Southwest Lifestyle

New menus will have calorie labels for alcohol

New menu labeling rules from the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more outlets to…

December 23, 2014

Food

Seek the savory side of chocolate in the new year

Quick mole is ready in just an hour.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Trouble is, the holidays eventually pass, but my cravings for…

December 23, 2014

Food

Try something bolder than bubbles this New Year’s

This recipe for Winter Orchard Scotch replaces the traditional fussy New Year’s Eve cocktail with something smoky, dark and meaty…

December 23, 2014

Food

On the Side

Pumpkin Chocolate Spice Muffins are one of many baked goods Baker Streak offers.Courtesy of Baker Streak Baker Streak, a new…

December 23, 2014

Food

Holiday heritage remembered

celebrate Christmas with cultural foods and customs

December 23, 2014

And the West is History

This picture appeared in the Nov. 19, 1962, paper. The caption read: “With nearly everyone [sic] of the ladder trucks…

December 23, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “The Christmas play ‘Christmas Trimmings’ presented by the speech classes of Durango High School, with accompanying music…

December 22, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

Genetic counselors in Colorado Springs are now meeting with patients in Durango by two-way video conferencing. In a partnership with…

December 21, 2014

Health

Owning a pet can improve your health

Benefits extend from mental to physical

December 21, 2014

Health

Where does that lost fat go?

people, including doctors, don’t know

December 21, 2014

Health

1 test, 2 bills – both costly

arbitrary, often expensive

December 21, 2014

Health

Feel young, live longer

vs. perceived age is matter of life, death

December 21, 2014

Travel

The calm of the wild

Patagonia’s storms, a prized view is elusive, but something better is found

December 20, 2014

Travel

Eager to hop a plane to Havana? Hold on

A trio of people on a motorcycle and sidecar drive past the “Semester at Sea” cruise ship docked in Havana’s…

December 20, 2014

Travel

The subtle influence of others on your flight

If someone in the seat next to you on a flight buys something, researchers say you are 30 percent more…

December 20, 2014

Family

Looking for kids’ books? You can’t miss with these 5

Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air, by Stewart Ross, illustrated by Stephen…

December 20, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “The new ski towback, which has been under construction for several weeks, has been completed and is…

December 19, 2014

Religion

Religion Briefs

Mary Ocken will present “Sustaining the Gaze as Shadows Grow Long” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship…

December 19, 2014

Religion

Christmas Eve services

All Saints Anglican Church (Reformed Episcopal), Fort Lewis College Chapel, 1000 Rim Drive. Traditional “Festival of the Lessons and Carols”…

December 19, 2014

Religion

Benedict aided American’s release

request of Jewish groups, pope lobbied Cuba back in 2012

December 19, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “The log structure at the Columbine Summer Ranger Station near Cascade is almost completed and is expected…

December 18, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Never was a governor more cordially received than was Gov. Ralph Carr at Durango at the banquet…

December 17, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “I, mayor of Durango, do hereby proclaim Dec. 17, 1939 FINLAND Day in this city and I…

December 16, 2014

Food

This onion soup is simply effortless

A slow cooker makes delicious onion soup, or you can stop at caramelized onions and use them in other recipes.Matthew…

December 16, 2014

Food

Virginia brewery taps 300-year-old beer recipe

Ardent Craft Ales in Richmond recently brewed “Jane’s Percimon Beer” unearthed from the book in the Virginia Historical Society’s collections…

December 16, 2014

Food

On the side

Don’t have time for a Christmas tamalada, the gathering of the clan to make 100s of tamales for the holiday…

December 16, 2014

Food

Taking root

Farmers and foodies celebrate this season’s winter vegetables

December 16, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Jim Shaffer, Durango, drove his 1928 model pickup truck into a moving Rio Grande engine at the…

December 15, 2014

Health

Email stress? Give it a rest

Limiting how often you open your inbox can improve health

December 14, 2014

Health

Narcotic painkillers are used more, longer

Overdoses involving these types of drugs are the leading cause of accidental death

December 14, 2014