The Milky Way is seen over the Smoky Mountains in central Idaho. A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation’s first International Dark…
75 years ago: Mrs. Ruth Stout and her 9-year-old daughter, Beth, of Denver arrived in Durango to make a home. Mrs. Stout had previously worked for the U.S. Reclamation Bureau…
I might be terrified, too, if only because I would have to mess up my kitchen on Christmas morning. Luckily for me, the lessons I learned growing up have evolved…
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Gifts, goodies and favors from others will come your way today. Do not waver or hesitate. Accept your good fortune quickly, because this blessing…
Nuns carry on the altar the relics of five new Saints during an open-air canonization ceremony led by Pope Benedict XVI, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The Vatican’s…
Reacting to a story in The Washington Post, health leaders say they are alarmed that officials at the CDC, the nation’s top public health agency, are being told not to…
Sure, the snow and cold weather offer plenty of active delights: Skiing, sledding, trekking, ice fishing. But let the masses head to ski resorts and the hardcore head off into…
75 years ago: Charles E. Stilwell was seeking a renter to occupy a furnished sleeping room with a private bath. 50 years ago: About 60 semi-trucks were forced to wait…
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): You will enjoy traveling today and talking to people from other cultures and different countries. In fact, you want to do anything that expands…
The ground is, in fact, floating. It’s a peat bog on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, and it’s from here that Hofmann, the co-founder of Seattle’s Westland Distillery , is taking an…
75 years ago: Durango, “for years,” lacked any real ice skating rink and, after being “widely and loudly deplored by sport fans,” that fact would change with the addition of…
develops way to slow down spread of poison
Abuse of painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and other opioids across the country has resulted in tens of thousands of children being taken from their homes and placed in the foster care…
The Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium in Jersey City, which opened this month, features a dome that is 89 feet in diameter, surpassing a 79-foot dome in St. Louis. Chief executive Paul…
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Do something different today, because you need a change of scenery. Go someplace you’ve never been before. Talk to people from a different background.…
75 years ago: Wm Bruce (Bill) Robb, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.N. Robb of Durango and class of 1940 graduate of Durango High School, was sworn into the Army…
Durango Herald file Dec. 23: 5:30 p.m., contemporary service.Dec. 24: 2 p.m., family worship; 3 p.m., 5 p.m., contemporary worship; 7 p.m., traditional worship with communion; 9 p.m., 11 p.m.,…
A child welfare worker is on the line telling of three siblings in need of a foster family. Without a pause, Stark offers a familiar line sapped with resignation. “I’ve…
Department of Agriculture trains counselors to respond to rural residents
City of Light, artists found acceptance
The U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region has released application dates for temporary positions during the 2018 field season.Durango Herald file Job opportunities are available in these areas: fire, trails,…
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): This is a good day to ask for a loan, mortgage or to borrow something from someone, because doors will open for you. This…
Keynote speaker Guinn Unger will present “Obamacare, Health Care & Trumpcare: Facts & Fiction.” Also, Joel Dyar, District 3 Colorado Indivisible executive director, will present “Flipping the Third” and discuss…
One local business, realizing this movement, is now offering an eco-friendly way to spruce up households for the holidays, a sort of pushback to the plastic-heavy decorations many people buy…
“If we wait a bit longer, he’ll probably start cleaning his teeth,” one rider says to his neighbor, humor failing to mask his frustration. It’s a scene that is emblematic…
A warning label of strangulation risks from mini blind cords in Washington. According to a new study, children’s injuries and deaths from window blinds have not stalled despite decades of…
Durango Herald file The awards ceremony will take place Monday during halftime of the Fort Lewis College girls basketball game. The Heart Safe board, its medical adviser David Hughes and…
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Unexpected news might affect discussions regarding shared property, inheritances or insurance issues. Let’s hope this is good news. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20):…
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