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And the West is History

100 years ago: “Owners of dogs on the north side are teaching their pups to be vegetarians since someone up there is gratuitously feeding meat in which generous portions of ground glass are ...

Crisis counseling adapts to era of text messaging

The conversation began abruptly, with the anonymous teenager getting straight to the point: She had just told her family she was really a boy trapped in a female body. “Now my family hates m...

Child traffic deaths drop

43 percent decrease may be attributed to state laws

Gene tests, healthy kids and ethical doubt

Her first thought after she heard the news was that she would never have children. Amanda Baxley’s doctor had just told her she had the gene for Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease, or GS...

Health Briefs

Lynn Westberg receives health award The Citizens Health Advisory Council awarded the second annual Health Hero Award to Lynn Westberg at the nonprofit’s annual celebration Jan. 9....

Brain shifts your past

Research shows how present experience shapes memories

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Ed Fiant and Mrs. Fiant left for Silverton after a week spent her because of the blockade. Ed will go through from Elk Park by snowshoes and Mrs. Fiant will visit friends at ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Richard Turner of the Animas Valley was in the city with apples and hay for the local market.” 75 years ago: “Trains are still blocked from the trip over the ‘hump...

N.M. wrestles with fate of historic landmark

State seeks bidders for historic Fort Bayard, which could be demolished

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Reports that cattle were starving in that vicinity caused Stock Inspector Sam Ethredge and Constable Jack Couch to make a trip to the Oxford section. If what is said of the l...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “L.E. Jenkins, the popular Bayfield druggist, drove in from Bayfield in his Ford runabout to attend to business matters here. When asked if the roads were suitable for automob...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “E.G. Cooner, G.A. Jahn and H.B. Waring of Silverton left for eastern points, having snowshoed from the mining town down to where the work train was clearing the road.” ...