Lifestyle

Fort Lewis College to host Bears Ears lecture

Valley of the Gods is located at the southern end of the Bears Ears National Monument.Courtesy of the Bureau of…

March 19, 2018

Water Seminar set for April 6

Natural resource specialist Melissa May takes samples of water from the Animas River north of the New Mexico State line.Durango…

March 18, 2018

Religion

In schools, a growing push to recognize Muslim and Jewish holidays

Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post<br><br>Each year sophomore Eli Sporn misses school for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and “it…

March 18, 2018

Food

Ska Brewing debuts Berliner Weisse

Ska brewing has released its fourth Mod Project beer: the tart, fruity Berliner Weisse.Courtesy of RadCraft Herald staff report The…

March 17, 2018

Southwest Life

Forecasters warn of fires, crop damage across U.S. high plains

Lack of rain is hurting New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas

March 17, 2018

Southwest Life

Land Link to offer workshops in Durango, Cortez

Land Link will offer two-hour workshops for landowners and land seekers at: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Empire Electric Association, 801…

March 17, 2018

Food

5 types of apples, once thought extinct, are rediscovered

LEWISTON, Idaho – Five types of apples, once thought to be extinct, have been rediscovered in northern Idaho and eastern…

March 16, 2018

Religion

Church of Scientology launches TV channel

The Church of Scientology now has its own television channel available on DIRECTV, AppleTV, Roku, fireTV, Chromecast, iTunes and Google…

March 16, 2018

Southwest Life

Application session for seedlings still open

Conservation seedlings are grown at the Colorado State Forest Service nursery in Fort Collins.Courtesy of Colorado State Forest Service The…

March 16, 2018

Food

Black bean dip, improved: It’s smoky and warm

Warm Chipotle Black Bean Dip.Goran Kosanovic/Washington Post The average black bean dip is a reliably good snack option. Full of…

March 15, 2018

Southwest Life

The Animas River’s long ribbon of stories from Silverton to New Mexico

Durango author’s account of Gold King spill digs deep into region’s tumultuous mining history

March 15, 2018

Southwest Life

CPW launches hunting license purchase system

Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently launched a new online system for purchasing hunting licenses and will hold an open house…

March 14, 2018

Religion

Vatican doctors photo of Benedict’s praise for Francis

Retired Pope Benedict XVI praises a volume of books about the theological training of Pope Francis. The Vatican admitted March…

March 14, 2018

Southwest Life

‘An erosion of the culture of the acequias’

Finding laborers to clear irrigation ditches in New Mexico is getting harder

March 14, 2018

Food

Chef Profile: McKenzie Miller trains the next generation at Manna

Standing in the test kitchen at Manna Culinary Arts, McKenzie Miller pauses and looks around. The room is brightly lit…

March 14, 2018

Food

Local man turns passion into new business

Ernie Padilla opens “made fresh daily” food truck

March 14, 2018

Religion

NPR stories feature Aztec High School students, community three months after deadly shooting

A sign encourages prayer outside an ice cream shop in Aztec the day after a shooting at Aztec High School…

March 13, 2018

Southwest Life

Southwest ‘casta’ paintings spotlight race, popular culture

Border artist Claudio Dicochea explains one of the paintings in his “Acid Baroque” exhibit on display at the Scottsdale Museum…

March 13, 2018

Religion

Francis marks 5 years as pope amid love, disenchantment

On Oct. 30, 2015, Pope Francis is presented with an image of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero during a private…

March 13, 2018

Southwest Life

Strater to show ‘Farmers for America’ documentary

Colorado State University Extension, in partnership with Four Corners Farmer Rancher Coalition and National Young Farmers Coalition, will hold a…

March 13, 2018

Religion

MLK’s daughter, Bernice, has private audience with pope

VATICAN CITY – The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s surviving daughter had a private audience with Pope Francis at the…

March 12, 2018

Southwest Life

U.S. scientists study impact of uranium in Grand Canyon region

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey have been gathering soil samples, testing wells and springs, and collecting toads, rodents and…

March 12, 2018

Southwest Life

Durango Bird Club to hold workshop

Durango Bird Club will sponsor a workshop that starts at 8 a.m. March 17 in Room 055 of the Education-Business…

March 12, 2018

Southwest Life

Over 20 years, Seniors Outdoors! climbs in popularity, opportunity

‘This is the absolute healthiest thing we could be doing at our ages’

March 11, 2018