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Pope defrocks 2 Chilean bishops accused of sex abuse

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked two more Chilean bishops accused of sexually abusing minors, and to show greater transparency about how he’s responding to the church’s glob...

DATE: Oct 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

James Beard Foundation to diversify its coveted awards

More than two-thirds of the winners at this year’s James Beard Awards were women or people of color or both – a dramatic shift for a ceremony that has historically rewarded the efforts of mo...

DATE: Oct 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Free weight loss lecture at Durango Public Library on Oct. 29

Ashley Lucas, Douglas Lucas and Jeffrey Williams of PHD Weight Loss and Peak Rejuvenation will give a free lecture called “Achieving Successful Outcomes During and After Weight Loss” from 5 ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Fort Collins seed vault preserves world collection of plants

FORT COLLINS (AP) – As climate change jeopardizes the world’s doomsday seed vault near the North Pole, a similar Fort Collins facility continues to stock up its collection. The mo...

DATE: Oct 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Study: 1 in 3 US adults eat fast food each day

NEW YORK – A government study has found that 1 in 3 U.S. adults eat fast food on any given day. That’s about 85 million people. It’s the first federal study to look at how often a...

DATE: Oct 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Don’t give up your fight against weeds this fall

By Ben Bain After an unusually hot and dry summer, fall is fully upon us. If you weren’t able to get rid of all of your weeds, there is still a little bit of time to finish the jo...

DATE: Oct 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

How to take winning photographs presentation

The Durango Photography Club will host a presentation with Amy K. Wendland about how to take winning photographs from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Pine Room at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 25...

DATE: Oct 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Mormons to spend less time at church on Sundays

Time requirement to drop from 3 hours to 2

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

San Juan Forest finalizes Glade grazing plan

Adjustments made to improve range

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Does Durango have an iconic dish? If so, what is it?

Mexican cuisine, beef in various forms nominated as favorites

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Mormon leader: Nicknames for faith are ‘victory for Satan’

SALT LAKE CITY – The president of the Mormon church reiterated Sunday that he wants members, the media and others to use the faith’s full name, saying nicknames are “a major victory for Sata...

DATE: Oct 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion