Residents of the Kisenso district receive yellow fever vaccines, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organization says that about 11 percent of medicines in developing countries are…
Pope Francis meets with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Tuesday.Max Rossi/Pool photo via AP Francis didn’t cite the crackdown or even utter the contested word…
Durango Herald file The proposal, if approved, will continue and expand the area of prescribed burns in the Pagosa District. Burns are conducted when weather and fuel conditions result in…
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): You will prefer to work alone or behind the scenes today, because the Moon is in a hidden part of your chart. This is…
Anheuser-Busch sending two experiments to International Space Station
The Subterra Castle Airbnb opened for business about six months ago. It’s located in rural Wabaunsee County, about 15 miles southwest of Topeka. Airbnbs are privately owned residences that are…
Dr. Michael Wilkerson discusses a patient’s case with a nurse at a Bradford Health Services addiction treatment facility in Warrior, Alabama. When doctors become addicted to drugs or alcohol, confidential…
Durango Herald file Participants will gently explore and cultivate the courage to be open and present. The retreat will include sitting and walking meditation, dharma talks and the preciousness of…
The pump is FDA-approved for patients with right heart failure and allows the patient’s heart to rest and recover its ability to pump blood. It can be effective for patients…
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): This is the day to deal with inheritances, taxes, debt and shared property, because whatever you do today, you will do carefully and thoroughly.…
Florida Grange member joins national effort
The Associated Press crowdsourced that question on a Facebook thread as fodder for a holiday gift guide for travelers. We heard from folks around the world, from millennials to retirees,…
A sign points the way to a hospital in Georgia. A study shows that Medicare patients with common illnesses who were treated by their own familiar primary care doctors were…
Associated Press file The series will discuss the promise of Christmas what makes the season “the most wonderful time of the year.” For more information and sermon times, visit www.fumcdurango.org.
CHAC has an initiative, funded by Colorado Health Foundation, to educate La Plata County residents ages 18 and older about health care, advance care planning and advance directive documents. For…
Schmidtdu1-i-syn The workshop, lead by Cindy Schmidt, is open to women of all ages who want to learn about pelvic floor awareness and health and will involve movement, mindfulness and…
Participants should arrive between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m. to receive route assignments. The bird count will start at 8 a.m. The event is open to all birders and anyone interested…
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): You will enjoy social activities with others today, especially a female friend. This female acquaintance also might be part of a group. What starts…
experts recommend gifts for kids interested in the arts
We were killing time between dropping off our kids at ski school and meeting up with our own instructor (euphemistically called a private mountain guide) for the day, and we’d…
Brad Sippy, chief executive officer of Tremeau Pharmaceuticals, Inc., stands for a portrait, in Cambridge, Mass. Tremeau Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a small startup trying to bring the recalled painkiller Vioxx…
17th century text includes 2 infamous errors
Eligible farm operators in designated natural disaster areas qualify for Farm Service Agency emergency loans and have eight months from the date of declaration to apply. In Southwest Colorado, Dolores,…
rules require boat inspections at the reservoir
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Something unusual might occur with banking accounts, shared property, insurance issues or inheritances. If you want to act on whatever this is, you will…
Pope Francis heads to Myanmar and Bangladesh with the international community excoriating Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims as “ethnic cleansing” but his own church resisting the label and defending Myanmar’s…
Kilgore American Indian Art will host two days of weaving
du1-i-syn 75 years ago: The first contribution to come in for the proposed Demon football team championship trophy was a $1 donation from Mrs. Leonard Zink. 50 years ago: Two…
Lee and Sandy Campbelldu1-i-syn They were married Oct. 25, 1957, in Pagosa Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell still live in Durango and have three daughters, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Vendors will offer hand-crafted art and craft items, with refreshments provided by the fire. For more information, call 259-2402.
