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How CSU students fight noise pollution in national parks

DENVER (AP) – Most people can probably conjure up an image of a national park. Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome is a standard computer screen background. The Grand Canyon or Longs Peak are...

DATE: Jan 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

CSU Extension extends Master Gardener program deadline

The Colorado State University La Plata County Extension Office has extended the application deadline for its 2018 Colorado Master Gardener Program until Jan. 12. The 12-week progr...

DATE: Jan 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Horoscope for January 6, 2017

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Today you might want to raise money for a foreign party, or you might donate money to someone far away. It’s possible that somebody will give you money. ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Horoscopes

Thank You Letters

Education programs grateful for ‘Breakfast with Santa’ Bayfield Early Education Programs sincerely appreciates the sponsors and donors of the Breakfast with Santa fundraiser Dec. 9 in Bayfie...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Lifestyle

Horoscope for January 5, 2017

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): You’re setting high standards for yourself today, both at work and for your health. You want to be the best that you can be – and why not? TAURUS (Ap...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Horoscopes

Book World: A peaceful, and palatable, version of Islam

Americans are obsessed with Islam as an idea, as a mystery and as an existential threat to the West. As a result, our debates over Islam and Muslims aren’t really about “them” as much as the...

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Court clears way for public hearing on chromium plume at Los Alamos lab

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Court of Appeals has sided with a coalition of environmental groups that had repeatedly sought a public hearing related to the cleanup of chromium contamination ...

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Horoscope for January 4, 2017

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): It’s Thursday, and you’re ready to party. Why not get a jump on the weekend? Sports events and playful times with children will appeal to you. TAURUS...

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Horoscopes

Former heart surgeon set to become next Mormon president

SALT LAKE CITY – The man set to become the next Mormon church president is a 93-year-old former heart surgeon whose conservative track record on the religion’s leadership panel has led Mormo...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Kim Jong Un applies science to kimchi-making

PYONGYANG, North Korea – Kim Jong Un wants to turn the art of kimchi-making into a science. And the North Korean leader is putting his money where his mouth is. On the outskirts o...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Thomas S. Monson, president of Mormon church, dies at 90

SALT LAKE CITY – For more than 50 years, Thomas S. Monson served in top leadership councils for the Mormon church – making him a well-known face and personality to multiple generations of Mo...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Albuquerque gallery owner uses art to forge bonds, reach out to others

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – “My name is (asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)! I’m 15 but I will be 16 on Nov. 14, and I am currently in jail. I have been in and out of jail sense (sic) ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life