Southwest Life

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

Famous 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

And the West is History

“Visitors return to Spruce Tree House, one of Mesa Verde’s most famous ruins, after officials reopened the national park in…

August 26, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “So swiftly has flown the summer season that it is with real difficulty that Electra Club members…

August 24, 2014

And the West is History

75 years ago: “An Electra Lake resident, name un-revealed, apprehended a mother bear and her cubs stealing apples. She had…

August 24, 2014

Health

Food or foe? Illness lurks in every kitchen

Pathogens can infiltrate our guts, then wreak havoc on our bodies

August 23, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

Flucke Southwest Memorial Hospital of Cortez on Sept. 1 will implement a new health information technology system designed by Cerner…

August 23, 2014

Health

Disabilities in kids rise; not physical problems

Researchers investigated over 10-year trend in study

August 23, 2014

Health

What makes math brains?

The ol’ noggin needs experience to retain those arithmetic solutions

August 23, 2014