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Category: Education/Health
PCC Southwest Offers Free Programs in Forestry, Wildfire Mitigation
The wildland fire academy, a one-week course, will be held the first week of June in Pagosa Springs…
Failed Knee and Hip Replacements Generate Pain, Lawsuits
The three whistleblowers are accusing Exactech of fraud for allegedly selling defective products to Medicare and other federal health care programs…
Pagosa Public Invited to Water Resources Presentation Hosted by Democratic Club
Water resources on the Western Slope are in a precarious situation so this is a program you will not want to miss…
Questions of ‘When and Where’ Complicate Abortion Access
The appointment was April 1, 2022, about six months after Senate Bill 8 initially took effect in Texas, banning abortions after about six weeks…
Colorado Moves to Connect Agricultural Workers With Mental Health Resources
The bills under consideration would address a growing need to treat rural mental health issues that have only compounded with the effects of the pandemic…
Area Students Can Apply Now for ‘Camp Colorado’ Scholarship
A new adventure awaits each day when campers explore the birdlife in ecosystems from the grasslands, and foothills to mountain areas within Rocky Mtn National Park…
Community Organizations Invited to Host Summer Meal Program Sites
“Colorado is providing consistent access to critical nutrition dur- ing the school year through school meals with expanded participation through the Healthy School Meals for All program…”
Durango High School Students Inspire Narcan Bill at Colorado Legislature
Proposed Colorado law would let students carry overdose reversal medication, fentanyl testing strips at school…
Where Are Our Primary Care Physicians?
“There’s no government organization that’s tracking: Who trained in what, where, and where are they now, and what are they practicing…”
Can Colorado Universities Become Efficient?
Colorado universities and colleges want $161.4 million more. Can they also make cuts to become more efficient?
OPINION: Creative Thinking Needed to Save Rural Hospitals
Over the last 15 years, approximately 150 rural hospitals have closed nationwide. What does it mean?
Older Americans Feeling Trapped in ‘Medicare Advantage’ Plans
“I have very little control over my actual medical care,” he said, adding that he now advises friends not to sign up for the private plans…
What Governor Polis Said About Education
Governor Jared Polis thanked lawmakers for agreeing to end a longstanding Colorado practice of withholding money from K-12 schools…
Start the New Year with FREE Childbirth Classes at San Juan Regional Medical Center
Gearing up to welcome a new bundle of joy in 2024? San Juan Regional Medical Center offers a myriad of Childbirth Education classes…
‘Failure Award’ Scholarships Offered by MCA
Colorado students can submit applications for a $20,000 college scholarship…
Can Family Doctors Deliver Rural America From Its Maternal Health Crisis?
Family doctors, who also provide the full spectrum of primary care services, are “the backbone of rural deliveries,” said Julie Wood…
PHOTO ESSAY: Pagosa Peak Open School Presents Annual ‘Snow Show’ at PSCA
It was the school’s third year of presenting the “Snow Show” — and the first year the school presented at the Pagosa Center for the Arts…