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Scientists work in Arizona to reshape desert food production

Methods to increase yield, lower water use draw on practices of Indigenous cultures

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

La Plata County targets gun range contamination

2021 budget proposes $2.5 million to remove lead

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Earth breaks heat record for September

There’s a chance 2020 could rank as hottest on record

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

History Colorado to host free archaeology classes

History Colorado will host three classes beginning Monday via Zoom and Google Classroom as part of the Program for Avocational Archaeological Certification. These free classes ar...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Sourdough tips and resources from a former skeptic

When the sourdough craze arrived in the spring at the start of our pandemic life at home, said sourdough was not for me, for now. At a time of unprecedented challenge – personally, professio...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

How to make a family cookbook, filled with recipes from your favorite people

While the term “ambiguous loss” was coined by Pauline Boss in the 1970s, the phenomenon feels ever-present today. So many of us are suffering from the physical absence of loved ones and acti...

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Gingery carrot-apple pancakes welcome fall with a subtle sweetness

These are not typical flapjacks with bits of apple and carrot mixed in for seasoning. Here, the produce leads the way with mounds of shredded green apple and carrot bound into tender, lightl...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Black churches mobilizing voters despite virus challenges

Black churches’ get-out-the-vote campaign looks different in 2020

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

Southwestern Water Conservation District to host virtual event Wednesday

Southwestern Water Conservation District and Four Corners Water Center at Fort Lewis College have partnered to present “Water Connections: SW’s Virtual Water Cooler” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wedn...

DATE: Oct 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to meet

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday via Zoom. After a brief business meeting, Patricia Crown will present ”Drinking Rituals and Politics in Chaco Ca...

DATE: Oct 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Much of Southwest parched after monsoon season

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Cities across the U.S. Southwest recorded their driest monsoon season on record this year, some with only a trace or no rain. The seasonal weather pattern that ...

DATE: Oct 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Sugar adds more than sweetness to baked goods. Here’s what to know before you cut it.

In basically every baking recipe that uses it, sugar is doing so much more than providing sweetness. It’s an important component of the carefully designed chemical reactions taking place in ...

DATE: Oct 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

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