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Travel industry ramps up effort to promote Caribbean tourism

The travel industry is ramping up efforts to remind consumers that many Caribbean islands were unaffected by hurricanes and that their economies depend on tourism. Tourism agencie...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

‘Breaking Bad’ house in Albuquerque gets fence to block fans

ALBUQUERQUE – The real Albuquerque house made famous by the methamphetamine-making character Walter White in the AMC-TV hit series “Breaking Bad” is getting a fence. The owners ar...

DATE: Oct 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Texas couple survives being stranded 6 days in rural Utah

SALT LAKE CITY – A Texas couple who set out for a day trip to Lake Powell while on vacation in southern Utah ended up narrowly surviving six harrowing days stranded on a rocky, desolate dirt...

DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Do you need a timeshare? Listen to the pitch

9 million U.S. households have bought in

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

On the Colorado Trail: Awed by the mountains for 500 miles

Halfway up the 3,300-foot climb through the muggy forest on the north side of Hope Pass, I was panting, sweat-soaked and pining for a pint. It seems every tiny mountain town in Co...

DATE: Oct 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Hotel at iconic TWA terminal will evoke glamour of jet age

NEW YORK – When it opened in 1962, the sleek TWA terminal at New York’s Kennedy Airport was the embodiment of jet-age style. Now, construction is underway to transform the landmark into a $2...

DATE: Oct 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

9 things cruise newbies need to know before walking the gangplank

First-time cruisers have a lot to wrap their heads around. There are hundreds of cruise lines out there, and sifting through the options - like the themes (“The Walking Dead” or “Oprah”?) de...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

With several Caribbean islands in recovery mode, some vacation advice

Some islands were hit hard by hurricanes, some weren’t

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Despite high hopes, hot weather dulls fall foliage season in New England

EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Tour buses continued to pack into a maple sugar farm on the outskirts of Vermont’s capital during the first week of October, the peak of foliage season for travelers l...

DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Traveling with just one child can forge bonds

One-on-one adventures create deeper connections

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Wandering Walden Pond: Thoreau’s retreat offers history lesson, recreation in all seasons

CONCORD, Mass. – Henry David Thoreau went to the woods because, as he famously put it, “I wished to live deliberately.” Two centuries after the Walden author’s birth, people are d...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

1 of oldest Native American birch-bark canoes now on display

BRUNSWICK, Maine – One of the oldest-known examples of a Native American birch-bark canoe is on display at a museum in Maine, where indigenous tribes have used them for thousands of years. ...

DATE: Oct 6, 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