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AAA predicts record travel over Christmas and New Year’s

Comforted by a strong economy, more Americans than ever are expected to travel over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Auto club AAA said Thursday that 107 million people will...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. national parks to slash number of free days for visitors

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – National parks in the U.S. will sharply drop the number of days they allow visitors to get in for free, a move that was criticized by opponents of the parks’ plan to raise e...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Los Angeles subway work uncovers array of Ice Age fossils

LOS ANGELES – As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by. When her phone buzzes, she quick...

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

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...

DATE: Dec 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

After the lights dim, Rockefeller Center Christmas trees still give

Rockefeller Center spruce used in Habitat for Humanity homes

DATE: Dec 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Taliesin West: A magnet for fans of architect Frank Lloyd Wright

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Each year when the sizzling temperatures finally dipped in the southern Arizona desert, architect Frank Lloyd Wright and a small band of young apprentices would start t...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

A Trump slump? International visitors to U.S. down 4%

Has the Trump slump that the travel industry warned about finally hit? The number of international visitors arriving in the United States declined nearly 4 percent in the first si...

DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

How to handle traveling in the age of ‘permanxiety’

NEW YORK – Travel involves a lot of conflicting emotions. You’re excited about your trip, looking forward to relaxing, reconnecting with loved ones or sightseeing. Then there’s th...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Check in, help out: Socially conscious hotels give back to the community

You don’t have to be a full-on voluntourist to give back while traveling. Today, philanthropy may be as simple as booking a certain hotel or using a particular travel site. Altruism is becom...

DATE: Dec 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Dubai unveils a new zip line among towering skyscrapers

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Dubai is offering thrill-seekers a new way to see its dazzling skyscrapers: On one of the world’s longest zip lines. The 558-foot-high XLine opens th...

DATE: Dec 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Even procrastinators can find deals on holiday travel

DALLAS – So you polished off the pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, watched Black Friday and Cyber Monday come and go, and now – just now – you’re thinking that it might be time to make your Chris...

DATE: Dec 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Ruins at risk: Peru’s urban growth threatens to erase pre-colonial sites

LIMA, Peru – From her small home near two golf courses and three slums, Gianina Rojas gazes up at a crumbling adobe pyramid, remnants of the vast Inca empire that flourished more than six ce...

DATE: Dec 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday