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Health

Health Briefs

A Durango Veterans Acupuncture Clinic will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays and from 6 to 8 p.m.…

December 1, 2013

Health

Whooping cough shot stops illness, not spread

people from getting sick, but doesn’t halt contagion

December 1, 2013

Health

Data reveal vaccines’ benefit

100 million saved from disease

December 1, 2013

Health

Tongue pierce lets paralyzed pilot wheelchairs

Key to this wireless system: Users get their tongue pierced with a magnetic stud that resembles jewelry and acts like…

December 1, 2013

Health

Cancer battle inspires a book

Durango woman shares experience, offers advice

December 1, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Ten young neighborhood playmates of Bobby Weller, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Weller enjoyed a grand…

November 30, 2013

Travel

Travel gifts to keep organized, connected

(Prices were found online mid-November, but will vary by purchase date, retailer and model.) GoPro and power strip Brian Stacey,…

November 30, 2013

Travel

Travels with Fido

– and horror stories – from pet-friendly destinations

November 30, 2013

Travel

Be prepared before flying with your pet

Only if your four-pawed family member can fly with you in the cabin, according to the Humane Society of the…

November 30, 2013

Family

Gay couples fight for the right to divorce

She and Dana Ann Melancon traveled from Mississippi to San Francisco to get married in 2008. The wedding was all…

November 30, 2013

Religion

Cardinal: Church ‘caricatured’ as anti-gay

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, told NBC News that the church has been “out-marketed” on the issue by…

November 30, 2013

And the West is History

This photo of the 1891 Durango High School graduating class appeared in the Oct. 28, 1988, paper.Special to the Herald…

November 30, 2013

Religion

Connecting fliers to the heavens

Airport chaplains love excitement, unpredictability of this challenging job

November 29, 2013

Religion

Religion Briefs

Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, will host these programs: Jewish meditation will be held from 9:30 to 10…

November 29, 2013

Religion

Mormon women asked to wear pants to church

wants church to be more inclusive

November 29, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Electra Lake will be open to the general public for ice skating this winter. … Reports from…

November 29, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Folsom’s Pond, which is just around the bend on the Third Avenue road, is now ready for…

November 27, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: A classified advertisement read: “For sale or trade – Reg. Hereford bulls. Can be seen at Bayfield.…

November 27, 2013

Food

A tropical holiday treat

Tropical almond macaroons add a beachy touch to your holiday cookie repertoire.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Tropical Almond Macaroons Start to finish:…

November 26, 2013

Food

Beaujolais wine is not just ‘Nouveau’

Nora Boutemeur enjoys a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau in Lille, northern France, at the start of the wine world’s best-known…

November 26, 2013

Food

2013’s best books for thinking about food

As food has morphed ever more into a pop culture fixture, cookbooks – with their lush photos, their provocative prose,…

November 26, 2013

Food

Thanksgiving now includes gluten-free pies and all

A plate of vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner reflects the increasing complexity of Americans’ dietary preferences and requirements.Matthew Mead/Associated Press There will…

November 26, 2013