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Reopened restaurants reveal dining’s ‘new normal’: Masked waiters, e-menus and booth dividers

The waiters wear plastic gloves and masks. The menus might be disposable, or even on customers’ phones. Diners might not be allowed to sit with anyone who doesn’t live in their household. Pe...

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

National Day of Prayer will be held online, on radio Thursday

The National Day of Prayer is an annual event held on the first Thursday of May every year since its inception in 1952. In years past, about 30,000 events take place on that day ...

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

Dalgona coffee is sweet, milky and pretty. It’s also not for coffee lovers.

My hands are shaking as I prepare a second batch of dalgona coffee, the quarantine-chic drink and the latest piece of evidence that we have no idea what to do with ourselves during a pandemi...

DATE: May 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Dolores Huerta birthplace, former mining site up for sale

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – The picturesque northern New Mexico birthplace of Mexican American civil rights icon Dolores Huerta and the site of one of the worst mining disasters in U.S. history is up...

DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Bridge Scores

DURANGO BRIDGE CLUB SCORES ONLINE PLAY (ALL PAIRS SCORED 50+ PERCENT) April 26 – Open Game North-South First: M. & T. McCalden Second: D. & S. Saunders Third...

DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Lifestyle

Religious freedom watchdog pitches adding India to blacklist

NEW YORK – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is urging that the State Department add India to its list of nations with uniquely poor records on protecting freedom to wor...

DATE: Apr 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

Military chaplains pivot to serve soldiers in virus outbreak

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Maj. Brian Minietta’s eyes are locked down the barrel of a camera lens. He sways gently back and forth in silence, then his gruff voice belts out, in singsong: ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

How to safely reheat all those leftovers without ruining them

Whether you’re at home and working to stretch your cooking into as many meals as possible or trying to make the most of your takeout dinners, leftovers are a huge timesaver. They can also be...

DATE: Apr 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

How to start regrowing green onions and other vegetables on your windowsill

The isolation imposed by the coronavirus has awakened a latent homesteading spirit within many of us. The proliferation of sourdough was an early indication that people were seeking, even in...

DATE: Apr 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

BLM approves opening 171,000 acres for oil, gas drilling in western Colorado

Locals say plan could pollute water resources for agriculture, wildlife populations

DATE: Apr 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado Native Plant Society to host virtual meeting

Southwest Chapter of the Colorado Native Plant Society will host a virtual presentation by Anthony Culpepper at 7 p.m. Wednesday via Zoom. Culpepper’s presentation is called “The ...

DATE: Apr 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life