Southwest Lifestyle
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Navajo history preserved on reel-to-reel tape
Project will secure thousands of stories in digital format
Southwest Life
Wildflower walk scheduled for Saturday
The event will feature a wildflower walk led by Candace Carson. Experts will distinguish native species from nonnative species, and participants will learn about how invasive species, such as the…
And the West is History
And the West is History
The cornerstone was laid for the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, No. 507, in 1925 at Ninth Street and East Second Avenue. Durango Elks Lodge still uses the…
Food
The River bar and grill caters to locals
Rejuvenated Dolores bar and restaurant offers live music, riverside views
Travel
Tourists explore an abandoned Chinese ‘ghost village’ engulfed by nature
This is Houtouwan – “Back Bay” in Mandarin – an abandoned fishing village engulfed by nature on the far eastern island of Shengshan, about 50 miles off the coast of…
Religion
Woman, kids seeking asylum take sanctuary in Utah church
But Chavez never allows Yaretzi, 6, or Issabella, 1, to play there. They never step foot outside the church. [iimage:2,mugshot]Chavez, 30, is afraid that U.S. immigration officials would round them…
Southwest Life
Four Corners Beekeepers Association to meet Tuesday
Guest speaker Jim Marquis will give a presentation about creating and overwintering nucleus hives. The event is free and open to all. For more information, call Judy at 247-0893, email…
Food
Fresh produce arriving at Bayfield farmers markets
In addition to natural produce by local growers on Thursdays, there have been booths for baked goods, body care and locally produced foods, including granola and empanadas. There also have…
Community
Thank you letter
Durango Friends of the Arts thanks Noami and Yandell Beans for hosting the second “Accessorize Me” sale in June at their home. With the help of Loraine Sufficol, Peeb Lupia,…
Community
Senior Calendar
2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Monday 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 10:15 a.m. Watch Your Step exercise. 10:30 a.m. Belly dance club. 12:30 p.m. Recreational bridge, canasta. 12:45 p.m. Coloring group. 1…
Community
Fort Lewis College Calendar
Sunday Developmental soccer camp, 9 a.m., Dirks Field. Monday Developmental soccer camp, 9 a.m., Dirks Field. Individual volleyball camp, 9 a.m., Whalen Gymnasium. “Little spiker’s” volleyball clinic, 5 p.m., Whalen…
Community
Bridge scores
July 5 Non-Life Master First: R. Houston, K. Hasz Second: C. and G. Graves Third: J. Mullins, M. Zempel Fourth: M. Harlow, S. Zerbe Fifth: J. Walter, K. Wiggins July…
Community
Durango/La Plata Senior Center changes lunch price
Lunch prices for other ages remain the same: $4 suggested donation for seniors older than 60 and $5 for children younger than 12. Reservations are required by 9:30 a.m. for…
Community
Southern Ute Montessori opens application session
The Head Start program is for children 3 to 5 years old, and the Early Head Start program is for prenatal women and 6-week- to 3-year-old children. Families of children…
Community
Chuck wagon cook-off to be July 28
This year’s competition includes five wagons that will serve plates of beef, potatoes, beans, fresh bread, dessert and a beverage. Tickets are $20, available at Basin Co-op, 26103 U.S. Highway…
Community
Ballroom dance classes returning to Durango/La Plata Senior Center
Dance classes will focus on swing and the cha-cha. Registration for the series costs $25 and is due by the July 23 deadline. To register, call Nancy at 382-6428.
And the West is History
And the West is History
The cornerstone was laid for the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, No. 507, in 1925 at Ninth Street and East Second Avenue. Durango Elks Lodge still uses the…
Travel
Tracing Nelson Mandela’s footsteps 100 years after his birth
Visitors can follow in Mandela’s footsteps from the villages where he was born and raised, to the Soweto township where he became an anti-apartheid leader, to Robben Island where he…
Health
As singles grow older, the prospect of declining health can provoke fears
An elderly couple walks down a hall in Easton, Pa. More elderly Americans are aging without a partner.Associated Press file I’ve had health issues in the past, so I know…
Southwest Life
Crow Canyon announces new programs
Programs include: “Ask an Archaeologist” from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, for those who want to learn more about the area’s archaeological history from Crow Canyon archaeologists.“Pueblo Perspectives” from 3…
Southwest Life
Fort Lewis College lecture series to feature Olga Little
Gulliford’s lecture is about Olga Little, the only female “jackpacker” during the mining boom to deliver food, supplies and dynamite to high altitude mines in Southwest Colorado. The Center of…
Southwest Life
Navajo Nation urges expansion of radiation exposure law
Dozens of old uranium mines dot reservation
Religion
A Holocaust museum in Brooklyn focuses on faith, survival
The three-year-old Amud Aish Memorial Museum, located far from the tourist crowds at near the very edge of the borough, focuses on the experiences of Orthodox Jews during and after…
Health
Late-life high blood pressure may harm the brain, study says
A closeup of a human brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease on display at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y. Autopsies on nearly 1,300 older…
Travel
Show tells backstory of icons like Rushmore, Lady Liberty
You’ll hear the inside story on these icons and others from Geoffrey Baer, host of the PBS television series “10 That Changed America,” in three new episodes airing this summer.…
Food
How to drink tequila and mezcal like a grown-up
No one bawls “PAAAAARRRTY!” when they see a bottle of Glenlivet. Is it some dormant memory of Cancun, Mexico, vacations past? Did we all come of age in a Texas…
Religion
Pope denounces ‘murderous indifference’ by powers in Mideast
Pope Francis, center, flanked by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, left, and Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, free doves outside the St. Nicholas…
Health
What do doctors know about food? Not very much
Experts say that while most physicians may recognize that diet is influential in health, they don’t learn enough about nutrition in medical school or the training programs that follow.Associated Press…
Travel
Feminists, animal rights groups reshape Pamplona bull fest
It’s not a full-blown identity crisis yet, but the festival in northern Spain popularized by American novelist Ernest Hemingway and seen by critics as a macho proving ground with a…