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Loneliness seems to damage health, triggering inflammation and neurological changes

Loneliness can tank your mood, but can it affect your health, too? All signs point to yes. It turns out that feeling lonely can do more than make you sad: It can predic...

Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve

BOISE, Idaho – A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. The International Dark-Sky Association late M...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Colonel C.C. Ednected of the exemption board in Durango reported that registered men were “returning their questionnaires properly filled out very rapidly.” ...

A CDC ban on ‘fetus’ and ‘transgender’? Experts alarmed

NEW YORK – Health leaders say they are alarmed about a report that officials at the nation’s top public health agency are being told not to use certain words or phrases in official budget do...

How to master the delicate art of the do-nothing winter vacation

It’s a request travel experts get more often than you think: What if a person wants to go somewhere wintry, and do ... nothing? Sure, the snow and cold weather offer plenty of ac...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mrs. I.M. Shaffar of the Animas Valley returned to Durango after 10 days at the Nicholson home, where she was visiting her sister’s family and her mother, Mrs. W.G. Payn...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Chas Deudal brought in 500,000 eastern brook spawn from the Bert Hosselkuss hatchery, located about a mile outside Creede, to be placed in the Durango fish hatchery, which...

Researcher aims to stall deadly symptoms of rattlesnake bite

Doctor develops way to slow down spread of poison

Q&A: How is the U.S. opioid crisis affecting children?

NEW YORK – Public attention to the historic wave of opioid addiction gripping the U.S. has focused mostly on its effect on adults and the thousands who have died of overdoses. Missed by much...

New planetarium seeks to put N.J. science center on travel map

New Jersey’s Liberty Science Center in Jersey City is aiming to take visitors into space in what they are billing as the largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere. The Jennife...

Prostate cancer support group to meet

The “Man to Man” prostate cancer support group will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 2 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. For more information, email prostategroupdro...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Tom Edwards, who was connected with the F.R. Graham hardware store, resigned from his position to work at the Joe Bordeleau hardware store in Silverton. 75 y...
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