Southwest Life
Orchard hub to serve Montezuma County apple growers
Nature Conservancy helps to purchase $310,000 property
Southwest Lifestyle
Community
Gear lending library up and running in Cortez
SCYC looks to parks-type recreation opportunities
Southwest Life
San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to host virtual meeting
Richard Jenkinson will present “Rock art of Dinetah: Stories of heroes and healing.” Jenkinson spent 14 years teaching high school English in Kayenta, Arizona, where Navajo literature was a part…
Community
The Good Food Collective matches trees and harvesters
The platform specializes in matchmaking fruit trees with harvesters to eliminate food waste, reduce bear-human conflict and fight hunger. For more information, visit www. FruitGlean.org or email [email protected].
Food
‘Keep Your Spirits Up’ takes place of 2020 San Juan Brewfest
Kits include alcohol, snacks, shirts, glasses and more
Southwest Life
New Mexico’s national parks need millions in upgrades
Great American Outdoors Act may help address maintenance issues
Health
Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans
Terri Donelson, left, and her husband, Stephen, walk up their driveway to see friends and family awaiting him at his home in Midlothian, Texas on Friday, June 19, 2020, after…
Food
This reliable jam recipe will let you savor the best berries and stone fruit year-round
Because I’ve been making fruit jams for most of my life, I know what the bubbles look like when the jam is ready. I recognize the crackle of the spatula…
Food
Fenceline releases new red-fleshed cider in Colorado, Arizona
Maggie Corson and Sam Perry offer samples of Fenceline Cider’s beverages in 2019 at the Durango Farmers Market.Nick Gonzales/Durango Herald file Fenceline Cider has introduced a new bottle cider, the…
Food
Chef behind revered Houston restaurant fights ‘food apartheid’
“We talk about that stuff all the time in the neighborhood, honestly, because our community is constantly harassed by the police,” says Rhodes, 29. “I see it every night when…
And the West is History
Photo: Spanish Trails Court – Ca. 1947
Returning World War II veteran Sam Miller, with his wife, Rosemary Cheney Miller, built this “motor court” in Animas City in 1946. They entered the motel business to take advantage…
Travel
Wave of boat buyers seek recreation, safety during pandemic
Carter Mitchell scampers aboard his family’s new boat in Yarmouth, Maine. The Mitchell family of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, had big travel plans for this summer, but the coronavirus pandemic forced…
Religion
Black Catholics’ history: Will Catholic schools teach it?
Faustina Bema, a candidate for Novice of the Sisters of the Holy Family, prays inside a chapel during a retreat at their Mother House in New Orleans. In the archdioceses…
Southwest Life
Ute Mountain Utes may earmark CARES Act money for household water
Towaoc resident struggles to get line repaired as faucets run dry
Travel
Road trip? Quarantines mess with Americans’ travel plans
Passengers boards a Casco Bay Lines ferry bound for Peaks Island, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Portland, Maine. State officials reported more cases of COVID-19.Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press The web…
Southwest Life
La Plata County 4-H Livestock Judging Team to compete for national title
The La Plata County 4-H Livestock Judging Team at the Western National Roundup in January: from left to right, coach Brad Fassett, Kaleb Lee, Guy Wright, Kori Jenkins, Rylie Zufelt,…
Health
Georgia camp with COVID-19 outbreak didn’t require masks
This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. Released by…
Southwest Life
Chimney Rock Interpretative Association offers flora tour Aug. 6
The tour travels up to the two pinnacles and examines the variety of flora observable on the way up to the top. More than 26 different plants – all useful…
Southwest Life
Dramatic decline found in Western bumblebee populations
Bumblebees could land on list of endangered species
Community
Pine River Arts grateful to sponsors and donors
The brainchild of Briggen Wrinkle and others at the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado, Community Concerts Re-imagined became a new and creative means to reach out to lovers of the…
Community
Botanical Society thanks Nancy Wallace
Nancy has been a member of the board of directors for the last seven years. She and her husband, Jim, have been outstanding members of the DBS community of gardeners…
Community
Edible plant hikes offered Aug. 8, Aug. 15
Participants will sample the bounty of nature while getting outside, meeting new people and experiencing the beauty of the outdoors. The cost is $35 per hike per person. Register at…
Community
Durango Adult Education Center director to address Rotary Club
The talk will include current information about the center, serving students’ needs during COVID-19 and challenges as it moves into its 34th year of serving the region. The center’s services…
Southwest Life
Rain may help curb human-bear conflicts
After quiet year, activity increases as animals prepare for hibernation
Southwest Life
Leftover big-game licenses to go on sale Aug. 4
A list of the licenses remaining are now available on the CPW website. There is no advantage for hunters to go to wildlife offices to buy licenses in person. For…
Health
Mercy Home Health among top home health agencies in U.S.
Now in its 14th year, HomeCare Elite identifies the top agencies based on performance measures, including quality of care, quality improvement, patient experience, best practices implementation and financial management. Since…
Southwest Life
Colo. tree selected for Christmas at U.S. Capitol
The Christmas tree will make its way from the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests to the West Lawn of the Capitol building, where it will be decorated and…
Religion
What are the origins of cathedrals and chapels?
As a scholar of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity, I have come to learn the historic importance of these structures and the pivotal role they play in the practice of…
Travel
European tourism faces turbulence only weeks after restart
A couple make selfies at the lake side in St. Wolfgang, Austria, Monday, July 27, 2020. More than 50 corona tests in the small community of St. Wolfgang in the…
Health
Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers
There’s still no guarantee that the experimental vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., will really protect. The needed proof: Volunteers won’t know if they’re getting…