Southwest Life

NYC’s Roosevelt Island to get boutique hotel

The Graduate Roosevelt Island hotel is expected to open in 2019. The boutique Graduate brand has hotels in locations where…

March 16, 2017

Health

New CEO to lead Mercy Regional Medical Center

McConnell joined Durango hospital in 2010

March 16, 2017

Travel

2nd helping: American brings back free meals on some flights

Associated Press file<br><br>American will offer free meals to everyone in economy on certain cross-country flights starting May 1. The decision…

March 15, 2017

Travel

The Grove, a witness to slavery, war and civil rights opens

The Grove, a historical mansion that once belonged to former Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins in Tallahassee, Fla. Calling it a…

March 15, 2017

Health

Doctors tie Zika virus to heart problems in some adults

Associated Press file<br><br>A Sucre municipality worker fumigates for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus in the Petare neighborhood…

March 15, 2017

Travel

More great white sharks appear to be visiting off Cape Cod

A great white shark swims close to the Cape Cod shore in Chatham, Mass. In a February 2017 update to…

March 14, 2017

Health

GOP health bill would cut CDC’s $1B disease fighting fund

A microbiologist demonstrates using a loop to work with bacteria at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.…

March 14, 2017

Travel

Guinness, Airbnb offer Dublin brewery bar for 1 night only

The maker of Ireland’s ubiquitous stout announced Monday it’s hosting the latest “Night At” event by Airbnb, which has staged…

March 13, 2017

Health

Rookie doctors can work longer, 24-hour shifts under new rules

Cambridge Hospital first-year residents Samantha Harrington, center, and Vikas Gampa, right, talk during “sign-out” at the hospital in Cambridge, Mass.…

March 13, 2017

Travel

In Maryland, visitors can follow Harriet Tubman’s footsteps

The $21 million Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center is in Church Creek, about a two-hour drive from Baltimore. It…

March 12, 2017

Health

Even in middle age, your best running days may still be ahead of you

New research shows that while elite runners peak at age 35, the rest of us may not peak until we’re…

March 11, 2017

Travel

Old California beach cottages set to become visitor rentals

The state Coastal Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved a $30 million development permit to rebuild the wood cottages, the Orange…

March 11, 2017

Health

Fitbit tracks your steps; now it wants to chart your Zs, too

Fitbit’s new Alta HR has new sleep tools, heart-rate monitoring and seven days of battery life. It goes on sale…

March 10, 2017

Travel

Trump slump? Signs of drop in international tourism to U.S.

The U.S. Travel Association says there are “mounting signs” that the Trump administration’s policies are having a “broad chilling effect…

March 10, 2017

Health

Free talk to address relief from seasonal allergies

Durango Herald photo illustration Licensed acupuncturist Caleb Gates will discuss how allergy symptoms can be resolved using Advanced Allergy Therapeutics,…

March 9, 2017

Travel