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MOSCOW – Pint by frothy pint, a hoppy revolution is brewing in Russia. This new generation of craft brewers began sprouting in the vodka capital of the world as foreign beers became too expensive...
DATE: Aug. 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
PHOENIX – The federal government announced Wednesday it will eliminate a policy that allowed national parks like the Grand Canyon to ban the sale of bottled water in an effort to curb litter. The...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Richard Koch and I, both Durango residents, spent two months in the fall of 2016 living in a small village in the middle of Italy’s Amalfi Coast between Positano and Amalfi. Praiano is beautiful, a...
DATE: Aug. 16, 2017 | UPDATED: 2 days 22 hours ago | CATEGORY: Travel
HAGATNA, Guam – Tourists haven’t been deterred from visiting the tropical island of Guam even though the U.S. territory has been the target of threats from North Korea during a week of angry words...
DATE: Aug. 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
If you’re planning to leave your smartphone or laptop at home when you go on vacation this month, you might want to think again. The unplugged getaway is so last year. More than 62 percent of...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2017 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
Patrick Smith compiled a list of the five things that worry him the most when flying. Bird strikes and cargo fires made the cut; turbulence did not. “Most of us in the cockpit are thinking, ‘This...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
A survey of airline passengers found that more than 20 percent had knowingly or unknowingly smuggled prohibited items past Transportation Security Administration checkpoints onto the aircraft,...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
MEDORA, N.D. For mountain bikers, North Dakota’s Maah Daah Hey Trail is such a treasure that people come from all over to experience it. I drove with friends more than 1,000 miles to ride 100-plus...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
LOS ANGELES – Captain America has a thick British accent, and his day job is cinematographer. Iron Man lives in an apartment behind Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, and at least one of Batman’s wings are...
DATE: Aug. 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
John Clayton explores the vast historical and cultural history of one of the most popular national parks to uncover why Yellowstone is so beloved in Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Expect morning traffic jams on the Animas River on Aug. 25 as Durango’s first ever “Float to Work Day” encourages river runners to commute down the waterway to their place of work. According to the...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
SARANDA, Albania – Descending beneath the waves, the cloudy first few meters quickly give way to clear waters and an astonishing sight – dozens, perhaps hundreds, of tightly packed ancient vases...
DATE: Aug. 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
