Southwest Life
Sparked by pandemic, initiative serves two vital needs
Save the Food, Serve the People employs restaurant workers, feeds the hungry
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Food
Reopened restaurants reveal dining’s ‘new normal’: Masked waiters, e-menus and booth dividers
This is what’s not normal about the dining scene last week in Georgia, Tennessee and Alaska, where restaurants were given the go-ahead to resume serving patrons in-house, weeks after the…
Religion
National Day of Prayer will be held online, on radio Thursday
This year, the theme for the National Day of Prayer on Thursday is “God’s glory over all of the earth” taken from Habakkuk 2:14, which says: “For the earth will…
And the West is History
Photo: Ready for the Parade, ca. 1920s
A picture taken today in the same location, would show Buckley Park on the left as you look south down Main Avenue. The “Good Year Service Station” sign is painted…
Food
Dalgona coffee is sweet, milky and pretty. It’s also not for coffee lovers.
Dalgona Coffee.Tim Carman/ Washington Post The cause of my shakes is no surprise: My first dalgona coffee, a sweet and frothy South Korean drink, included two packets of Starbucks Via…
Travel
Locked down in Nice: Stranded in France’s second most popular tourist destination
Two visitors defy social-distancing protocols amid the coronavirus lockdown to enjoy a Mediterranean sunset in Nice, France.Christopher Elliott/Washington Post The Washington Post Nice, France, is a city on hold. Its…
Southwest Life
Dolores Huerta birthplace, former mining site up for sale
The Dawson Elk Valley Ranch in New Mexico, which is on the market for $96 million. The land once was home to the town of Dawson, N.M., the birthplace of…
Health
U.S. allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery
Rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States. Given through an IV, the medication is designed to…
Health
Health official says U.S. missed some chances to slow virus
Limited testing and delayed travel alerts for areas outside China contributed to the jump in U.S. cases starting in late February, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, the No. 2 official at…
Health
Airway experts’ work puts them inches from where virus lives
Hundreds of times every week during this pandemic, doctors and nurses treating critically ill COVID-19 patients steel themselves for a procedure that remains anything but routine. These are the intubators,…
Travel
Airline nosedive: American, United post huge pandemic losses
Ethan Cale walks from the American Airlines ticket counter Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Salt Lake City. American Airlines reports a staggering loss of $2.2 billion for the first quarter,…
Religion
Religious freedom watchdog pitches adding India to blacklist
An Indian Muslim man prays Monday in a mosque during the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Gauhati, India. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom…
Health
Household cleaning chemicals, why more is not better
Adobe StockA basket of household cleaners.du1-i-syn Implemented properly, this practice can help reduce the spread of some viruses and food-borne pathogens. However, media messaging and terminology about this topic is…
Community
Colorado Farm Bureau teams up with local food bank
La Plata County Farm Bureau President Charly Minkler coordinated the food delivery effort with Smith. Volunteers distributed the food immediately, rather than waiting days for delivery. Also participating were San…
Community
Animas Museum offers online exhibits
The exhibits will feature the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Zaidee Perkins’ wedding dress and handmade quilts housed in the museum’s collections. To view the exhibits, visit www.animasmuseum.org. For more information,…
Community
Jakes Farm offering limited number of Harvest Partner memberships
The farm specializes in produce, jams, pickles and poultry, eggs, live chicks, processed meats and greens. For more information, visit www.jakesfarmhesperus.com.
Community
Comfort Keepers to offer care packages for seniors
Packages will include a package of sanitizing wipes, a deck of cards or small game, handwritten letters from caregivers, snacks and bingo cards for those seniors who are interested in…
Religion
Military chaplains pivot to serve soldiers in virus outbreak
U.S. Army Major Brian Minietta records a weekly Facebook message outside the headquarters of the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, N.C. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic,…
Travel
As fewer people fly, rate of guns found in bags by TSA jumps
A lone person works at the Delta airlines check-in desk April 21 at McCarran International airport in Las Vegas. The Transportation Security Administration said Monday that it found 58 guns…
Health
CDC confirms 6 new coronavirus symptoms showing up in patients repeatedly
At the Peak Vista Community Health Center in Colorado Springs, medical assistant Jessica Martin tests a patient for COVID-19 at a drive-thru Monday.Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP The symptoms, which…
And the West is History
Photo: 1920s Durango jazz dance band
This photo from 1920 shows the early Durango jazz band “The Syncopated Five” performing at the Red Men Hall in Durango. The band was led by violinist Jay Glaser, with…
Food
How to safely reheat all those leftovers without ruining them
But before we get into specifics, here are a few food safety tips from the U.S. Agriculture Department: Don’t let food sit out at room temperature for more than two…
Food
How to start regrowing green onions and other vegetables on your windowsill
The latest trend to sprout up on social media: images of green onions, presumably purchased at the store, their roots submerged in water glasses and tucked onto sunny windowsills, where…
Southwest Life
BLM approves opening 171,000 acres for oil, gas drilling in western Colorado
Locals say plan could pollute water resources for agriculture, wildlife populations
Travel
Amid the pandemic, an adventure addict finds solace in imagination
I’m not talking about virtual travel videos or Oculus Rift or recreational drugs, each of which I’m sure has its virtues. Instead, I’m traveling using only the power of my…
Southwest Life
Colorado Native Plant Society to host virtual meeting
Culpepper’s presentation is called “The Biology and Ecology of San Juan Mountain Sedges.” He will give an overview and introduction to the basics of sedges’ biology and discuss their ecology…
Travel
Think things are bad for airlines? It’s about to get worse
Associated Press file<br><br>About 2.3 million people passed through security checkpoints on March 1, unchanged from the same day last year. The numbers careened sharply lower from that point on, plunging…
Health
Answers to questions about new coronavirus antibody studies
A woman holds her hand out to have blood collected April 14 for a 15-minute test for COVID-19 coronavirus antibodies at a drive thru site in Hempstead, N.Y. Antibodies are…
Southwest Life
10 apple types thought extinct found in West
Lost Apple Project team identifies pioneer-era fruits