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Manna thanks fundraiser supporters Manna held its annual “Bread for Manna” fundraiser last month. Like many nonprofits, Manna is supported by grant funding, donations and fundraisers, such a...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Elmer Hatcher had 13 carloads of sheep for shipment in the local yards. The average weight per animal was 85 pounds. It was also noted that a 70-pound lamb, grass-fed, was...

On Molokai island, the site of an 1860s leper colony draws determined travelers

My old mule Tita clopped straight up to the edge of the first switchback. One more step and we’d tumble down a sheer cliff, falling almost 1,600 feet to the sea. But mules are smart creature...

Volunteers sought for Project Merry Christmas

Project Merry Christmas is gearing up for the 2017 holiday season. Community members are asked to give to La Plata County families in need during the holidays. For mor...

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. Liane Jollon and Clair Ninde will discuss San Juan Basin Public Health. ...

Is it an emergency? Insurer makes patients question ER visit

INDIANAPOLIS – Alison Wrenne was making waffles for her two young children one morning when abdominal pain forced her to the floor. A neighbor who is a physician assistant urged her to go to...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The “down coming train” from Silverton set fire “to the dry brush on the right-of-way back of Mercy hospital.” The fire department responded and no damage was done. ...

Idaho looking to cash in on starry skies with more tourists

BOISE, Idaho – The stars are aligning for Idaho – mainly because they’re visible. The International Dark-Sky Association recently named the central Idaho city of Ketchum an Intern...

Wildlife rehabilitation center in Silt has bear-able year

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – It’s a busy year, but a bear-able year so far, for Nanci Limbach’s wildlife rehabilitation center southwest of Silt, where bringing up young bruins and getting them bac...

Boy with rare disease gets brand new skin with gene therapy

LONDON – Doctors treating a critically ill boy with a devastating skin disease used experimental gene therapy to create an entirely new skin for most of his body in a desperate attempt to sa...

U.S. tightens travel rules to Cuba, blacklists many businesses

WASHINGTON – Americans seeking to visit Cuba must navigate a complicated maze of travel, commerce and financial restrictions unveiled Wednesday by the Trump administration, part of a new pol...

And the West is History

100 years ago: John Luther shipped 600 boxes of apples, “a full carload,” from Flora Vista to Powell Brothers in Denver, then to Durango. 75 years ago: “We feel short of me...
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