Health
Do you know how strong that drink is?
Calculator helps figure how much alcohol you are about to consume
Southwest Lifestyle
Travel
Busting five myths about tipping
There’s no need to leave money for a hotel housekeeper. The median hourly pay for U.S. hotel housekeepers is $9.21, a spokeswoman for the UNITE HERE union says. The union’s…
Family
Shoe trick may prevent child deaths in hot car
Leave something you need on the back seat so you don’t forget buckled-in children
Religion
Religion Briefs
Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, will host these events: Kabbalat Shabbat will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. The Kabbalat Shabbat will include a Torah study…
Religion
‘Fastest Nun in West’ on path to sainthood
She challenged Billy the Kid in addition to helping the poor
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “J. R. Cheney division engineer for the state highway department announced that work would begin on July 5 on the $100,000 highway project north of Durango. In…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Reports from Pagosa Springs indicate a larger attendance at its two-day 4th of July celebration than could have been hoped for. Well over 1,500 attended the morning…
And the West is History
And the West is History
“Pro burro racer Lee Courkamp of Arvada pushed Bam Bam up the trail during the 13-mile challenge from Vallecito to an elevation of nearly 11,000 feet. Six men and three…
Food
Craft brews are mixing it up on the summer cocktail scene
A Rickey Brew, right, and a Black Cream cocktail are just two of many refreshing cocktails that can be made with beer.Matthew mead/Associated Press Bars around the country are tapping…
Food
Stuffing jazzes up a juicy Lucy for July Fourth cookouts
The cheese is hidden inside a jazzy juicy Lucy burger.Matthew Mead/Associated Press To create a burger equal to the holiday, we started with a burger already pushing the envelope –…
Food
Owners put The Farm Bistro in Cortez up for sale
Laurie and Rusty Hall want to get back to farming
Food
On the side
Two local purveyors and growers of some of Colorado’s finest fruit are back in business now that summer is officially here. Matt Hauser of MLS Fruit sells his succulent cherries…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “The wife of a Durango man who was planning a trip to Denver advised him not to wear a newly purchased shirt in the capital city because…
Health
For young children, flu spray recommended
Studies have found kids between 2 and 8 years old are about half as likely to get the flu if they had the spray vaccine instead of a shot.Associated Press…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Such weather! The sidewalks are warm enough to fry eggs, and it gets hot enough in a locked car to roast a pig. For a welcome change,…
Health
Doctor’s orders: Read to children from birth
More words kids hear, the better for their brains
Health
There is a downside for kids eating fortified cereal
Their excessive consumption of nutrients could be dangerous
Health
Health-care marketplace expanding
Nonprofit cooperative visits Durango as part of statewide tour
Travel
Scientists resume digging at La Brea Tar Pits in LA
Officials at La Brea Tar Pits are reopening a shuttered exhibition hall and reactivating an excavation site, allowing visitors to watch as workers dig for prehistoric fossils from a pool…
Travel
Fidel’s former limos reborn as taxicabs
Today, the limos have been decommissioned and repurposed as Havana taxicabs, at the service of tourists who want a little slice of history to go with their ride across town.…
And the West is History
And the West is History
“Two Durango businessmen – Mahlon White, left, and Alexis McKinney, center – watch as Ken Eubanks of Fort Lewis College operates the computer that will be used for several summer…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Durango’s national guard unit, the headquarters battery attached to the 168th field artillery, has returned home from the two weeks camp near Denver bringing with it a…
Family
Long scattered, adoptees search for families
Babies unofficially adopted in 1950s, ’60s undergo new DNA testing to learn their history
Family
Fathers: We want more diaper changing tables
“This bill reflects our modern families now,” said California State Sen. Ricardo Lara, sponsor of one of the bills, in an interview with USA TODAY Network. Lara’s bill would require…
Religion
Religion Briefs
The First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will start a new sermon series called “The Making of a Superhero” from today to July 27. The five messages will take…
Religion
Golden days are here for Christ the King
Lutheran church marking 50 years as a congregation
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Additional improvement to the La Plata County Fairgrounds at Durango are stipulated in a $23,440 allotment made by Works Progress Administration authorities in Washington. The work includes…