75 years ago: The following appeared in the section titled Sunnyside News: “A. L. Brown vaccinated and branded his young cattle, and started to the hills with them this past…
Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road, will celebrate 50 years of service June 28 and 29. Many of the church’s prior pastors will return to greet friends. There…
LDS church endorses rules of dress, which some Mormons think still objectifies females
Employment gains sending jobless fathers back into workforce
75 years ago: “La Plata County Sheriff R. Bruce Sullivan walked away with top honors in the pistol shoot held by the San Juan Basin Peace Officers Association and his…
Leaders say it only made sense to work together
75 years ago: “We hear of a Durango woman who was determined not to spoil her husband’s sport, so she went with him, fishing. In following him around she fell…
“Front-end loaders shovel radioactive uranium mill tailings into awaiting trucks as federal clean-up of Smelter Mountain continues. Work resumed April 1, 1989, and some 97 people are employed this spring.…
Panera on Tuesday announced it will remove artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners and preservatives from its food by 2016.Associated Press file photo The chain of bakery cafes, which has about 1,800…
Development plan includes shops, entertainment, art galleries
Customize this open-faced stuffed portobello sandwich with your favorite garnishes.Matthew Mead/Associated Press But that delicious combination of beef, onions and cheese isn’t the sort of thing you want to pack…
But you’ll be surprised when you enter Olio, Jason Blankenship’s Mancos restaurant, where he sources much of his French-inspired cuisine from local farms and his menu is loaded with items…
75 years ago: “Lois Keith, who taught the past year at Ignacio returned to Los Angeles where she plans to be with her mother. At Gallup she boarded the ‘steamliner’…
75 years ago: “Both Bayfield and Ignacio have been without electric power for the past three days, due to the temporary disabling of the Pine River company’s plant at Bayfield.…
Mercy Regional Medical Center will host an informational class for people diagnosed with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday in Suite 140 of Mercy’s medical office building. People diagnosed…
Improved survival, lack of infertility are possible benefits
2 billion people – 30 percent of world – are fat, and no country is immune
Manufacturers must provide warnings about cancer risks
Number of reported cases most since 1996
In April 1964, some of the buildings on the south end of Rio Grande land were in the process of being demolished, “to make way for future development of the…
75 years ago: “Durango High School will graduate 128 seniors at commencement exercises. This is the largest class ever to be graduated from the local high school.” 50 years ago:…
Unitarians to discuss big questions in lecture series
New Bible project ‘to ignite the spiritual imagination of people’
Registration is open for a six-week beginning meditation class with Katherine Barr, an experienced meditation practitioner, teacher and community Dharma leader at the Durango Dharma Center. The six-week class, presented…
‘Freedom fests’ part of larger trend of how Americans celebrate
75 years ago: An advertisement for Maxwell-Davis Furniture Co. read: “Steel Porch and garden furniture just received. You will think we stole to have such low down prices.” 50 years…
75 years ago: “As has been its custom for a number of years, the Herald-Democrat will observe Memorial Day by closing shop and giving its force a holiday. There will…
