Southwest Life

Travel

Local rhythms animate Old Havana

Getting a glimpse of ordinary life

June 6, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “The city of Durango is beginning a campaign to clean-up the delinquent dog tax yet unpaid but…

June 6, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Durango City Police will soon begin again the marking of cars along Main Avenue to enforce the…

June 5, 2015

And the West is History

“Despite the cold weather more than 100 persons turned out to watch U.S. Sen. Gordon Allott and Durango Mayor Mel…

June 4, 2015

Health

Texas doctors do world’s first skull-scalp transplant

James Boysen is interviewed in his hospital bed at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston. Texas doctors say he received the…

June 4, 2015

Health

Health Briefs

Caleb Gates, a licensed acupuncturist, will give a talked called “Resolving Seasonal Allergies, Food Sensitivities and Sinusitis.” This method uses…

June 3, 2015

Health

Helping a surgeon’s hand

arm improves precision of knee, hip operations

June 3, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “The navy recruiting office signed up another man, C.R. Shrubb taking himself right into signing up for…

June 3, 2015

Health

Problem drinking affects 33 million – 14 percent of U.S. adults

Dr. George Koob, director the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, says many people underestimate the danger of excessive…

June 3, 2015

And the West is History

“The first shipment of equipment to be used in the actual construction of the chairlift of the Durango Ski Corp.…

June 2, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “A work train crew has been running out of Silverton for the past month, bringing up and…

June 1, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Breakfast outdoors against a charming background of flowering shrubs and trees was served by Mrs. H.G. Berri…

May 31, 2015

Travel

Guidance for surviving travel’s tribulations

nuclear blast to identity theft, this book can help

May 30, 2015

Travel

U.S. ranks 4th for tourists

attracts most visitors from across its borders

May 30, 2015

Travel

High above Manhattan

One World Observatory, visitors see across space, time

May 30, 2015

And the West is History

B.B. Russell’s cabin at Electra Lake in 1912.Courtesy of Center of Southwest Studies 75 years ago: “Summertime in Silverton will…

May 30, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Durango business houses and banks will close in observance of Memorial Day, with the exception of drug…

May 29, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “A fur style show, or a style show in furs, will be staged at the Kiva by…

May 28, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Most of the people talked to today say that they had fairly good luck angling. No phenomenal…

May 27, 2015

And the West is History

“Town employees look over Bayfield’s new 250,000-gallon municipal water tank. The storage tank, 24 feet tall and 24 feet in…

May 26, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “With the evidence proving the success of Nazi Fifth Column activities in Norway, the Netherlands and perhaps…

May 25, 2015

And the West is History

75 years ago: “A piano recital cleverly presented as a radio broadcast was given by pupils of Mrs. A.R. Mollette.…

May 23, 2015

Health

For stem cells, it’s the ‘Wild West’

Experimental treatments promise healing

May 23, 2015

Health

Paths to independence

assists disabled with accessing services, being mobile

May 23, 2015