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And the West is History

100 years ago: “Paul Smith of Reservoir Mesa, was in with a couple of bobcat skins and a coyote hide, collecting bounty at the county treasurer’s office.” 75 years ago: “‘Pneumoni...

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And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Hesperian Literary Society of the Durango High School met in regular session. A dramatic offering in the nature of a one act force was the feature of the program.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Shipments of baled hay, dressed pork and beef are very heavy from Oxford just now. Some station shelter badly needed.” 75 years ago: “Business in Durango is boomin...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “W. B. Bond, of the lower Animas Valley, drove in to buy supplies and see what Santa Claus had for sale.” 75 years ago: An advertisement for La Plata Motor Inc. rea...

Exams got you stressed? Rover to the rescue

AMHERST, N.Y. – The dogs stepped into the University at Buffalo’s Health Sciences Library building and instantly were stars, mobbed by a phalanx of cooing and ooing college students. ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Trimble Springs – “More seats have been added to the Waterfall school as there was not room to accommodate the number of scholars.” 75 years ago: “Animas City, prac...

And the West is History

100 years ago: CORTEZ– “Chief Ignacio of the Southern Utes, embracing the Moache, Capote and Weminuche tribes, died at Navajo Springs from old age. The dead chief was about 85 years of age.”...

Meningitis hits two universities

Outbreaks of bacterial meningitis have struck two college campuses although health officials say the episodes – one on the East Coast, the other on the West Coast – appear to be unrelated. ...

Health Briefs

Acupuncture clinic available to veterans A Durango Veterans Acupuncture Clinic will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays and from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at 635 East Fifth Ave. ...

The goal of 1: Doctors aim to lower twin birth rates

BOSTON – Doctors are reporting an epidemic – of twins. Nearly half of all babies born with advanced fertility help are multiple births, new federal numbers show. In the five years...

Genetic testing company to stop providing data on health risks

Bowing to the Food and Drug Administration, genetic testing service 23andMe said last week that it would stop providing consumers with health information while its test undergoes regulatory ...