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Around U.S., Halloween attractions ask guests to take part

NEW YORK – Ghost tours and haunted houses are hallmarks of the weeks leading up to Halloween. But this year, some attractions are raising their game with an interactive component. ...

You will be afraid

Abandoned Philadelphia prison will scare even the daring

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The first new-term number of The Toltec, the monthly paper issued by the pupils of Durango High School, has made its appearance and is a distinct credit to the students and t...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Two-thousand five pounds of the usual high grade butter was manufactured at the San Juan Creamery during the week. In order to meet the demand it was necessary to churn one d...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: An advertisement for Western Colorado Power Co.: “Ten slices of crispy brown toast for only one cent of electricity. That’s El Tostovo, a glowing electric toaster stove that a...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “The Durango Motor Car Company has a Chalmers ‘6’ and a ‘36’ en route from the Detroit factory and are looking for both at an early date. The ‘6’ goes to Dr. Turrell and the ‘...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “Albert Kern drove his mother in from her ranch. All the Kern family now have ranches and all are being cultivated in grain or grass except ‘Balsys’ – his crop is jackrabbits ...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “Jimmy O’Rourke betook himself up to the property of the Sueno De Oro mining company, intending to prosecute work up there all through the coming winter. He recently struck th...

And the West is History

100 years Ago: “Jack Smith and John Ryan of the Strater Hotel culinary staff, to satisfy a wager on national baseball, were hitched up to the Strater’s one-passenger, two-cylinder machine an...

Health Briefs

Talk to address ending allergy symptoms Caleb Gates, licensed acupuncturist, will discuss how to resolve food and airborne allergy symptoms using Advanced Allergy Therapeutics. ...

Literary fiction can encourage empathy

If you want to understand how people around you are feeling, put down that hard-boiled crime novel and pick up some Jane Austen or Fyodor Dostoyevsky. New research out this month ...

Colorado’s lavender industry finding a fragrant niche

PALISADE (AP) – Cherries are nice, but Paola Legarre has bigger and better plans for her cherry farm nestled in the middle of Colorado’s wine and fruit country. The plans involve ...