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Twin birth rates hit an all-time high in the United States

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a final report on births in the United States in 2014, showing an all-time record number of twins. We’re not talking about a monum...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “The Durango police received word from Silverton authorities to keep on the lookout for Angelo Jairado, who is charged with having shot Joseph Dalla in the leg as the latter w...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “As the first step in the replacing of the wooden pipeline of the city water system with steel pipe, City Manager A.F. Hood announced that within the next year, 1,000 feet of ...

Paris tourism took hit after attacks but dip could level off

NEW YORK – Paris tourism took a hit in the weeks after the Nov. 13 terror attacks, with a 12 percent drop in hotel occupancy for the month of November and Air France reporting $54.5 million ...

Places, events driving travel in 2016

Rio and Cuba. The Pope’s Year of Mercy and artist Christo’s walk on water. Philadelphia, Cleveland and the next U.S. president. Super Bowl in California and the Indy 500 at 100. A centennial...

Indigenous Bolivian women scale high peaks

LA PAZ, Bolivia – At first glance, the indigenous Bolivian women don’t look much like mountain climbers, with their colorful, multilayered skirts and fringed shawls. But their hel...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “That Santa Clause remembered to stuff the stocking of the La Plata mining district with good things for this Christmas became apparent when great excitement was caused among ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A.K. Berkey has resigned as mayor of Eureka because he does not care to be known as the official boss of a ‘dry’ town, according to advices received in Durango by long distan...

And the West is History

100 years ago: “A movement for the beautifying of Durango by the planting of home gardens received strong impetus, when the committee of home gardens met to discuss plans for encouraging all...

Can you be fit but fat? Researchers say it may be a myth

One of the most controversial ideas in medical science today is whether people can really be fat and fit. That is, is weight in itself a marker of health – or simply a suggestion of a person...

For kids, free surgery can change a life

Nonprofit Mending Kids looks to offer services to children in Four Corners

Twin birth rate hits an all-time high

NEW YORK – The twin birth rate hit at an all-time high last year in the United States while the rate for triplets, quadruplets, and higher was the lowest in two decades. Of the ne...