Southwest Life
How fast can you make a bed?
Housekeepers show off skills in day of competition, camaraderie
Southwest Lifestyle
And the West is History
And the West is History
Sunnyside Elementary School fifth- and sixth-grade students show off rockets the students made in Eugene Keen’s class in this May 10, 1988, picture.Durango Herald file photo 75 years ago: “Thursday…
Religion
Religion Briefs
Dawenwalker will give a presentation called “What the Earth is Asking of Us” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive. This service…
Religion
The fight against gay marriage changes
Religious exemptions could allow refusal of benefits to same-sex spouses
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Frank Roberts of the Florida district was in town buying turkey feed. Frank says that turkeys did unusually well this summer, partially because the dry summer constituted…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “To perplex further the people of Durango, sporadic attacks of mumps are being experienced. Mrs. Hamet McAllister, teacher in Smiley Junior High School and Miss Maude Bray…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Boys and girls who come to Durango schools from the Animas Valley are still waiting for the new buses. They, the buses, are overdue, but reported strikes…
And the West is History
And the West is History
The refurbished Gold Slipper, 645 Main Ave., is the oldest saloon in Durango, according to the postcard published by Petley Studios in Phoenix. The card is part of the Nina…
Food
On the side
If you’re hungry or just want a snack while you’re strolling East Third Avenue or ducking into the always-busy Smiley Building, the brand new Smiley Café is just the ticket.…
Food
Make stew leaner, just add beans
To save time when making slow-cooker meals, prepare the ingredients the night before and store in the refrigerator overnight.MATTHEW MEAD/Associated Press Fall officially kicks off the season of soups, roasts…
Food
McDonald’s invites icky questions about its food
The world’s biggest hamburger chain is confronting unappetizing questions as part of a U.S. campaign to beat back perceptions that it serves Frankenfood. The company has run similar campaigns in…
Food
Hummus and chocolate? Yum!
Rich and creamy chocolate hummus is delicious on bread with peanut butter or as a dip for pretzels and apples.Matthew Mead/Associated Press It’s either disgusting or just a cruel joke,…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “30 acres of the old Lime Creek burn between Durango and Silverton will be reforested by a project. 10,000 lodge pole pine and 11,000 Englemann Spruce will…
Health
Health Briefs
Colorado has had no cases of Ebola, but San Juan Basin Health and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are following U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “District Attorney James M. Noland said that he would ask for the death penalty for Jim Stephens, the slayer of Lynn Dean, Mancos marshal, when he is…
Southwest Life
Boulder writer to ride U.S. rails
45-year-old is one of 24 selected for Amtrak Residency Program
Southwest Life
The cradle of wilderness
Colorado’s Western Slope inspired protection of wild lands in the U.S.
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They say you can feel like a bird in powerchute
The wheels bump along the gravelly desert and a small jolt tugs on the safety belts as the chute billows into the sky. A few seconds later, the strange-looking machine…
Family
Number of U.S. kids in foster care up after long dip
The annual report from the Department of Health and Human Services tallied 402,378 children in the foster care system as of Sept. 30, 2013, up from about 397,000 a year…
Religion
Imagine church as a courtroom
this pastor set his new course, one-third of original members left
Religion
Religion Briefs
The Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris will present “The Spirit of Mutual Love” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive. Participants will consider their…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Lynn Dean, town marshal of Mancos, was shot and instantly killed by a prisoner he was attempting to jail.” 50 years ago: “Nikki Bonaventura, a sparkling queen,…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Dr. Leo W. Lloyd, La Plata County Health Officer, said that unless further infantile paralysis cases develop in that area, the quarantine of the Vallecito Dam section…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Workmen have been busy for the past few weeks repairing and rebuilding portions of the Summit Reservoir dam.” 50 years ago: GEM VILLAGE – “Sunday seems to…
And the West is History
And the West is History
“Joe Bartley and Richard Sisneros (on ladder), employees of the city’s General Services Department, apply green paint to a lamppost in the 1200 block of Main Avenue in this August…