Lifestyle

Cubans inaugurate first new Catholic church in decades

SANDINO, Cuba – The first new Roman Catholic church to be completed in Cuba since the country’s 1959 socialist revolution…

January 30, 2019

Food

Snowdown Chili Cook-off insiders dish what goes on behind the scenes

Snowdown 2018 Chili Cook-Off contestant Jenni Gross stirs her Durango Cowgal red chili and pork green chili at the La…

January 30, 2019

Food

Culinary creations to celebrate comic-con Snowdown

Two recipes blend pop culture and cooking in your kitchen

January 30, 2019

Food

Edible Southwest Colorado comes to an end

Food magazine that told off-the-beaten-path stories wraps up eight-year run

January 30, 2019

Religion

Pope reaffirms priest celibacy but makes case for exception

Pope Francis, flanked by Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti, answers reporters’ questions Sunday aboard the plane after taking off from Panama…

January 29, 2019

Religion

Pope lowers expectations for next month’s sex abuse summit

Pope Francis, flanked by Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti, answers reporters’ questions Sunday aboard the plane after taking off from Panama…

January 28, 2019

Food

Steamworks to tap Snickerdoodle firkin during Snowdown

du1-i-syn Herald Staff Report Steamworks Brewing Co. plans to continue its ongoing Firkin Fridays series by tapping a “Snickerdoode” firkin…

January 27, 2019

Religion

Why victims of Catholic priests need to hear more than confessions

Pope Francis has summoned presidents of every bishops’ conference from around the world to come to the Vatican on Feb.…

January 26, 2019

Southwest Life

Built as a home, the Gable House served as a hospital for decades

You cannot walk by the bed and breakfast inn at the corner of East Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street without…

January 26, 2019

Food

This sunny citrus salad will brighten a winter’s day

Citrus Salad with Avocado.Deb Lindsey/Washington Post If you can’t escape to a place with warmer weather this winter, at least…

January 25, 2019

Food

Slime has officially reached the “edible” stage of the YouTube trend cycle

Slime has become very popular and there are so many types: Glitter slime, magnetic slime, glow-in-the-dark slime and edible slime.Stacy…

January 24, 2019

Southwest Life

Federal shutdown not affecting Spring Creek Basin wild horses

Herd is self-sufficient, volunteer says

January 24, 2019

Southwest Life

Escaping the sugar trap

Balanced diet can break addiction to carbs, boost energy levels

January 24, 2019

Southwest Life

Cortez adds old courthouse to historic register

Both 1937 structure and 1960 addition considered historic

January 23, 2019

Food

A family menu built on appreciation, not appropriation

Context is key when it comes to culturally sensitive meals

January 22, 2019

Food

Lure your taste buds by adding seared tuna to salad

Tuna Steaks with Caper Sauce over Arugula.Deb Lindsey/Washington Post It would not be wrong to call this dish a salad;…

January 21, 2019

Southwest Life

Lecture to address the peopling of the Americas

Bruce Bradley will give a lecture, “AUKward Proposal: Evidence of a Trans-Atlantic Contribution to the Ice Age Peopling of the…

January 21, 2019

Food

U.S. restaurant prices jump the most since 2011

It’s getting more expensive to eat out. Full-service restaurants, facing higher labor and food costs, raised prices the most in…

January 20, 2019

Southwest Life

Trump shrank a Utah monument for coal, but few care to dig

ESCALANTE, Utah – On the eastern end of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, narrow slot canyons shoot through the rocks in…

January 20, 2019

Religion

Women strive for larger roles in male-dominated religions

Women have been elected heads of national governments on six continents. They have flown into space, served in elite combat…

January 19, 2019

Religion

St. Columba Parish to hold Rosary Day

St. Columba Parish invites the community to join in a Rosary Day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.…

January 18, 2019

Southwest Life

Ski patrol dogs work hard, play hard on Colorado slopes

River and Moxie survey the slopes of Aspen Highlands with the Maroon Bells behind them.Craig Turpin/Aspen Daily News ASPEN (AP)…

January 18, 2019

Food

Spruce Tree Espresso gets a new owner and name

Main Street coffee shop now called Bean Tree

January 18, 2019

Southwest Life

As beetle kill spreads, will the drive from Durango to Silverton resemble Wolf Creek Pass?

Aerial survey reveals expanding areas of dead trees

January 17, 2019