Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

Neutrons used to examine priceless Harvard gold specimen

ALBUQUERQUE – Scientists at a premier U.S. laboratory have helped to unravel some of the mysteries about a rare gold specimen discovered at a Colorado mine more than 130 years ago. ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

United Methodists confront possible split over LGBT issues

The United Methodist Church’s top legislative assembly convenes Sunday for a high-stakes, three-day meeting likely to determine whether America’s second-largest Protestant denomination will ...

DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Montezuma County braces for Sand Canyon parking problems

Winter’s snowpack likely will bring an extended mud season, and that could mean a problematic influx of visitors to the Sand Canyon trailhead this spring, Montezuma County commissioners said...

DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Program using storytelling events to save Navajo language

GALLUP, N.M. – A group of Navajo Nation elders is using traditional storytelling to try to pass down their native language to the next generation. The Dine Council of Elders for P...

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado Native Plant Society to host talk by environmental biologist

The Colorado Native Plant Society will host a lecture by environmental biologist Michael Remke from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Lyceum Room of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis...

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

A global look at the Catholic Church’s sex abuse problem

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit is meant to call attention to the crisis as a global problem that requires a global response. His decision was...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Wrist surgery puts retired coach back in play

Bob Hofman can shoot basketball for first time in decades

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Center of Southwest Studies to host lecture about Zebulon Pike

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will host a lecture by Jared Orsi, “Spare No Pains: Zebulon Pike’s Adventures in the Rocky Mountains,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Room 130 of ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Mormons increase missionary calls home from twice yearly to weekly

SALT LAKE CITY – Parents of Mormon missionaries will be able to hear their children’s voices a lot more often under new rules announced recently that allow the proselytizing youngsters to ca...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Field to Fork and Pine River Valley food producers to meet Saturday

Field to Fork and Pine River Valley food producers will present an information-sharing session about growing a healthful and independent food system in the Pine River Valley from 1 to 2:30 p...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Four Corners Beekeepers Association to host spring seminar

The Four Corners Beekeepers Association will hold its spring seminar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 2 in the Lyceum Room of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. Fea...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life