Family
How to reconnect after a difficult period
A: First of all, I love this question with all of my heart. I love it because while I don’t know the specific details of the past five years, I…
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Family
Gender role cleanup in the toy aisle
Things were a little different with pajamas. Melsky bought them from both the boys’ and girls’ sections of stores, and her daughter gravitated to the robot and spaceship ones –…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Figures just released by Emory E. Smiley, superintendent of public schools in District No. 9, indicates a total of 1,491 students, an increase of 59 over the…
Health
Health Briefs
Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. Many members from the region’s health-care community, program staff members and regional AHEC directors from across the state attended…
Health
The scientific reason your world brightens up when you do
Indeed, how we feel about the world can play a huge role in how we see it, according to a new study in the journal Psychological Science. Feeling sad can…
Health
Half of U.S. adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes
Overall, 12 percent to 14 percent of adults had diagnosed diabetes in 2012, the latest data available. Almost 40 percent have pre-diabetes.Associated Press file photo The study of government health…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “School opened at Cascade this morning with Miss Margaret Jones of Telluride as teacher.” 50 years ago: “At the conclusion of registration, more than 1,200 students had…
Food
For fresh tomato sauce, less sometimes is more
In this recipe for fresh tomato sauce, you can cook the tomatoes for as little or as long as you want.Matthew Mead/Associated Press This is when fresh tomato sauce comes…
Food
What steak needs is a salad
This warm Caesar salad recipe is a template for topping almost any kind of sauteed steaks or chops.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Mostly, I’m taking my cues here from the Italians. In…
Food
On the side
In preparation for the stiff competition at the upcoming Great American Beer Festival to be held later this month in Denver, El Moro Spirits and Tavern is hosting a “GABF…
And the West is History
And the West is History
This picture appeared in the Sept. 4, 1988, Herald. The caption read, “This B-17G World War II bomber, Texas Raiders, will be on display this week at the Durango-La Plata…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Passers-by the Elite Beauty Shoppe frequently stopped to admire in the window a bowl of yellow, double-petaled nasturtiums. To inquiries, Mrs. Sheets explained that they were grown…
Health
New medical coding system aims to help track quality of care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s website is counting down to Oct. 1 when doctor’s offices across the country will begin using a new coding system to identify what…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “A treasure hunt, one carried out on an island, with maps to decipher and plenty of buried loot, and all the other attendant frills and thrills, was…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Through the efforts of local officers, Durango again has been signally honored with the awarding of a police school of instruction. The three-day school will be held…
Family
How are you parenting wrong?
HELICOPTER PARENTING: You hover frantically over your child at all times, shredding pigeons in your rotating blades. FREE-RANGE PARENTING: Your children eat grass and roam at will so that their…
Family
On the viral rise of divorce selfies (and the death of traditional marriage)
Then, on their way out, Chris and Shannon – no longer the Neumans – paused in front of a courthouse sign. They snapped a selfie, both smiling. “Here’s Chris Neuman…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “The San Juan Basin’s three Labor Day celebrations – at Silverton, Bayfield and Dolores – attracted large crowds and were fine successes, according to all reports.” 50…
Religion
Catholics who left church won’t return
Survey examines attitudes about same-sex marriage, divorce, sin, more
Religion
Religion Briefs
The First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will begin a new sermon series focusing on the story of Moses and the lessons his life teaches today: lessons on relationships,…
Religion
Pope Francis says priests can absolve ‘sin of abortion’
Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press<br><br>During the Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis will allow all rank-and-file priests to grant absolution to women who have had abortions. The Year of Mercy will run…
Family
When I was single, smug married people drove me nuts. Then I became one.
“You’ll find someone,” I said. “I just know it.” She shot me a deadly look. “Do you know how many people have told me that?” I apologized immediately, embarrassed by…
Family
‘Everyone’s a winner’ and other lies
Upon further investigation, we discovered a kid’s triathlon was about to begin. But there was some time to kill before the race started, so the announcer took the opportunity to…
Family
What he doesn’t know can hurt him
Q: I have a very happy, optimistic 9-year-old who is also the youngest. The downside to all that happiness and optimism is that he seems to live in a bubble…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Dean E.H. Bader of Fort Lewis College received a telegram from President Roy M. Green of Colorado State College at Fort Collins, giving Fort Lewis the ‘go…