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Travels with Fido

Tales – and horror stories – from pet-friendly destinations

Be prepared before flying with your pet

Millions of people travel during the holidays to visit relatives and friends. But if you must board a plane to see grandma or your best buddy, should your dog or cat come along? O...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Merchants all over Durango report trade of all kinds better than it has been for along time in several places they got the cash register full early in the afternoon and began...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Dan Myers of Pine River sat around W.G. White’s stove a while and ordered some stuff wrapped up to take home with him.” 75 years ago: “Electra Lake will be open to...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “O.P. Frary, of Bayfield, came in to eat Thanksgiving dinner, having ground up all the wheat near Bayfield in his mill there. He expects to leave for Arizona in a few days to ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Whittaker entertained 14 Civil War vets Thanksgiving. But few were under 70 years of age and all ate as they did when 16, as Mrs. Whittaker is a splendid ch...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Dave Ramsay assisted us in looking through a window at the turkeys, and after slobbering for a few minutes we agreed upon spare-ribs – or bacon. This thing of being poor is m...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Graden Co. will close all day tomorrow. It has a stack of turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens in their market, to say nothing of beef, pork, mutton and delicatessen-cured meat...

Kids’ fitness falters

They are less fit than their parents, study shows

Health Brief

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. ...

Freezing boosts in-vitro success

New study highlights fewer miscarriages, healthier babies

Report: Treating insomnia helps heal depression

Curing insomnia in people with depression could double their chance of a full recovery, scientists are reporting. The findings, based on an insomnia treatment that uses talk ther...