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What does Thanksgiving really mean?

‘Colonization dehumanizes both the colonized and the colonizer’

San Juan Regional Medical Center offers stroke warning signs

Because strokes affect blood flow to the brain, rapid and effective treatment can save lives and provide the best chance of limiting the extent of long-term irreversible damage. The acronym…

Pagosa Ranger District seasonal road closures to begin Sunday

Roads are closed seasonally to wheeled motorized vehicles to protect critical wildlife habitat and/or to prevent damage to road surfaces during freezing and thawing periods, even if snow levels are…

Breen to host annual craft and gift bazaar

Community Connections to host Festival of Trees

There will be free, family-friendly fun, food and entertainment and a chance to win tree and wreath gifts and decorations and get-away vacation packages valued at more than $2,000. For…

Sacred Heart to hold Christmas bazaar

For more information, call Karen Gomez at 759-8168.

Egypt unveils animal mummies of lion cubs, crocodiles, birds

Items from the new find were displayed at a makeshift exhibition at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo, near where mummies and other artifacts have…

Stop! Washing your Thanksgiving turkey could spread germs

Thanksgiving turkey in Concord, N.H. Food safety experts say raw turkeys shouldn’t be rinsed, since that can spread harmful bacteria. Cooking should kill any germs. But bacteria can still spread…

Pope visits Jesuit Japan community that could have been his

Pope Francis gives a speech at Sophia University in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019.Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP Francis celebrated morning Mass in the chapel of the Jesuit-run Sophia University…

Yogurt sales sour as U.S. breakfast culture changes

Despite shelves full of new varieties, from Icelandic to Australian to coconut-based, U.S. yogurt sales are in a multiyear slump. Yogurt companies are confident that more new products can boost…

Photo: Flood of 1927

The second worst flood in Durango history occurred June 28 to 30, 1927; devastation was only surpassed by the October 1911 flood. The 1927 flood was caused by both rainfall…

McGee Park to host Turkey Bowl

Friday’s events will begin with sign up at 9 a.m. and roping at 10 a.m. Fees for P1/D2 or D3 are $120 per roper. Participants may enter four times for…

These warm, fluffy pull-apart dinner rolls are bliss to eat and a cinch to make

Pillowy Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post To this day, I can practically smell and taste those soft, fluffy wonders. Sure, some people may treasure the memory of homemade rolls lovingly…

Dark tourism, explained: Why visitors flock to sites of tragedy

Experts call the phenomenon dark tourism, and they say it has a long tradition. Dark tourism refers to visiting places where some of the darkest events of human history have…

Adults trying to understand dyslexia get a taste of the frustration, exasperation

Founder of private school recommends universal screening

Colorado Court of Appeals rules for uranium mine cleanup

Decision may affect other ‘zombie mines’ in Western Colorado

Native American shield returned to New Mexico from France

‘Our prayers have been answered,’ Acoma leader says

Mister Rogers’ faith shaped his idea of children’s television

Fred Rogers tapes a segment of his television program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” on June 28, 1989, in Pittsburgh.Associated Press file In the 1960s, Americans were witnessing the horrors of war…

Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections

Free mail-order HIV tests for high-risk men offer a potentially better strategy for curbing disease spread than usual care, according to a U.S. government study published Monday, Nov. 18, 2019,…

Carcass of giant blue whale brought to surface for study

The dead whale, which was about as long as two school buses, washed ashore near Gold Beach, Oregon, in 2015. It’s exceptionally rare to see an intact blue whale carcass…

New, old drugs may offer fresh ways to fight heart disease

printout from an electrocardiogram machine in Missouri. Doctors are reporting that novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood…

Lawsuit: Church pressured victims into unfair settlements

Joshua K. Love sits for a portrait in the living room of his home in Greenwood, Miss. Love and his cousin La Jarvis Love say they were sexually assaulted by…

AP: Catholic boards hailed as fix for sex abuse often fail

These independent panels with lay people in each diocese would review allegations fairly and kindly. And they would help bishops ensure that no abusive priests stayed in ministry. But almost…

Telluride to host Holiday Arts Bazaar

For more information, contact Telluride Arts at 728-3930, [email protected] or www.telluridearts.org/holiday-bazaar.

Community invited to Singing with Santa

Carolers will follow Santa’s sleigh from TBK Bank to Buckley Park, where there will be free cookies and hot cocoa, a countdown the tree-lighting and people may take pictures with…

San Juan Mountains Association to hold Christmas tree lot

The lot will have white fir trees harvested from overgrown stands on the San Juan National Forest as well as balsam Fir and Frasier Fir from a Wisconsin tree farm.…

Community Thanksgiving dinner to be held

It will be a traditional Thanksgiving meal with all the fixings at the annual Durango Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Take-out meals will be available after 1:30 p.m. This traditional meal is…

American Legion Post 28 to host Thanksgiving meal

The meal is free, but donations will be accepted. The meal is open to the public, as well as veterans and their families.

Farmington Public Library announces holiday closures

Online resources will continue to be available at

TBK Bank supports local businesses this holiday season

Patrons can stop in at a participating business, grab an entry form and drop it off at any TBK Bank branch before Dec. 15. This will enter them into a…