Southwest Life

Pass the chips: Action-packed TV might make you snack more

Cornell University researchers randomly assigned almost 100 undergraduates to watch one of three 20-minute sessions featuring: “The Island,” a 2005…

September 7, 2014

Health

Rich, poor face gap even in their food choices

financial crisis had quite an impact

September 7, 2014

Health

Play that instrument, kids

they learn to process sounds, it helps their reading, speech

September 7, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Joe Bryce and Frank Anderson, check-artist prisoners who recently broke out of the La Plata County jail…

September 7, 2014

Travel

U.S. eager to cater to Chinese tourists

California is the No. 1 destination of Chinese tourists in the U.S. Visitors from China each spend an average of…

September 6, 2014

Travel

Passenger explains seat dispute, use of Knee Defender

James Beach said he’s embarrassed by the way a confrontation over a reclined airline seat unfolded. But don’t expect Beach…

September 6, 2014

Travel

Reclining an airline seat can be risky business

space shrinks, confrontations more common between fliers

September 6, 2014

And the West is History

The Florida Presbyterian Church located near Durango, was photographed by Lester Tinker, date unknown. The postcard is part of the…

September 6, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Displayed in front of Gardenswartz was the weeks prize catch, a 5½ pound rainbow caught on an…

September 5, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “While boys and girls of all sizes and ages overflowed the sidewalk in front of the Kiva…

September 3, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Miss Laura Shaw, who had been employed for the past year at the Montgomery Ward store in…

September 3, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “The Herald-Democrat, following its annual custom as a laboring organization, will not publish a paper Labor Day.…

September 2, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Mrs. J.A. Clark was hostess at a neighborhood tea, one of those informal and unusually pleasant affairs…

September 1, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

Mercy Regional Medical Center invites the community to join fellowship-trained spine surgeons Douglas Orndorff and Jim Youssef and guest Bill…

August 31, 2014

Health

Our bacteria travel everywhere with us

Researchers attempting to understand microbiome, how it affects our health

August 31, 2014

Health

Feeling it in your bones

Osteoporosis can be the silent, stealthy killer inside you

August 31, 2014

Health

How do you foil a virus mutating hundreds of times?

Scientists genetically mapping Ebola, strains

August 31, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Dr. Dudley P. Glick completed the second inspection of potatoes for certification in the county. The certified…

August 31, 2014

Travel

Johnny Cash’s colonial past

singer raised on government collective in Arkansas

August 30, 2014

Travel

Mimicking airlines, hotels get fee-happy

This year, hotels will take in a record $2.25 billion in revenue from fees and surcharges, 6 percent more than…

August 30, 2014

And the West is History

“The haze in the background of this July 1964 picture is dust which blew off the VCA tailings pile in…

August 30, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Silverton miners and aroused citizens ‘cleaned house’ with the C10 union, deported several of that organization’s ring…

August 29, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Calhoun and Pinkerton are relinquishing their Pontiac agency and devoting their sales efforts to Buicks exclusively.” 50…

August 27, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Speaking from experience, the best way to view the scenery north of here is to ride the…

August 27, 2014