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AP: Catholic boards hailed as fix for sex abuse often fail

Facing thousands of clergy sex-abuse cases, U.S. Catholic leaders addressed their greatest crisis in the modern era with a promised reform: Mandatory review boards. These independ...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

First Church of Christ, Scientist to host Thanksgiving service

The community is invited to attend a special one-hour Thanksgiving Day service at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1166 East Third Ave. The president...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Colorado Parks and Wildlife opens grant application for OHV projects

Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Trails Program encourages local, county and state governments, federal agencies, special recreation districts and nonprofit organizations to apply for available...

DATE: Nov 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Pope arrives in Thailand to encourage Catholic minority

BANGKOK – Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, beginning a mission to boost the morale of those countries’ tiny minority Catholic communities a...

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mercy Regional Medical Center announces Fort Lewis College partnership

Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center and Fort Lewis College have announced Mercy Sports Medicine is the official sports medicine provider for Fort Lewis College Athletics. ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Thanksgiving recipes, but with chiles in everything

The endless chile war being waged between Colorado and New Mexico may never reach détente because there may never be a definitive answer to which state grows the best chiles. Do the famous H...

DATE: Nov 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Mormon leader: We didn’t leave Boy Scouts, they left us

NEW YORK – A high-ranking leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Friday the church severed its century-long tie with the Boy Scouts of America because the organizat...

DATE: Nov 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Special South African gin is infused with elephant dung

MOSSEL BAY, South Africa – The makers of a South African gin infused with elephant dung swear their use of the animal’s excrement is no gimmick. The creators of Indlovu Gin, Les a...

DATE: Nov 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Gunnison sage grouse struggle in Southwest Colorado

Threatened species missing from Dove Creek population

DATE: Nov 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Survey work to start at Sambrito Wetlands in Navajo State Park

A crew from Ducks Unlimited will survey the Sambrito Wetlands area of Navajo State Park during the next couple of weeks. The crew is authorized to ride OHVs through the area to d...

DATE: Nov 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico vineyards cultivate community

Small but dedicated, winemaking in Four Corners is often a family affair

DATE: Nov 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Catholic bishops’ new anti-abuse hotline to be ready soon

BALTIMORE – A new national hotline to report sexual misconduct accusations against Catholic bishops in the U.S. could be operating by the end of February, three months ahead of the deadline ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion