75 years ago: “Both Bayfield and Ignacio have been without electric power for the past three days, due to the temporary disabling of the Pine River company’s plant at Bayfield.…
Mercy Regional Medical Center will host an informational class for people diagnosed with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday in Suite 140 of Mercy’s medical office building. People diagnosed…
Improved survival, lack of infertility are possible benefits
2 billion people – 30 percent of world – are fat, and no country is immune
Manufacturers must provide warnings about cancer risks
of reported cases most since 1996
In April 1964, some of the buildings on the south end of Rio Grande land were in the process of being demolished, “to make way for future development of the…
75 years ago: “Durango High School will graduate 128 seniors at commencement exercises. This is the largest class ever to be graduated from the local high school.” 50 years ago:…
Unitarians to discuss big questions in lecture series
Registration is open for a six-week beginning meditation class with Katherine Barr, an experienced meditation practitioner, teacher and community Dharma leader at the Durango Dharma Center. The six-week class, presented…
‘Freedom fests’ part of larger trend of how Americans celebrate
75 years ago: An advertisement for Maxwell-Davis Furniture Co. read: “Steel Porch and garden furniture just received. You will think we stole to have such low down prices.” 50 years…
75 years ago: “As has been its custom for a number of years, the Herald-Democrat will observe Memorial Day by closing shop and giving its force a holiday. There will…
“Russ Jones, a D&SNGR welder, checks his flame while sitting in a locomotive’s open boiler in this April 1989 photo.”Durango Herald file photo 75 years ago: “Trust Frank Nelson to…
peaches, slippery mushrooms, rubbery eggs, slimy avocados. Certain textures can be a turnoff, but do we really know why?
The Chinese government announced the ban’s end in a letter, officials said. The ban had particularly affected the Washington and Alaska shellfish industry. China imposed a ban in December on…
This recipe for Maple-Bourbon Barbecue Grilled Shrimp doesn’t skimp on the bourbon.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Bourbon, by definition (at least in the U.S.), is distilled from a grain mixture that must…
Cooking times for farro – a form of whole wheat – will vary depending on which type you purchase.Matthew Mead/Associated Press I started by replacing the white rice with farro.…
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, and some of the city’ top chefs including Grahm Elliott, center, and Gale Gand, lower right, at toast the news that after 24 years in…
75 years ago: “Tomorrow is Poppy Day in Durango and all over the U.S. This is one day out of the year on which everyone should wear a flower in…
75 years ago: The following appeared in the section titled Grange News: “The ‘Blossom Tea’ given by the Kitchen Klub was a great success. The hall was beautifully decorated with…
San Juan Basin Health Department reminds residents as summer approaches, so does the risk of contracting certain animal-borne diseases, such as rabies, West Nile virus, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, plague and…
Concern is whether these will shrink, swell smoking legion
Talia Maselli reached out to Biden last fall, knowing his dance card likely would fill up. Biden sent a handwritten card and a corsage – baby’s breath, white roses and…
