Xcel Energy and its subsidiary Southwestern Public Service Co. are seeking regulatory approval to build two new wind farms – one on the New Mexico side of the border in…
Music increasingly is becoming a part of patient care – although it’s still pretty unusual to see roving performers captivating entire wards, like at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital one fall…
Not one slot machine is within sight of the lobby at this Las Vegas casino-hotel. With a robust art collection, rooms with a residential feel and an overall romantic atmosphere…
75 years ago: Trujillo Sheets Post No. 28 American Legion scheduled a meeting at Masonic Hall. All members were urged to attend. 50 years ago: The Dove Creek Press, the…
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Despite your political or religious views today, you will say very little. You don’t want to be caught rooting for the wrong side. It’s…
Durango Herald file All signs point to yes. It turns out that feeling lonely can do more than make you sad: It can predict the way your body will respond…
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…
Doctor 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
In 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…
