New wave wines, such as Dalila and Cantodoro, are varieties from the reinvented, or re-inventing, regions of Eastern Europe, Sicily and Greece that go far beyond the world of chardonnay…
75 years ago: “One of the gay events of the past week was a Fiesta dinner served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I.E. Levey. Colorful Fiesta dinnerware and…
San Juan Basin Health Department recognizes August as National Immunization Awareness Month. Childhood vaccines protect against serious and potentially life-threatening diseases, and children need certain vaccines to attend school. For…
One national crisis center saw jump to 1.4M Facebook visitors from its usual 91,000
75 years ago: “Sheriff R. Bruce Sullivan left for Telluride to bring back Jack Porter, wanted here on a warrant from justice court on a non-support charge. Potter, who is…
The Remarkables ski area near Queenstown, New Zealand, is one of several large ski areas that has been making snow at record rates after the warmest start to winter ever…
In A.D. 62, a major earthquake toppled buildings, causing severe damage, harbinger of what was to come. Seventeen years later, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii in a…
The increase was sharp; the percentage of nonmarital births within cohabiting relationships rose to 58 percent from 41 percent in just a few years, says the report, based on various…
75 years ago: “Work started on the $1,600 community building to be erected by the Durango Presbyterian Church. The structure will be two stories high, and will be situated on…
75 years ago: “Bob Tays, manager of Gradens Store, writes from Chicago that he is receiving the Herald-Democrat, that it is raining there, that he has been getting a thrill…
Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University will be held at these locations: Beginning at 6 p.m. Sept. 3 at First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive. For more information or to…
75 years ago: “The new Highway 160 Association formed in Durango will work toward the objective of promoting traffic over 160 by coordinating the advertising efforts of all the communities…
75 years ago: “With a larger attendance, bigger gate receipts, more and faster contestants and more thrilling track events, the 1939 edition of the Spanish Trails Fiesta in Durango ended…
75 years ago: “Durango today is host to thousands of visitors here to attend the Spanish Trails Fiesta, and the city’s warm hospitality is extended to its guests.” 50 years…
Grapefruit and Corn Summer Salsa is a shaved salsa that is sliced with a mandoline.Matthew Mead/Associated Press First, that it must involve tomatoes. Second, that the ingredients should be chopped.…
That’s really all a seasonally delicious tomato needs. Though if you really want to gussy it up, you could add a bit of pepper, a splash of olive oil, maybe…
Nontraditional gins such as Citadelle reserve gin, left, an aged gin, and Gin De France G’Vine gin, a grape-based gin, are reviving consumer interest in the gin category.Matthew Mead/Associated Press…
Really want to know how to can the summer’s bounty for winter’s dark days? Wendy Rice and the Colorado State University Extension office are offering a series of how-to classes…
75 years ago: “Everybody, their cousins, and their cousins’ cousins from the San Juan Basin and many other portions of Colorado are ready for a rip-roaring time at the Spanish…
The Upper Pine River Fire Protection District will offer CPR and first aid classes at the Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive. The next CPR class will be held…
75 years ago: “A wind storm reported as the heaviest in recent years hit Electra Lake, tearing boathouses loose from their mooring and capsizing a small boat out on the…
