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And the West is History

100 years ago: “J. W. Ralston brought up a car of splendid fat hogs from the Cedar Hill country on the Farmington train, intending to take them up to Silverton for consumption there.” ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Denver & Rio Grande is installing electric headlights on the tea kettles that haul the Eastern in and out of Durango, so the engineers can see the tracks. It gets dark e...

HIV-like virus suppressed in monkey experiment

NEW YORK – Doctors may one day be able to control a patient’s HIV infection in a new way: injecting swarms of germ-fighting antibodies, two new studies suggest. In monkeys, that s...

Study: soda tax would reduce UK obesity

LONDON – Slapping a 20 percent tax on soda in Britain could cut the number of obese adults by about 180,000, according to a new study. Though the number works out to a modest drop...

Health Briefs

Healthy council scheduled to meet at 8 a.m. Friday The nonprofit Citizens Health Advisory Council will meet from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at Durango Community Recreation Center in the ...

U.S. malaria count hits 40-year high

ATLANTA – U.S. malaria cases are at their highest level in four decades, mostly from Americans bringing home an unwelcome souvenir from their travels. Malaria is not a big problem...

Little known about concussions in young athletes

WASHINGTON – Is peewee football too early to wonder about concussions? Maybe not: A major report says far too little is known about the risks in youth sports, especially for athletes who sui...

Food allergies get feds’ attention

Government offers guidelines for schools

Military’s body-fat test weighs on some troops

Liposuction is last option for those who want to save careers

Campaign curbs teen pregnancies

Southwest counties follow state trend

And the West is History

100 years ago: An advertisement for Strater Hotel read, “Leading hotel in Durango. All rooms are steam heated. All cleaning done by vacuum.” 75 years ago: “Many people attended an...

America’s gateway reopens

Ellis Island was inundated by Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters