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Cortez Bird Count spots near-record 81 species

More than 8,000 birds counted, including uncommon species

DATE: Jan 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Trump immigration remarks intensify evangelical rift

NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s vulgar remarks questioning why the U.S. should admit immigrants from Haiti and Africa have spotlighted the bitter divide among American evangelicals about his presi...

DATE: Jan 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Horoscope for January 20, 2018

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Today your sixth sense is turned up high, which is why you almost know what someone is going to say before he or she says it. Nevertheless, you will enjoy playi...

DATE: Jan 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Horoscopes

Durango Nature Studies to teach animal tracking

Durango Nature Studies will hold a snowshoe hike and animal tracking workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Haviland Lake, located 20 miles north of Durango off U.S. Highway 550....

DATE: Jan 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Pope to indigenous: Amazon is ‘heart of the church’

PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru – From deep in the scorching Amazon rainforest, Pope Francis demanded Friday that corporations stop their relentless extraction of timber, gas and gold from God’s “hol...

DATE: Jan 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Horoscope for January 19, 2018

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): You will be more popular during the next four weeks. Make plans to enjoy the company of friends as well as groups, clubs and organizations. TAURUS (A...

DATE: Jan 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Horoscopes

Pope Francis just performed a historic wedding aboard the papal plane

Pope Francis just performed a wedding aboard the papal plane, a historic and unplanned moment near the end of his trip to Chile. The midair ceremony Thursday for the two LATAM Air...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Utah community noted for working to keep sky dark at night

TORREY, Utah – A southern Utah gateway community to Capitol Reef National Park is being recognized for working to keep the stars bright at night. The International Day Sky Associa...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Horoscope for January 18, 2018

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): A discussion with a female acquaintance might be important for you today. Share your hopes and dreams for the future with this person to get his or her feedback...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Horoscopes

These new onions won’t make you cry, but they might make your taste buds sad

Onions might be the most metaphoric of all ingredients. They can be sweet or spicy, and they contain layers. And most poetic of all, they bring tears to our eyes. As the poet Pabl...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

A pastor lights into President Trump – with Vice President Pence sitting in the front pew

Like many people, the Rev. Maurice Watson issued a stern and very public rebuke of President Donald Trump’s Oval Office comments about immigrants from “s**thole countries.” But Wa...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Southwestern songbird to retain protected status

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal agency says a migratory songbird that breeds in vegetation along rivers and streams in Arizona and New Mexico will remain an endangered species. The U.S. F...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life