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Eating in quarantine: How to stretch your groceries

Tips and tricks from Durango-area experts on making meals adaptable

DATE: Apr 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Crispy-skinned sheet-pan chicken and cabbage scores high on flavor and low on effort

Three things that make me very happy: simple, sheet pan and supper. Add “scrumptious” to that list and you have an apt description of what this recipe brings to the table. Here, b...

DATE: Apr 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

How to freeze fresh vegetables while preserving their best qualities

As social distancing and self-quarantining quickly become our new normal, many Americans are heeding advice to stock their home kitchens for the long haul. For most of us, trips to the groce...

DATE: Apr 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Here’s how long those condiments in your fridge and pantry are supposed to last

We’re all spending a lot more time at home now, sifting through our pantries and refrigerators. Produce and meat we know are use it or lose it. But what about all those condiments? You know,...

DATE: Apr 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

5 Buddhist teachings that can help you deal with coronavirus anxiety

Buddhist meditation centers and temples in coronavirus-hit countries around the world have been closed to the public to comply with social-distancing measures. But Buddhist teach...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association to host webinar for farmers

Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association will host a webinar about cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting produce farms during the COVID-19 pandemic at noon Tuesday via Zoom. Partici...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Warming makes U.S. West megadrought worst in modern age, study says

Human-made global warming a cause, scientist says

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

River, stream flows drop noticeably in New Mexico

Rio Grande outlook looks to be half of average

DATE: Apr 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds public to maintain a social distance from young wildlife

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is partnering with the Colorado Parks and Recreation Association to remind residents to keep wild animals wild and leave young wildlife alone. As wild...

DATE: Apr 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

San Juan Mountains Association to offer crosscut saw training via Zoom

San Juan Mountains Association and retired wilderness ranger Anne Dal Vera will host a crosscut saw training as a celebration of Colorado Public Lands Day on May 15 and May 16 via Zoom. The ...

DATE: Apr 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Foodies rejoice: Take-out options abound in Durango and beyond

Herald Staff Report Durango tourism officials and business leaders like to boast that Durango has more restaurants per capita than San Francisco. And La Plata County residents hav...

DATE: Apr 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Colorado Parks and Wildlife to hold online open house on mountain lion plan

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will host an online public open house to explain proposed changes to agency management of mountain lions on the Western Slope. The Draft West Slope Mo...

DATE: Apr 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life