Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

Hot, dry summer calls for wise watering

Homeowners can learn tips to save water and money

DATE: Jul 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Aging lookout towers still key during fire season in the West

U.S. Forest Service says they are useful to spot wildfires early

DATE: Jul 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Fungus killing peach trees, causing millions in losses in Western Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – A silent killer steadily encroaching on the most beloved of Western Slope fruit has moved into the crosshairs of peach growers and researchers. It’s a fungus...

DATE: Jul 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

What’s behind the belief in weeping Virgin Mary statues?

In a Catholic parish in Hobbs, New Mexico, a statue of the Virgin Mary has been “weeping.” Onlookers have gathered out of curiosity, and also for prayer and healing. The liquid on...

DATE: Jul 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

I bake for dogs, and they eat it up

Puppy season kicked off last month, with posts on social media and a flood of photographs and videos filling up my feed. My friends and their friends, and, it seems like everyone else’s frie...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

St. Ignatius Church to hold special mass in Ignacio

A special mass will be held in honor of the patron saint St. Ignatius of Loyola at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Ignatius Church, 14826 Highway 172, in Ignacio. The service will be hel...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Old Fort fundraiser auction ends Sunday

The Old Fort at Hesperus’ online fundraising auction, which raises money for Fort Lewis College student internships and farmer-training program costs, will end at 5 p.m. Sunday. T...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Drones help create detailed maps of ruins in Ute Mountain Ute park

Photogrammetry builds 3D models of cliff dwellings, rock art panels

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Catholic Church has ‘major gap’ when accused sex abuser is high-ranking cleric, top U.S. cardinal says

The Catholic archbishop of Boston, one of the country’s most prominent Catholic clerics and Pope Francis’ chief adviser on child sex abuse, said Tuesday that while the church now has a stron...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

This curry takes you from India to Thailand and back - in nothing flat

Recipe intimidation can come from many sources: A technique or an ingredient you’re not familiar with, or one you are - and know you don’t like. Or sometimes it’s cumulative. You read throug...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

EPA extends comment period on remedial cleanup actions

The Environmental Protection Agency, in response to citizen request, has extended the public comment period to Aug. 15 on its proposed plan of interim remedial actions for the Bonita Peak Mi...

DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Re-enactment of conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe will end

SANTA FE – An annual re-enactment of a 17th-century Spanish conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe from Native Americans after an uprising will end amid protests that it whitewashed a dark period ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life