“Performers and celebrities at the second Cowboy Poetry Gathering and the third annual Western Arts and Film Festival, held in October of 1990, were treated to a trail ride and…
75 years ago: “Uniforms for the Durango High School band are expected to arrive Jan. 15. A sample copy arrived shortly before the Christmas vacation, and it is a glamorous…
Christians receive greatest priority, Muslims lowest
First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will begin a new sermon series called “Half-Truths” on Jan. 9 and 10. Pastor Jeff Huber will begin the year with a five-week…
75 years ago: “During the past week 200,000 loch laven trout eggs from Troy, Montana, arrived at the Durango hatchery. The hatchery also says that the brook trout eggs taken…
Heart Safe La Plata, a local nonprofit organization, will offer these CPR classes at Durango Fire Protection District’s Station 1, 142 Sheppard Drive: An Adult CPR/AED class will take place…
Consider a realistic goal, a specific plan of action
A possible plateau in childhood obesity rates and declines in air pollution are among factors that may have helped lower cases in kids, the 2001-13 study suggests. Overall, average asthma…
Plata County Rotary clubs deliver solar power
75 years ago: “Men teachers of Durango High School enjoyed a house warming at the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Schneider at 1833 Main Ave. Kay Nabors was…
A. The solution involves the delicate art of validating her right to be upset while maintaining you never meant to upset her. Done wrong, it makes the person feel on…
I didn’t memorize the reading, but for two weeks I practiced it out loud once a day while looking in the mirror. Changing inflections, I stayed mindful of speed and…
At the time, I was feeling bored and overwhelmed with dating – tired of carrying on generic conversations with strangers that often went nowhere and overwhelmed by all the potentials…
Sparkling Orchard Grove cocktails spike sparkling wine with a apple cider-orange juice reduction, amaretto liqueur and a sprig of fresh rosemary.J.M. Hirsch/Associated Press The boy was craving what is known…
For most, oak is an integral component of wine. The greatest wines from Napa, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rioja and Piedmont all benefit from oak influence. While some prefer heavy-handed oak, others…
“These trucks of the La Plata Fire Volunteers – a 1,300-gallon pumper of 1948 vintage, a World II 1,000-gallon pumper and a 1950 200-gallon pumper pickup truck – are all…
STAT points out that mothers continued to get older in 2014. The average age for a first-time mother is now 26.3, up from an even 26 in 2013. The teen…
Months earlier, I had broken up with a boyfriend, a man with whom I had enjoyed many quiet New Year’s Eve dinners. I assumed that some invitation or other would…
75 years ago: An advertisement for Wallace G. Mollette read, “For sale – A brand new home, just finished, four rooms, bath, basement and garage. Gas furnace and gas hot…
75 years ago: “Among the braver souls who fared forth, undaunted by over a foot of new fallen snow on Christmas morning, were Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Wyman, who drove…
But their helmets, polarized goggles and crampons attached to their shoes give them away as mountaineers who accompany their husbands, often as cooks and porters, as they guide tourists scaling…
These are among the places and events driving travel in 2016. The Olympics Rio de Janeiro hosts the Summer Olympics, Aug. 5-21. Super Bowl 50 America’s most important football game…
Soldiers patrol in the gardens of the Versailles Palace, west of Paris. Nightly hotel occupancy rates in the two weeks following the attacks ranged from 22 to 39 percent lower…
Elizabeth Laird doled out hundreds of thousands of hugs, embracing soldiers as they shipped off and then greeting them in kind when they arrived back home. She made her hugs…
This photo and caption appeared in the Nov. 23, 1965, Herald: “They don’t make them like this anymore, primarily because few trains run during the winter months. Ted Grabowsky of…
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s recent declaration that he would ban Muslims from entering the country served as a tipping point for many leaders, uniting a range of politically and…
