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Slowly, surely, houses of worship emerge from lockdown

For the first time in two months, there was clapping, singing and fellowship inside Stithton Baptist Church in Radcliff, Kentucky, as members of the congregation returned to the sanctuary ma...

DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

U.S. to grant more time to consider New Mexico drilling plan

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Thursday he’ll extend the public comment period on a contested plan that will guide oil and gas drilling and other development in a...

DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Canned tuna goes bold with Mediterranean flavors

I love canned tuna. A simple tuna salad piled on toasted bread or stuffed inside a ripe avocado or tomato is my idea of a delicious lunch. I eagerly dig into a salad niçoise-style dish with ...

DATE: May 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Capture the sunny freshness of lemons with syrup, marmalade and preserves

In his 1925 poem “I Limoni” (“The Lemons”), Eugenio Montale calls the scent of lemons “a restless sweetness raining on the heart” and “riches,” and the fruit itself “sunlight’s golden trumpe...

DATE: May 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Slow cookers vs. multicookers (aka Instant Pots): Which is right for you?

There seems to be little that Americans can agree on these days when it comes to current events, but politics is far from the only arena where we’re divided. Even in the food world, tribalis...

DATE: May 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

New Mexico to tap satellite tracking during wildfire season

SANTA FE – New Mexico has a new tool that could help crews get an early jump on any wildfires that might break out. The State Forestry Division will be getting real-time alerts v...

DATE: May 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Outbreak on edge of Navajo Nation overwhelms rural hospital

GALLUP, N.M. – On the eve of New Mexico’s shutdown of bars and restaurants to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the city of Gallup came alive for one last night of revelry. Befo...

DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

How to make a better bowl of guacamole

Food controversies are a dime a dozen these days, but those of us with any long-term memory – or at least those of us in the business of eating – are unlikely to forget the uproar when a cer...

DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

14 days of quarantine kitchen

A journal of stretching groceries across two weeks

DATE: May 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

At 108, this New Mexico man may be world’s oldest COVID-19 survivor

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – At 108, Phil Corio is certainly one of the oldest people in New Mexico and the U.S. But now the Los Ranchos resident has a new claim to fame: He just might be t...

DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Family finds a different world after sailing around globe

Grosjeans: ‘When we left Brazil, pretty much the world was normal’

DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Hikers fight border wall at start of trail

PHOENIX – Tess Mullaney remembers looking at endless rolling desert hills, covered in a thin layer of white snow just as the sun was rising the day she embarked on a 2½-month journey through...

DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life