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Thank You Letter

The Durango Branch of the American Association of University Women held its annual book and author luncheon on March 17 to raise funds that supply scholarships for female students at Fort Le...

DATE: Mar 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Lifestyle

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Durango to host Easter services Saturday, Sunday

Easter weekend services will be held Saturday and Sunday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 East Third Ave. A Holy Saturday great vigil of Easter candlelight service at 8 p.m....

DATE: Mar 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Area around Jesus’ baptism site being cleared of land mines

QASR EL-YAHUD, West Bank – Pilgrims seeking serenity during a visit to Jesus’ traditional baptism site may be rattled to discover they are surrounded by thousands of land mines left over fro...

DATE: Mar 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Churches that survived Sept. 11 give in, install metal detectors

NEW YORK – The two stone churches near the foot of Broadway, in the shadow of the World Trade Center, have seen fire and calamity and the sweep of American history, and through it all have k...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

20 years later, Mexican wolf program frustrates all sides

ALBUQUERQUE – On the edge of the Mogollon Rim in eastern Arizona, snow covered the ground and blizzard conditions were setting in as biologists prepared to open the gates to a trio of pens, ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Mormon church to allow parents in youth bishop meetings

SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church is changing its guidelines for how local leaders handle sexual abuse reports and one-on-one meetings with youth a week after a former prominent missionary ...

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

You don’t have to be a bro to love Fireball Whiskey cake

I couldn’t help but be intrigued and entertained when I came across a cake recipe with an unusual ingredient: cinnamon-flavored Fireball Whiskey. It uses instant vanilla pudding mix, too – s...

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Fort Collins vet treats dogs, exotic animals with stem cells

FORT COLLINS (AP) – Tootle used to hate going to the vet. The purebred dachshund didn’t like the humans poking and prodding his nose with all kinds of different medicines. ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

On Palm Sunday, pope urges youth to raise their voices

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Palm Sunday urged young people not to be silent and let their voices be heard, even in the face of corrupt or silent elders. The pope’s message come...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

If you can push a blender button, you can make this tomato soup

Summer is for gazpacho – that zippy, no-cook soup made with peak-season tomatoes – but when I want tomato soup at any other time of year, I’m going to turn to this fast, pantry-friendly opti...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Fort Lewis College students bring solar energy to Navajo Nation

Panels installed at community gathering place

DATE: Mar 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Spicy candy is going to be big this year. But why can’t you taste the heat?

In the past year, America’s confectioners collectively got the hots for spicy candy. Jolly Rancher Hotties hit stores last summer. They were followed by Sour Patch Kids Fire and S...

DATE: Mar 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food