Health
Health Briefs
Cox Members of the Community Health Action Coalition named Dr. Robert Cox as their 2015 Health Hero. Cox has been involved with CHAC for several years and currently serves on…
Southwest Lifestyle
Health
Stopping Zika may require genetically modified insects
The World Health Organization says it may be necessary to use controversial methods like genetically modified mosquitoes to wipe out the insects that are spreading the Zika virus across the…
Family
There’s no one-size-?ts-all for raising kids
A: I can hear the fatigue and frustration in your letter. An almost 2-year-old and a 3-year-old in the house? That is full-on emotional and physical work, often with few…
Family
When rejection is the kindest thing a person can do
There was the boy I dated in high school who went off to college and started seeing someone else. He couldn’t bring himself to tell me – for months –…
Family
To be young and polyamorous in the age of OkCupid
When she gradually realized she was also attracted to men, she was surprised. “I remember being very much in denial,” the now-22-year-old says. Then about a year after she and…
Family
Is my therapist slut-shaming me?
A: You’ll think this is a cop-out to end all cop-outs, but there’s no better person to talk to about this than your therapist. She may be letting her own…
Family
Two things that could keep the new Barbie from being the success it should be
For years, Barbie has symbolized everything that women (and men) are taught by our pop culture to value and covet – thinness, whiteness and affluence (have you seen the latest…
Family
A surprisingly sensible take on raising teen girls
Damour takes the confusing, infuriating and sometimes even frightening behavior of teenage girls and breaks it down into what’s normal (almost all of it) and what to worry about (not…
Family
They never wanted an arranged marriage. But they said ‘I do’ to its best parts.
Although Mehta, a 31-year-old ad agency account manager, couldn’t see what the guy on the other end looked like, she took a chance, too. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,…
Food
Sorghum syrup, peppermint oil are winter BFFs
Southern sugar and extract alternative made for sweets
And the West is History
And the West is History
In this Feb. 17, 1966, photo, “Two-legged animals (like people) buttoned up their coats this morning and snuggled into their mufflers as they walked along Main Avenue in zero-degree temperatures.…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Jerry Dalla of Durango was a business visitor in Pagosa Springs, Sunday.” 50 years ago: “City councilmen Tuesday night authorized the Greeley engineering firm of Parker and…
Health
New research finds noise harder on children than adults
A toddler participates in a speech perception experiment in a laboratory at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.. The toddler was conditioned to put a block in…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Three planes bearing the insignia of the U.S. Air Service roared across the sky over Durango about 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon.” 50 years ago: “Two local lawmen…
Travel
Lonely Planet names Philadelphia top destination
“Philly’s on a roll right now,” the travel guide company said in a statement. “The city is experiencing a transformation to its urban core, yet retaining its deep American history…
Travel
To pacify fliers, airlines restore tiny perks
After 15 years of cutbacks, U.S. airlines bringing back some small perks for coach passengers. American recently announced the return of free snacks in economy class and more free entertainment…
And the West is History
And the West is History
25 years ago: “Gary Toothaker, now superintendent for the 6,700-student Independent School District No. 30 in Bartlesville, Okla., said during his visit to Durango Thursday that effective school administrators are…
And the West is History
And The West is History
Floyd Hill Photos<br><br>In this Feb. 14 1966 photo “The form might not be as good but the determination is just as great, regardless of age, when it comes to ski…
Religion
What you need to know about pope’s Mexico trip
Pope Francis wears a traditional Mexican sombrero given to him by a Mexican journalist while flying from Rome to Havana, Cuba. After stopping in Cuba, Francis began a weeklong trip…
Religion
Revitalized El Paso ready to show off for papal tourists
A Chicano mural brightens the Segundo Barrio of El Paso, Texas. No longer the desolate space it was a few years ago, downtown El Paso is ripe with new bars,…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “A big rangy team of boys from Dove Creek high school tackled the Durango second-stringers in the preliminary here last night and walloped the Durango reserves, 37-27.”…
Health
Veteran’s hospitals compare favorably on treating 3 common conditions
In a 2010-13 study on death rates and readmissions veterans’ hospitals compare favorably with others when it comes to treating older men with three common conditions – heart attacks, heart…
Health
Health Briefs
An interactive discussion of health access issues will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 29 at First National Bank, 259 W. Ninth Street. Jeff Bontrager and Natalie Triedman,…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Lacking the full-time playing services of their ace, Alex Vigil, the Dolores Cowboys saw their last chance at the San Juan Basin league basketball title vanish at…
Health
Study: Gun, drug, car deaths loom large in U.S. longevity gap
Deaths from old-age ailments sometimes get more attention in longevity research, but deaths from these three causes tend to happen at younger ages, contributing to many decades of life lost,…
And the West is History
And the West is History
In this Feb. 10, 1991, photo, “Shane Sanchez of Cortez takes the ball away from Durango’s Chad Midkiff during action Friday night.”Special to the Herald/Carl Geers 75 years ago: “An…