“What kind of holiday?” I asked. I was skeptical. Between birthdays and anniversaries, Hallmark holidays and days-off-school holidays, candy-laden holidays and gift-giving holidays, our calendar is already pretty saturated with…
75 years ago: “An early Christmas vacation for pupils and teachers in the Durango public schools will begin Dec. 20 and will be concluded on Dec. 30. It will be…
A: So, what are you doing with your worries? Being overly empathetic is not necessarily a bad thing. But when it consistently ruins your mood (how often does it cause…
A: Yep, it’s true. The prophesied end of times finally has descended on America in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage. No, it’s not the…
The Leapfrog Group has named Mercy Regional Medical Center to its annual list of Top Rural Hospitals in the nation. This recognition showcases Mercy’s commitment to Leapfrog’s vision of providing…
Professor S. Jay Olshansky, a researcher on aging, and others have speculated that rising life expectancy may end because of the nation’s worsening obesity epidemic or other factors.Associated Press file…
75 years ago: “Despite the moderating weather, which has opened several ponds, skating is reported still good on the McCormick and Wiebe sloughs.” 50 years ago: “Today’s cloudy skies –…
In the last several years titles like Vera Brosgol’s Anya’s Ghost, Ayun Halliday and Paul Hoppe’s Peanut, Raina Telgemaier’s three books, Smile, Drama, and Sisters, Faith Erin Hicks’ Friends With…
The basement of her Bethesda, Maryland, home has a special storage closet for her stash of holiday decorations – 60 Santas, 25 nutcrackers, snowflake table linens, reindeer dinner plates, hundreds…
And Arlo isn’t the only animated hero to lose a family member in the film’s first act. The protagonist in last year’s “Big Hero 6” loses his brother in an…
The pair – who host a “This Is Why You’re Single” sketch show and podcast – have lots of advice for singles from their time in the dating trenches. I…
For nearly a decade, Tarini sent holiday cards full of pictures from her travels to places such as the Galapagos Islands, Bhutan, Peru. The cards were a marker of her…
The Oscar winner, star of “Gravity,” “The Blind Side” and “Miss Congeniality,” announced last week that she had adopted a 3½-year-old girl, Laila, from the Louisiana foster-care system. She joins…
Dr. Hope Rugo, an oncologist and breast cancer specialist, demonstrates a Dignitana Dynamic system at the University of California San Francisco Mount Zion Hospital cancer center in San Francisco. The…
Roasted salmon with lemons, prunes and olives can be a dramatic and colorful holiday meal centerpiece.Matthew Mead/Associated Press I like to buy one single large fillet if possible, then serve…
Christmas Spirit, the spirit of Christmas past, is a white whiskey released by the Anchor Distilling Co.Eric Risberg/Associated Press You’re in luck. Following in the footsteps of craft beer’s seasonal…
“William H. (Billy) Crocker, one of the Durango-Cortez Herald’s oldest subscribers, contributors and best friends, made this handsome chiming grandfather clock and gave it to the newspaper for its new…
75 years ago: “Durango’s Christmas lighting premiere went off with a bang, invoking a holiday spirit which was shared by the multitude of people from all over the basin who…
75 years ago: “This week was marked by a pre-holiday exodus to the city, as Denver, in its festive dress, beckoned from afar and several Durangoites, choosing the gay season…
This picture appeared in the Nov. 19, 1987, Durango Herald. The cutline read: “Christmas carolers gather on Main Avenue at Fifth Street. Approximately 250 participants in the caroling procession braved…
75 years ago: An advertisement for Durango Coca-Cola Bottling Co. read: “Pure, wholesome, delicious coca-cola is refreshment you want at home. Everybody likes its distinctive taste and the happy after-sense…
What was causing this commotion? Apparently a teacher was sitting on a chair in one of the aisles, blocking some parents’ shot of the big moment. An angry mob wielding…
My passenger seat was overwhelmed with baggage: a diaper tote bursting with baby gear, a nine-foot-long cloth Moby Wrap, and a messenger bag spewing pens, manila folders and business cards.…
Granted, even before the rodents, age had taken its toll. My great-grandmother walked down the aisle wearing the silk-and-lace custom creation in 1898. No matter how well constructed, how gently…
Bible-thumping loses its punch as society’s priorities shift
St. Columba Parish invites Catholics to return to the church. The parish offers a program called “Landings.” In several sessions, a small group of active parishioners who are exploring their…
