La Plata County holds open house on drone use for emergency response
DURANGO – The La Plata County Office of Emergency Management will hold an open house from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 in the Board Room of the County Administration Building, 1101 E. 2nd Ave., Durango, to present an overview of a proposed project to use county drone systems for emergency response and disaster mitigation. These unmanned aerial systems allow county staff to quickly, safely and accurately assess actual and potential...
Alliance Director Moderates Entrepreneurs of the SW Meetup
Roger Zalneraitis, Executive Director of The La Plata Economic Development Alliance, will moderate at the next Entrepreneurs of the Southwest Meetup Bringing Branches to Durango Branches in Durango – no this is not trees! But maybe similar. Durango is a great place to live and work, we all know that, but difficult and perhaps not conducive for large corporations. So why and how do we continue to see branches of very large companies...
The 5 best foods to help recover from a bone fracture
This article was originally published by The Andrews Institute for Oth0paedic Sports Medicine Dealing with an orthopaedic fracture is never fun. It can be painful and even require surgery. Once people break bones, they instantly want to be better. While that cannot happen, certain foods and nutrients can help speed up the process. “When a bone first breaks, it needs a lot of energy to heal.” Understanding the healing...
DATO Sells Craft Beverage Tours
A new Durango Area Tourism Office marketing campaign will feature all of Southwest Colorado’s craft beverages: producers of craft sodas and ciders will be highlighted alongside the region’s breweries, wineries and distilleries.
Happy Gut, Happy You!
This post has been provided courtesy of Sarvaa Superfood, Durango. Benefits of a Healthy Gut. How does my gut bacteria help me? It’s important that you have a healthy Microbiome (GI Tract micro-flora). There’s over a hundred reasons you want an vibrant Microbiome! But let’s look at just a few of the benefits you’ll reap from a healthy gut: 1. Increased Immune Response, 2. Better Stamina, 3. Improved Mood, 4....
SuperFruits: Nature’s Cure for Colds, Flu, and Inflammation!
SuperFruits? Hype or Fact? This post has been provided courtesy of Sarvaa Superfood, Durango. You know about blueberries, now double the potency and you’re talking about the top six SuperFruits. How do you benefit? Why are SuperFruits so underestimated? It’s because so few of us actually understand the wide array of awesome benefits from these fruits in our lives! Did you know that your skin, your hair, your nails, and...
Good Carbs vs Bad Carbs – 7 Important Myths & Tips
You’ve probably heard quite a bit lately about good carbs vs bad carbs. It’s a hot topic. And rightly so. The packaged food industry has heavily promoted bad carbs for 70 years! Why? Because they’re extremely profitable to them. On the other side of the topic we now have people who are afraid to eat half of an apple because some fruits contain bad carbs. Now, it’s not all black and white. On the contrary, the...
Turmeric Produces ‘Remarkable’ Recovery in Alzheimer’s Patients
Posted on: Monday, June 10th 2013 at 9:00 am Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2015 Turmeric has been used in India for over 5,000 years, which is likely why still today both rural and urban populations have some of the lowest prevalence rates of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the world. A recent study on patients with AD found that less than a gram of turmeric daily, taken for three...
Osteoporosis Is Scurvy of the Bone, Not Calcium Deficiency
Posted on: Thursday, August 9th 2012 at 5:00 am Written By: Suzanne Humphries, MD This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2014 “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.”~Proverbs 17:22 It saddens me to see older women diagnosed with “osteopenia” or “osteoporosis” listening to their doctors and taking supplemental calcium and even problematic drugs called...
Global Snow Research in Silverton
A NASA-funded worldwide research project on global water supplies included a slice of the San Juan Mountains last month, thanks to the Silverton Avalanche and Snow Studies Center. Durango TV News team Deb Uroda and Brian Gill recently snowshoed into the research site to learn more about the project.