75 years ago: “County Treasurer Tom Mason received a check for $65,558.08 for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad as payment in full of 1939 taxes in La Plata…
Mother’s Day tea sandwiches are a small way to show Mom your love.Matthew Mead/Associated Press If your mom falls into that last category, consider throwing her a tea party this…
The sauce for these roasted carrots can be made up to a day in advance.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Because let’s face it, spring and early summer have a tendency to smack…
The decision to swap sweeteners comes as Americans keep turning away from popular diet sodas. Rival Coca-Cola said this week that sales volume for Diet Coke, which also uses aspartame,…
Beets add nutrition – but not flavor – to this chocolate raspberry cake.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Or maybe it’s just the ticket for letting her know how much you listen to…
Many of us spent the weekend sampling some of the hundreds of wines available to taste during the Durango Wine Experience, and we may be a little foggy for the…
75 years ago: “Fort Lewis College gymnasium classes will present a program of folk dancing and gymnastics at the college gymnasium.” 50 years ago: “The Jackson-David Bottling Co. has bought…
75 years ago: “Just to convince ‘em that they will insure any car, the Turner Security’s Company has parked on the curb in front of their offices a 1911 Krit.…
Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer a free class to people with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday in Suite 140. People with prediabetes are at a higher risk…
decline in healthy bacteria hurting us?
those born with a reproductive blend, drastic surgery discouraged
75 years ago: “A picnic was had in more ways than one when Ross Cheney entertained friends at a jolly birthday party. Setting for the affair was the top of…
Photographer chronicles town’s quirky, rebellious characters
Mine operators are probing an area north and east of the town of Cripple Creek to see if it could be profitable as an underground gold mine, said Jane Mannon,…
Students using evening to include everyone, take stand on issues
Fassbinder Park and the bandstand where free concerts were performed, date unknown.Courtesy Center of Southwest Studies<br><br>http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/images/P001/P00110708.htm 75 years ago: “A fraternal event of much interest to the San Juan Basin…
75 years ago: “The Durango City Council appointed Councilman Robert McNicholas as the new mayor of Durango; succeeding Nels Newman who has held that position for the past year.” 50…
Fu Schroeder, an abbess at the San Francisco Zen Center, will lead a retreat called “What is Zazen Anyway?” from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 9 at the Durango…
75 years ago: “After much arguing and haranguing at the special meeting of the Durango Round Table at the Strater, it finally was decided to shorten this year’s goodwill tour…
75 years ago: “Work is being completed on the temporary wooden bridge across the Florida River at Nelson’s sawmill. A steel bridge will be built later, as soon as steel…
Lee Ayers, front, and Robert J. Dwyer take off for a ride on their Indian motorcycles in this 1917 photo.Courtesy of Animas Museum 75 years ago: “April 18 was something…
Food Network star Melissa d’Arabian uses almost any herbs or greens to make delicious, versatile pestos such as this one made with fresh dill.Matthew Mead/Associated Press What to do with…
Making your own bitters doesn’t have to be a fussy, complicated process.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Fueled largely by the hard liquor and artisanal cocktail booms, bitters – those astringent, potent flavor…
