Southwest Lifestyle
Health
Here’s why some people drop dead while shoveling snow
Doctors warn that people who aren’t in good physical shape need to be careful shoveling snow because of the increased risk of heart attack or stroke.Elise Amendola/Associated Press file photo…
Family
My OkCupid profile was so bad my now-fiancee ignored me. Then I learned how to dress
Before I met my fiancee, Gabi, I was single in San Francisco. It was 2011, and everyone was on OkCupid. My first profile was horrible. Gabi now explains why she…
Family
Separated by World War II, 70 years and 10,000 miles, long-lost lovers will reunite for Valentine’s Day
What if he had been more serious about the beautiful girl he met in London while on leave there during World War II? What if he hadn’t lost track of…
Family
Parenting: Two clingy kids won’t let Mom be
A. Thank you for this great note. I talk to many parents about this issue, so rest assured, this is pretty normal. Something I repeat over and over in my…
Family
The hidden dangers of ‘shake it off’ parenting
“Shake it off! We need you out there!” The words, from the mouth of a mother I don’t know at all, cut straight through my heart. I tried to catch…
Family
Baggage check: How do I stand up to my mother-in-law when my husband is a mama’s boy?
A. I’ve typed it before and I’ll type it again: Being the mediator when someone from your family of origin is causing undue stress for your spouse is the caring,…
Family
What to wear? Six first-date style tips for women
What you wear to coffee, cocktails or dinner at that hot new restaurant shouldn’t add to your stress. As stylists and pro shoppers for DC Style Factory, we prep clients…
Family
My ex-husband’s mom is still my mother-in-law
To my surprise, I immediately felt at home. She delighted in seeing my engagement ring that had been designed using three diamonds that were once hers. She’d given them to…
Family
Even Facebook can’t help you have more than 150 real friends
An Oxford anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist who is one of the leading experts on those questions decided to take a look. And for the latter question, Robin Dunbar found that…
Family
On a third date, she said: ‘You can’t afford me, Trotsky’
Sure, it was getting late, and I still had students’ papers to grade. But I selected a bottle of wine (not terribly expensive but not too cheap, either) and made…
And the West is History
And the West is HIstory
75 years ago: “The Durango Demons, playing uninspired basketball, grubbed out a 22-9 victory over Bayfield High School at Smiley High gym Tuesday evening, after the Durango faculty had subdued…
Southwest Life
Bounty hunters say farewell to TV show, but not the chase
Clint Simmons, right, and Dayson Goetz, second from right, appeared in two seasons of “Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters” before Animal Planet canceled the program. But Simmons and Goetz are still…
Health
Obstacles remain to reach uninsured
Income, language barriers account for most of 10% without health coverage
Health
Health Briefs
The first Live by Living walk will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Blueprints of Hope, a local nonprofit which provides…
And the West is History
And the West is History
50 years ago: “Mesa volunteer firemen will give away a three-piece bedroom set, a transistor radio and a pole lamp as a money-making project.” 25 years ago: “About 40 Fort…
Health
CDC: Ask pregnant women about trips to Zika outbreak areas
Doctors should ask pregnant women about their travel and certain symptoms, and – if warranted – test them for an infection with the Zika virus, the Centers for Disease Control…
And the West is History
And The West is History
In this Jan. 20, 1991, photo, “Shari Crane was the recipient of the first locally given Athena Award, honoring a successful businesswoman, as well as the Volunteer of the Year…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Work on the construction of Vallecito dam on the Pine River reclamation project northeast of Durango has progressed very satisfactorily during 1940, and the dam will be…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Both skating and skiing conditions are reported good in the Durango vicinity.” 50 years ago: “Due to a lack of snow, the Third Avenue ski area will…
Travel
You don’t have to be a star to love the Sundance Film Festival
Over the years, movies screened in this one-time mining town have ranged from “The Blair Witch Project” to “Little Miss Sunshine.” Seeing buzzed-about films before the rest of the world…
Travel
Cruise trends: Extravagance and oddities on high seas
Also in 2016 from the cruise industry, Royal Caribbean launches the world’s largest ship, and a new ship from Carnival features a biking track suspended high above the water. And…
And the West is History
And the West is History
From January 1966: “The Durango High School library has popped its seams, and the overflow of books and periodicals had to go someplace, so they went into this cubicle, which…
Family
Resolving to set a better example for kids in 2016
The next 1.3 seconds inside my head went something like this: “Noooo way I haven’t stepped on that in forever I don’t like scales they don’t like me my shoes…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Sheriff Bruce Sullivan is putting in some long hours at the FBI school in Washington – but he likes it. The La Plata County sheriff was the…