Religion
Catholic comedian rides comedy’s 3rd rail
Gaffigan finds humor where religion, culture collide
Southwest Lifestyle
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “The time of arrival of the Rio Grande train from the east in Durango will be changed beginning next Sunday and thereafter train No. 115 from Alamosa…
Family
Inside the cult of the secret wedding pinners
Except when it’s not. Except when the planning is too personal – or too secret. Or when you don’t really have a wedding to plan at all. Jessica Zahn, a…
Health
Oregon women soon can get a year’s supply of birth control
Gov. Kate Brown Thursday signs a bill expanding access to contraception during a ceremony at the state Capitol in Salem, Ore. The bill makes Oregon the first state to require…
Family
Turn separation anxiety into reunion assurance
A: I read this question, and in my mind, I heard the hundreds of parents who have called me about their clingy children. We parents hug and pat and console…
Family
Aziz Ansari thinks men’s first-date texts are lazy
If this is how you’re trying to get a date, Aziz Ansari says you’re doing it wrong. In his stand-up routines, Ansari captures the frustration and excitement of single life.…
Family
Parents going viral with ugly haircut videos shaming kids
Russell Fredrick, co-owner of A-1 Kutz in Snellville, Ga., is a part of a social media trend: parents who take electric razors to the heads of their misbehaving tweens and…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “The ranch owned by Mrs. Doris Shaw in the Pine River Valley was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Colley of Trinidad, Colorado.” 50 years ago: “When…
Health
Cervical cancer vaccine might work after just 1 shot, not 3
Lauren Fant, left, winces as she has her third and final application of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine administered by nurse Stephanie Pearson at a doctor’s office in Marietta, Ga. Protecting…
Health
Common heartburn medications linked to greater risk of heart attack
After combing through 16 million electronic records of 2.9 million patients in two separate databases, the researchers found that people who take the medication to suppress the release of stomach…
Health
Study: Rape prevention training works, cuts sex assault risk
Texas Tech freshman Regan Elder helps drape a bed sheet with the message “No Means No” over the university’s seal at the Lubbock, Texas, campus to protest what students say…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Fishermen at Electra Lake, while reporting fair catches of fish say that the water was rough, and it took a better sailor than fisherman to handle the…
Health
Beyond Lyme, new illnesses, more reason to watch for ticks
A new report reminds people in tick-endemic areas that Lyme disease isn’t the only thing residents need to be worried about. The Centers for Disease Control advises that people in…
Food
July 4th pasta salad is far from ordinary
Ditch the dressing for this Florentine Pasta Salad.Matthew Mead /Associated Press For our improved pasta salad, we kept the Italian inspiration, but ditched the bottle of salad dressing. Instead, we…
Food
Keep those carrot tops! Turn them into pesto
The flavor of grilled carrots is complemented by a simple yet assertive pesto made from carrot greens.Matthew Mead/Associated Press It’s a nice – if overly simplistic – way of saying…
Food
Bourdain plants digital footprint
Bourdain Bourdain has been named editor-at-large for the website Roads & Kingdoms, a digital media company that covers global food, politics, travel and culture. The role came after Bourdain, a…
Food
Man enough for the kitchen? These books may help
I suspect that’s kind of the point. Not to make me feel badly, but rather to prod me to up my game. The message in the three books I found…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Bob Ayers, local weatherman, received a visit from the district inspector the latter part of last week when he left, the inspector left a slightly startled local…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Shoveling snow is only a sort of pleasant cooling memory to most Durango people, but to Bert Thompson of the Bessie G Mine it is a pain…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Cards at Electra is the pleasant diversion being enjoyed by guests of Mrs. A.L. Burnett who is entertaining her bridge club there.” 50 years ago: “The temporary…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “The city of Durango is beginning a campaign to clean-up the delinquent dog tax yet unpaid but due June 1. Some 200 people are listed as owners…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Durango City Police will soon begin again the marking of cars along Main Avenue to enforce the one-hour parking limit.” 50 years ago: “The new amphitheater in…