Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

Local man turns passion into new business

Ernie Padilla opens “made fresh daily” food truck

DATE: Mar 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

NPR stories feature Aztec High School students, community three months after deadly shooting

Three months after a gunman killed two students at Aztec High School, the small town just across the Colorado border is getting national media attention from National Public Radio. ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Southwest ‘casta’ paintings spotlight race, popular culture

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Masked Mexican rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos, wearing a purple three-piece suit, is paired with Britney Spears in a Wonder Woman costume. Their child is a tiny albino...

DATE: Mar 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Francis marks 5 years as pope amid love, disenchantment

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis marked his fifth anniversary as pope Tuesday by receiving votes of confidence from his predecessor and current Vatican No. 2, even as surveys showed his reform-mi...

DATE: Mar 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Strater to show ‘Farmers for America’ documentary

Colorado State University Extension, in partnership with Four Corners Farmer Rancher Coalition and National Young Farmers Coalition, will hold a screening of the documentary “Farmers for Ame...

DATE: Mar 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

MLK’s daughter, Bernice, has private audience with pope

VATICAN CITY – The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s surviving daughter had a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday. The Rev. Bernice King presented the pontiff ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

U.S. scientists study impact of uranium in Grand Canyon region

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – U.S. scientists knew little about the impact of uranium mining in the Grand Canyon region before an Obama-era decision shut down new mining claims. Uranium firs...

DATE: Mar 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Durango Bird Club to hold workshop

Durango Bird Club will sponsor a workshop that starts at 8 a.m. March 17 in Room 055 of the Education-Business Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. The workshop, led by Jas...

DATE: Mar 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Over 20 years, Seniors Outdoors! climbs in popularity, opportunity

‘This is the absolute healthiest thing we could be doing at our ages’

DATE: Mar 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to meet

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. Animas Museum grant project director ...

DATE: Mar 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Ska Brewing Co. distributing Telluride Brewing’s beers

Herald Staff Report Telluride Brewing has partnered with Ska Brewing Company for distribution in Durango. In addition to bars, restaurants, and liquor stores, Telluride’s beers ar...

DATE: Mar 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food