Researchers say women who inserted a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a month were partially protected against HIV infection. Two large studies in Africa found the effect…
Pediatric Associates of Durango is the recipient of the 2015 Green Business Leadership Award. The selection committee chose the medical practice for making significant changes in the health care field,…
People with prediabetes are invited to attend a free class taught by Sheena Carswell and Marge Morris from 9 to 11 a.m. March 4 in Suite 140 of the medical…
The caption for this Feb. 24, 1966, photo: “Center of attraction at the Case de Amigos (Santa Rita community house) open house Wednesday evening was a new jukebox. The big…
75 years ago: “C.E. “Evans” Hampton, 91, pioneer and retired San Juan cattleman and county leader, asked for his recipe for a long life and success, declared: “I never used…
Terroir is a French word used to describe the environmental characteristics of a wine that are imparted by the location in which it is grown. The concept of terroir originated…
Under the terms of a new rewards program that takes effect in April, Starbucks customers must spend $62.50 to earn enough stars for a free item.Mark Lennihan/Associated Press The Seattle-based…
75 years ago: “Mud and storm did not keep members home when the Civic Club met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Dodson.” 50 years ago: “Hogans, Elks and Safeway…
75 years ago: “Richard Evans returned to Shiprock Sunday after having spent a week in Durango during which time he was temporarily employed as a butcher at the Piggly Wiggly…
Airlines generate 25 percent of their revenue from fees. One of the biggest is a charge of up to $200 to change or cancel a ticket.Associated Press file photo The…
Dramatic vistas, welcoming locals along Canada’s eastern shore
It wasn’t meant to be an experiment in loneliness. I thought I was giving myself the gift of a writing retreat: I had read about writers who isolate themselves in…
“I mean, I don’t know … everyone keeps saying that you are,” I stammered out. “Who cares what anyone else thinks? What do you believe?” That was the magical question,…
But he walked away from the party in the Sacramento River Delta, authorities say, and hasn’t been seen since. Moparti, 55, disappeared from the reception at Grand Island Mansion, on…
“Shh, mama, it’s sleepin’,” she’d whisper with her eyes closed and a finger pressed to her lips. I never understood why she thought the moss was sleeping, but I do…
Fortunately, Feminist Virgil was nice enough to give me a tour. (This was regular Virgil but he had fixed the Dido parts.) He led me down through the Vestibule and…
75 years ago: “Some unusually fine pictures of wild turkeys aflight and racing along on foot were recently taken by Charles J. Belse in the Devil Creek region between Bayfield…
75 years ago: “Calling from Denver, Lloyd Barnes, who is there representing the interests of the Durango chapter of Colorado Sportsmen Inc., informs local officers that the securing of funds…
The irony of having to say goodbye to my 4-year-old each day in order to build a new business that helps other parents bring their children with them to work…
A: But it’s unclear if he can live with it. Granted, we’re talking cleaning services here, so I’ll acknowledge the relative luxury of such a problem. But good marriages have…
Dressed in the garb of his chosen occupation, Snoopy is pictured as a “world-famous lawyer,” a “world-famous literary ace,” and even a “world-famous grocery clerk.” Snoopy is superlative in everything…
A: While I do not know much about your family dynamics, let’s see if we can understand why your son may be stuck in this arguing cycle. In the developmental…
Candidate’s type of faith is common among Americans
In this Feb. 21 1966 photo “Jim Taucher (white, 51), Durango’s 6-5 sophomore pivot man, goes high above everyone else to haul down a rebound against Moab Red Devils Saturday…
Public ire about domestic sheep grazing in the Weminuche, which has been going on for more than 100 years, drew intense scrutiny when scoping began in 2012. At that time,…
