Local legend has it that outlaw Billy the Kid would take a dip in the Blue Hole before heading into Santa Rosa. Weary railroad workers and passengers followed at the…
75 years ago: “A shortage of stenographers and typists now exists in several government offices and the civil service commission has notified Bob Arnold, local civil service examiner, that examinations…
This picture appeared in the Sept. 7, 1988, Herald. The cutline read: “Construction on Wolf Creek Pass has caused traffic delays of an average of 15 minutes on the mountain…
This recipe for veggie burritos by Melissa d’Arabian uses high heat to bring out the natural sweetness of the vegetables.Matthew Mead/Associated Press If 5 p.m. on a weeknight has sneaked…
75 years go: “The smoke haze which lay on the mountains has not been properly accounted for, though two forest fires in this locality may have contributed.” One fire was…
75 years ago: “Durango’s one-day goodwill tour around the ‘loop’ met warm reception at nearly every town visited on the 253-mile route. The motor caravan consisted of 25 cars and…
Industry growth could depend on converting trash into power
“This is Kelly,” the intern answers in a soothing voice. In her three days on the job, she’s learned that she’ll be listening to people’s problems every time she answers…
The caption on this July 31, 1988, photo read, “Neither this rider nor his bronc look like they were enjoying the party at Fiesta Days rodeo.”Durango Herald file photo 75…
75 years ago: “More than 70 Durango people are signed up and ready to go on a one day good will tour around the ‘circle route.’” 50 years ago: “Everyone’s…
liberals, charm fades; his policy stances concern conservatives
Join Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, and Eli Herb for his third class of the summer series called “Difficult Questions.” Herb is a fifth-year rabbinical student and friend…
Kassidy Suarez, 22, who identifies as a transgender female, lives in an apartment she shares with her mother in Miami. After coming out at 15, first as a gay young…
Customers arrive at Marcy’s Diner in Portand, Maine. The owner of the diner is defending comments she made on her Facebook page about yelling at a 2-year-old child for crying,…
A new study finds that, at least in cancer, there’s a very real medical reason to consider giving less treatment at the end of life: Chemotherapy doesn’t improve dying patients’…
One rainy morning, my husband, baby daughter and I went out for breakfast. We had stayed overnight in Portland, a place close to our hearts where my husband spent a…
A: Age 2 can be an infuriating mystery to many parents. You are delivered out of the sweetness of the baby days into the fraught ones of toddlerhood, only to…
DAY 1 This is what mornings are like for Joanne Westall, 44, a family and early childhood educator in Fredricton, New Brunswick: frantic, rushed, a swirl of making breakfast and…
Nearly a year after we profiled six child migrants reunited with parents already living in the Washington area, all are getting on with their American lives, despite predictions by legal…
Michael Gendy of King, N.C., said he hadn’t really noticed memory problems before. Since starting an exercise program, however, he says he feels and sleeps better and has noticed his…
75 years ago: “The Spanish Trails Fiesta parade for Aug. 10 and 11 promises to be one of the most colorful and entertaining parades ever presented on the streets of…
A consensus statement published last month in the British Journal of Sports Medicine recommended that people in desk jobs aim initially for two hours of standing or light walking each…
The United Blood Services will host these blood drives: From noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Pine Valley Foursquare Church in the fellowship hall, 1328 County Road 501,…
75 years ago: “Dr. J.W. Stovall of the University of Oklahoma, who has been excavating for fossil bones in this region, has changed his base near Aztec to a place…
What do you do? If you’re Darla Neugebauer, owner of Marcy’s Diner in Portland, Maine, after about 40 minutes of listening to it, you snap. Ten minutes after giving Tara…
