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BLM Ranger Fouss is named acting manager of Canyons of Ancients

New manager for visitor center and museum also hired

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. nuns urge changes to church structure to address abuse

VATICAN CITY – The largest association of religious sisters in the United States called Thursday for an overhaul of the male-led leadership structure of the Catholic Church, after Pope Franc...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Las Cruces Diocese releases accused priests’ personnel files

ALBUQUERQUE – Thousands of pages that include the personnel files of more than two dozen priests accused of sexually abusing children have been turned over to the New Mexico Attorney General...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Food industry sway over public health gets new scrutiny

NEW YORK – The tweet from a group that finances development in Latin America was direct: Sodas do not offer beauty or joy, just a lot of sugar. There was one problem for the organ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Tiffany church named to Colorado Most Endangered Places list

Listing will aid preservation of 90-year-old building

DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

How to take care of your cast-iron cookware and make it last forever

Cast iron. The myth. The legend. The reality. Perhaps no other type of cookware is so surrounded by lore, not to mention a passionate fan base, as cast iron. It also ma...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Galloping Goose to run winter excursions on Durango & Silverton railroad

Motorized rail car will travel up Animas Valley

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

North Korean Christians keep faith underground amid crackdowns

SEOUL, South Korea – One North Korean defector in Seoul describes her family back home quietly singing Christian hymns every Sunday while someone stood watch for informers. A second cowered ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Conservation grants available for landowners

The San Juan Conservation District offers “Conservation Helping Hand” grants to assist landowners in the La Plata County, Archuleta County and Pine River areas. The grants help la...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Crime technician is ‘voice for people who no longer speak’

SANTA FE – Shari Vialpando has many nicknames for herself – “Black Widow” and “Workhorse” among them. The monikers are an apt description of the 37-year-old crime scene technician...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Cowboy churches feel like home for many in Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – The church occupies a corner of the shopping center, behind the Taco Express, squeezed between the karate dojo and the massage and tattoo parlors, a few doors down fr...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Food producers can join Farm Fresh Directory

Local food producers are encouraged to submit their information for inclusion in the “Colorado Farm Fresh Directory.” The Colorado Department of Agriculture annually publishes the...

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life