Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

Teenage girls learning science in Colorado’s backcountry

DENVER – The leg-busting path shot straight up, encountering small aspens before veering hard right at the base of a sheer rock. The conversations of teenage girls broke through the foliage,...

DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Evangelist seeks prayer for yoga-practicing Oregon governor

SALEM, Ore. – The evangelist Franklin Graham recently asked thousands of people at an Oregon rally to pray for the state’s Democratic governor, saying she should be a Christian. Y...

DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Inmates make dangerous ‘walk of shame’ to Santa Fe after time in county jail

A harrowing trek from county jail back to Santa Fe

DATE: Aug 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

San Juan Odyssey Tour to be held in September

Mountain Studies Institute will hold its second annual San Juan Odyssey Tour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 15 in the San Juan Mountains. Participants of the daylong tour will board ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Bayfield to hold Zucchini Extravaganza

Pine River Community Garden Club will hold its fourth annual “Zucchini Extravaganza” from noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 18 at Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, in Bayfield. The...

DATE: Aug 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Lessons of the 416 Fire show how our approach to wildfires has evolved

The summer of 2018 in Durango will go down as a summer of fire and smoke. There are many lessons to learn from the devastating pattern of drought, wildfire and debris we are endu...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Death penalty decree could be quandary for U.S. politicians

Pope says option ‘inadmissible’ in all cases

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Edible plant walk offered Aug. 22 in La Plata Canyon

San Juan Mountains Association and San Juan National Forest will sponsor an edible plants field seminar and walk at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 22 west of Durango in La Plata Canyon. Katrina B...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Southern Ute Museum to open wolf exhibit

A National Geographic “Living with Wolves” photographic exhibit will open Monday and be on display through Nov. 30 at the Southern Ute Museum and Cultural Center, 503 Ouray Drive, in Ignacio...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

San Juan National Forest adjusts grazing north of Dolores

Draft decision has new requirements to improve range

DATE: Aug 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Tour de Farms to arrive in Bayfield

The 2018 Tour de Farms van tour will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 18 and will visit four vegetable-growing locations in Bayfield. The tour offers tips about starting or impro...

DATE: Aug 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Michigan attorney set to be first Muslim woman in Congress

DETROIT – Rashida Tlaib’s opposition to President Donald Trump began while he was still candidate Trump and before she decided to run for Congress. The 42-year-old attorney, who i...

DATE: Aug 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion