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Are you storing your pills in the right place? A dose of reality

Just about every household has pills. Where’s the best place to keep them? It’s not the medicine cabinet – or your kitchen counter. About 82 percent of American adults take at lea...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Copper ore from the Allen-Fattor Sliver Lake lease was shipped, bringing the total shipment for the month to 40 carloads. 75 years ago: Fishing was announced...

Leonard Bernstein, social activist, is focus of new exhibit

PHILADELPHIA – In October 1979, Leonard Bernstein received a fan letter from a high school humanities teacher. Helen Morgan wrote to the celebrity composer-conductor-pianist in hopes he coul...

Study finds obesity robs the tongue of taste buds in mice

WASHINGTON – Packing on pounds seems to dull people’s sense of taste, and puzzled researchers turned to mice to figure out why: Obesity, they found, can rob the tongue of taste buds. ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mr. Paul Backinger and family were in Durango to arrange for renting their residence in anticipation of a move to Eureka, where they would live for the remainder of the ye...

Want to avoid the flu while flying? Try a window seat

NEW YORK – Worried about catching a cold or the flu on an airplane? Get a window seat, and don’t leave it until the flight is over. That’s what some experts have been saying for y...

Food-safety class to be held April 11

A food-safety class for Colorado cottage food and egg producers will be held from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 11 at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The La Plata County Ext...

Northeast snowstorms give ski areas late season powder blast

FAYSTON, Vt. – Back-to-back nor’easters that have pounded New England have given ski resorts a late-season blast of their life’s blood, luring skiers and snowboarders to the slopes, and allo...

Flu, crowded shelters create perfect storm for homeless

The flu descended on Connie Gabaldon like a fog, she recalled, clouding her mind and compromising her judgment. It progressed to chest and back pain, the aches perhaps made worse by a fall t...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Tommy Lewis, whose racket for several years had been “twisting brakes on the railroad,” was in Durango from Dove Creek. 50 years ago: According to a report f...

High Noon Rotary to meet Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary will meet at 11:45 a.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. San Juan Symphony Director Thomas Heuser will give a presentation during the...

Fort Lewis College to host Bears Ears lecture

University of Colorado professor Charles Wilkinson will give a lecture about Bears Ears National Monument at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union Ballroom at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Dri...
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