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Fort Lewis College to hold lecture about textiles

A free lecture about taking care of textiles at home will be given at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. T...

DATE: Feb 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Drought forces painful choices for New Mexico ranchers

Couple near Cuba forced to sell calves

DATE: Feb 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

‘Irish Car Bomb’ back as firkin at Steamworks

Herald Staff Report Steamworks Brewing Co. will again reprise the popular “Irish Car Bomb” as Firkin Fridays continues at the brewpub on Friday. The firkin will be tapped at 3 p.m...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Yes, you really do need two types of measuring cups

I get it. Kitchens are small and budgets smaller. It would be easy to say a measuring cup is a measuring cup is a measuring cup. Is it really necessary to have separate equipment for dry and...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Colorado sets record for flu hospitalizations

Second wave of virus spreads across the state

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Billy Graham went from tent revivals to White House

MONTREAT, N.C. – As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Animas Valley Grange to host La Plata Open Space Conservancy

A talk about preserving open spaces through land conservation easements will be given at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Animas Valley Grange, 7271 County Road 203. La Plata Open Space Conse...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Dharma Communities to discuss project

Local nonprofit Dharma Communities will hold a presentation about an upcoming project from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. For more informati...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

With a tweak, mac and cheese becomes more complete

Americans love their macaroni and cheese and continue to find ways to tweak recipes for it. We’re blowing a timely kiss at this variation for several reasons: It is quick, its saucemaking ha...

DATE: Feb 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Espanola man’s lowrider museum dream soon to be reality

ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) – A walk around Fred Rael’s Espanola home is like strolling through a museum of lowrider culture. It starts with his two conjoined garages with walls covered i...

DATE: Feb 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Rev. Billy Graham, known as ‘America’s Pastor,’ dies at 99

MONTREAT, N.C. – The Rev. Billy Graham, the magnetic, movie-star-handsome preacher who became a singular force in postwar American religious life, a confidant of presidents and the most wide...

DATE: Feb 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

From comfort to high-tech: Food a serious quest at Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – First, U.S. snowboarding star Chloe Kim tweeted about being “down for some ice cream” while competing in Pyeongchang, then about being “hangry” because she hadn’t ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food