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And the West is History

100 years ago: O.A. Dunn, president of the Mesa Verde Oil Co., traveled to Durango from Aztec by automobile to “sink several test holes down in the lower valley.” He had been called to I...

And the West is History

100 years ago: An “epidemic of colds” hit most of the Flora Vista population, but “a few old mossbacks” escaped it. They were “too slow to catch anything but a nap.” 75 yea...

Colorado luthier makes instruments beautiful for eyes, ears

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – Beau Hannam looks at a piece of wood and hears music. He sees melodies in the grain, tones in the curves he knows he can bend into something that once grew t...

Hard history: Mississippi museums explore slavery, Klan era

JACKSON, Miss. – In the 1950s and ’60s, segregationist whites waved Confederate flags and slapped defiant bumper stickers on cars declaring Mississippi “the most lied about state in the Unio...

FireWise names new executive director

FireWise of Southwest Colorado recently appointed Ashley Downing as its new executive director. Before FireWise, Downing worked as a conservation program manager for Walker Basin ...

Mercy Chapel to offer ‘Blue Christmas’ service

Mercy Regional Medical Center will hold its Blue Christmas service from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Dec. 19 at Mercy Chapel, 1010 Three Springs Blvd. The service is designed for people sufferi...

IUD program leads to decline in teen pregnancies, abortions in Colorado

DENVER – Colorado teen pregnancies and abortions have dropped sharply since 2009, and state health officials attribute much of the trend to the increased availability of free and low-cost ac...

And the West is History

100 years ago: George Gilmour, “a fine breed onion raiser of Flora Vista for the past 26 years,” relocated to Aztec. He was either “over-supplied with apple jack or recovering from an at...

After the lights dim, Rockefeller Center Christmas trees still give

Rockefeller Center spruce used in Habitat for Humanity homes

High Noon Rotary to meet Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary will meet at 11:45 a.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. Lexie Stetson-Lee, Powerhouse Science Center deputy director, will speak to ...

Ute Mountain Tribal Park to hold winter solstice tour

Ute Mountain Tribal Park will offer a winter solstice tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 16 that starts at the park’s visitor center and museum, located 20 miles south of Cortez at the junct...

Forest Service to host job fair by phone

The U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region will host a remote job fair by phone from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday for job-seekers interested in summer 2018 employment opportunities. The...