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Thank You Letters

Trujillo family says thank you The family of Cordelia “Cordy” Trujillo would simply like to say thank you. Cordy truly was an angel on Earth and blessed are those who had the oppo...

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Lifestyle

Baptist church offering video series

An eight-week video series, called “A Tour of Prophecy,” by evangelical Christian author David Jeremiah will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through July 25 at First Southern Baptist Chur...

DATE: Jun 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Bayfield church to offer Bible school

A weeklong session of Vacation Bible School will be held from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. Monday through Friday at Calvary Presbyterian Church, 89 E. Mill St., in Bayfield. Events are open...

DATE: Jun 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

China steps up ‘training’ of Tibetan clergy, officials

BEIJING – Chinese authorities are ramping up political indoctrination among Tibetan Buddhist clergy and officials in charge of religious affairs as part of a campaign to strengthen the rulin...

DATE: Jun 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

New Mexico farmers face consequences as drought persists

SANTA FE, N.M. – Farmer Matt Romero doesn’t have far to travel to see a stark reminder of the ongoing drought affecting New Mexico and parts of the West. When Romero looks over th...

DATE: Jun 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Pope nixes German plan to allow Communion for non-Catholics

ROME – Pope Francis has told German bishops they can’t publish guidelines on whether non-Catholic spouses may receive Communion, saying the issue concerns the broader Catholic Church and is ...

DATE: Jun 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Vanasoap sells homemade, artisan, palm-free soaps

Vanessa McCowan originally took up soap-making as a hobby, but she now sells them as Vanasoap at the Durango Farmer’s Market. “I started off giving them as gifts to friends and fa...

DATE: Jun 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Cortez Farmers Market holds sunny Saturday opening

Weekly Cortez Farmers Market will run through October

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Loud music at restaurants could be leading you to order burgers over salads, study says

Noisy restaurants are a source of perennial complaints, but it’s not just diners’ ears that are affected – it’s their waistlines, too. A new study published in the Journal of the Academy of ...

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Romaine outbreak worsens

NEW YORK – Four more deaths have been linked to a national food poisoning outbreak blamed on tainted lettuce, bringing the total to five. Health officials have tied the E. coli ou...

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Denver man has prolific baseball memorabilia collections

DENVER (AP) – The year was 1989 and Marshall Fogel, lifelong Denver resident and local lawyer, was visiting Chicago when he wandered into a massive sports convention. “God,” he sa...

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Pope encourages mobster-plagued town to take law’s side

ROME – Pope Francis is urging residents of a mobster-plagued Rome suburb to be courageous and side with the law. Francis celebrated an outdoor Mass on Sunday evening in Ostia, a s...

DATE: Jun 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion