUE – Collecting piñon nuts has been tradition for Native American and Hispanic families in the Southwest for generations. But environmentalists are concerned that without the pinyon...

DATE: Apr 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Citizen scientists play key role in tracking bighorn sheep

Mountain Studies Institute’s project supports work of public land and wildlife agencies

DATE: Mar 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Doctors see surge in patients seeking routine care as pandemic shifts

Preventive medicine, crucial to long-term health, lagged with presence of COVID-19

DATE: Mar 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health

Pine River Library to host annual Friends of the Library meeting

The annual Pine River Library Friends of the Library meeting will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 17. The group is looking for new members to help support the library. Membership dues a...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Pueblo Alliance to host annual Feast Day

Fort Lewis College’s Pueblo Alliance will host its seventh annual Feast Day from 12 to 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Student Union Building. This year’s theme is “Family, Farming, Feast: Planting ...

DATE: Mar 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Hunting faces numerous challenges as Southwest Colorado grows

Demand for licenses, population growth are just two questions amid booming popularity

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Animas Valley Grange to host seed exchange

The Animas Valley Grange will host a free seed exchange from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 5. Darrin Parmenter will have a display table with seed-starting information from noon to 2 p.m. Particip...

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Deadly Colorado blaze renews focus on underground coal fires

DENVER – A fire raging in an underground Colorado coal field in 1883 sent so much smoke pouring from cracks in the ground that the scene was likened to burning volcanoes and the state’s firs...

DATE: Jan 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mapmakers combine science and art to show us the world

Using data and creativity, cartographers create vital tools

DATE: Jan 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado coal town grapples with future as plant shuts down

CRAIG – In a quiet valley tucked away from Colorado’s bustling ski resorts, far from his hometown in northern Mexico, Trinidad Loya found a way to support his family’s American dream: Coal. ...

DATE: Jan 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life