Consumer group sues Ben & Jerry’s over eco-friendly claims

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – A consumer advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Ben & Jerry’s alleging the ice cream company misleads consumers about its environmental practices. Ve...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer-winning restaurant critic, dies

LOS ANGELES – Jonathan Gold, who became the first restaurant critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, has died. He was 57. The Los Angeles Times, where Gold most recently w...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Study looks at how burning, thinning improve forest health

Fort Lewis College professor leads effort near Pagosa Springs

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Mountain Studies Institute offers program to restore wetlands

Mountain Studies Institute, as part of its wetlands program, will hold a re-vegetation day to help restore ancient alpine fens from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ophir Pass near Silverton. ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Rural La Plata County residents in a pinch for water

Closing of Durango water dock limits options

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Churches use buildings to address affordable housing crisis

WASHINGTON – Helen McIlvaine gets excited when she sees a church. Driving around her hometown of Alexandria, Virginia, on a bright and sunny morning, McIlvaine slowed the car at w...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Animas Valley Grange to discuss backyard goats

A free talk about raising backyard goats will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Animas Valley Grange, 7271 County Road 203. Angelina Neelysmith and her daughter, Jill, will give the...

DATE: Jul 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Bee Heroic to offer geoengineering education on Sunday

Pollen Nation Tour provides overview, resources

DATE: Jul 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Investigation into weeping Virgin Mary statue continues in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces continues to investigate a Virgin Mary sculpture in a Hobbs church that appears to be weeping. The sculpture, which stands in...

DATE: Jul 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mom blames teen’s death on packaging for peanut cookies

WESTON, Fla. – A Florida mother blames the death of her 15-year-old daughter on what she calls confusing packaging for Reese’s Chips Ahoy cookies. In a July 12 Facebook post, Kell...

DATE: Jul 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Ted Williams’ Mexican-American heritage explored in PBS film

ALBQUERQUE – Ted Williams is the last major league baseball player to hit over .400. The Boston Red Sox slugger captivated millions with his dazzling swing and towering homers throughout the...

DATE: Jul 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Vatican-OK’d journal strikes out again at U.S. evangelicals

VATICAN CITY – A Vatican-approved journal has launched its second major critique of American evangelicals, dismissing “prosperity gospel” theology as a “pseudo” faith dangerously tied up wit...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

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