Southwest Lifestyle
Food
Starbucks listened to you, brings back cake slices
The Seattle-based coffee company says it will start bringing back its cake slices in response to customer feedback. The company had been getting rid of the slices that came in…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Bowlers representing the Durango Lions Club team really turned on the heat in taking three straight games from the American Legion. The Lions compiled a 2509 total…
Health
Health Briefs
Mercy Regional Medical Center invites the public to join fellowship-trained spine surgeon Douglas Orndorff for “Neck Pain Explained: Causes, Treatments, and Innovative Procedures,” a free community presentation at 5:30 p.m.…
Health
For obese diabetics, surgery may be your savior
keep in mind: Company manufacturing the equipment used had sponsored this study
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Gay Easter bunnies, fluffy yellow chicks and a multitude of brightly colored eggs lent fun and novelty to the birthday party of Barbara Jean Allen, daughter of…
Travel
Vegas wheel spins to record
Van Kim, an airline call center employee from Phoenix, declared the experience “unanimously awesome.” Kim stood in line for six hours to be in the first gondola to complete the…
Family
Matchmaker U: Colleges try to engage married alums
Miami University/Associated Press<br><br>An unidentified couple were among hundreds who returned to Miami University to celebrate their Miami Merger in Oxford, Ohio. The university, which courts its married alums with valentine…
And the West is History
And the West is History
“A dowdy country cousin, the battered red freight car stuck out on the D & RGW Silverton like a sore thumb on the few occasions it was part of the…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “No candidates for city councilmen received a majority of the 1,319 votes cast, as required by the city charter. Another election will have to be held in…
Religion
A new, yet old way of raising money
Franciscans turn to Kickstarter to save 800-year-old church
Religion
Religion Briefs
Pesach 2014/5774 will be held at Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203. A gathering with hors d’oeuvres will take place at 6 p.m. April 14. There will be a…
Religion
Should there be national borders?
Mass, communion given through fence to highlight plight of immigrants
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Voting in the Durango municipal election today was light in view of the over 3,000 registration, with only 550 votes cast at mid-afternoon.” 50 years ago: “Some…
And the West is History
And the West is History
“A raging Animas River washed out this section of railroad track during a flood in September 1970. The flood was only one of numerous natural disasters in the train’s history.”Durango…
Food
Starbucks to introduce beer, wine to more cafes
The coffee company says it is looking to expand alcohol sales to “thousands of select stores” over the next several years, although it didn’t provide details on an exact timeline.…
Food
A quick, easy coconut pudding for Easter
AP Food Editor J.M. Hirsch adapted this coconut pudding recipe from a traditional Puerto Rican dessert called tembleque.Matthew Mead/Associated Press When I think pudding, I think mostly of rice- or…
Health
Health Briefs
A gentle yoga class with Jennifer Kiel, certified yoga instructor, will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays at St. Marks Church, 910 East Third Ave. This…
Health
New data are showing increased risk your child may have autism
diagnosis may come earlier, its definition has shifted
Health
Tuning up trauma care in the ‘OR of the future’
can improve teamwork, speed up your care in emergencies?