Health
Mile No. 27: Road to recovery
After marathon, give yourself time to regain physical, mental energy
Southwest Lifestyle
Health
For better runs, you should tread(mill) carefully
Here are some tips for a worthwhile experience
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Announcement was made that E. Ellison Hatfield, Durango lawyer and assistant district attorney, will join Fredric B. Emigh Jan. 1 in a law firm to be known…
Southwest Life
In Utah, Mormon chapels here, there and everywhere
Salt Lake County, which includes Salt Lake City, has one LDS chapel for every 1.3 square miles. Davis County, to the north, has one for every 1.4 square miles.Trent Nelson/The…
Family
Bringing parents to work bridges generation gap
LinkedIn employee Riley Sisk, right, sits with her parents Margie, at left, and Jon during the company’s second annual “Bring In Your Parents Day” on Thursday at LinkedIn headquarters in…
And the West is History
And the West is History
The HHT Co. published this postcard of the Mancos Hospital, postmarked 1925. The card is part of the Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection.Courtesy of Center of Southwest Studies 75…
Religion
Religion Briefs
“On Marriage” will be presented by Katherine Burgess at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive. The Supreme Court has decided not to…
Religion
College’s gay-rights stand sparks uproar
Evangelical school’s values bump against changing culture
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Only 47 more days in which to do your Christmas snooping.” 50 years ago: “‘One of the best plays ever produced at Fort Lewis College,’ said members…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “A poll of downtown Durango taken by the Chamber of Commerce showed the business places are practically unanimously in favor of closing on Armistice Day.” 50 years…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Beautification of Durango continues. Out in North Durango Vernon Foller, high school football coach, and Les Gardenswartz are both having landscape work done by Leonard Zink. Fuller…
And the West is History
And the West is History
“Construction continues on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s roundhouse that burned in the Feb. 10, 1989 fire. Construction began Aug. 1, 1989, and railroad officials say about 35…
Food
With wine, it’s a matter of minutes and degrees
Using a decanter is the classic method of adding air to wine, letting a wine shake off its bottle funk and strut its stuff.www.morguefile.com You will most likely enjoy the…
Food
On the side
Now that Halloween is over and daylight saving time has ended, you know what’s next – Thanksgiving. If you want a fresh, natural or organic turkey, it’s not too early…
Food
Put the kids to work on a sweet potato tart
This sweet potato tart solves the age-old dilemma of how to serve sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving without encroaching on other side dishes.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Turned out to be easier than…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Judge and Mrs. T. E. Higgins were hosts at an unusually attractive party when they entertained at a Hallowe’en dinner.” 50 years ago: “A fire totally destroyed…
Health
Health Briefs
Mercy Regional Medical Center was honored with an “A” grade on the fall 2014 Hospital Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, injuries and infections. The…
Health
How does music affect memory?
Study examines how songs shape mood, behavior of dementia patients
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Contracts for shipping 400 carloads of stock to be shipped from New Mexico and then east have been signed by stockmen and the D&RGW for the month…
Travel
Park preserves vanishing tallgrass prairie
The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas is one of just a few places in the country where you can immerse yourself in this serene but vanishing landscape. Tallgrass prairie…
Travel
Scandinavia’s warm embrace
Landscape, culture, friends make this vacation feel like a return home
Family
Love this life – even when seasons change
Right now all the changes are so fascinating – trees glowing like candles, and next week skirts of yellow leaves at their feet. And confessionally speaking, all this beauty makes…
And the West is History
And the West is History
This 1 cent postcard of Promontory Point on the Ouray Toll Road was published by Sterns & Orendorf B & S Co. in Ouray. It’s part of the Nina Heald…
Religion
Is pope’s progressive vision too much?
From Big Bang to the ‘devil,’ latest pontiff making big splash
Religion
Religion Briefs
The theme for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s November services is “Yonder Come Day.” The Gullah culture of the Georgia Sea Islands sings “Yonder Come Day,” which has a variety of…