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What’s next for a Grand Canyon tram? Prospects are bleak

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Lawmakers on the country’s largest American Indian reservation have shot down a measure to build an aerial tram to take visitors to a riverside boardwalk in the Grand Cany...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Horoscope for November 2, 2017

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): The Moon is in your sign for the second day, which makes you more emotional than usual. Keep this in mind to avoid knee-jerk reactions. TAURUS (April...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Horoscopes

Why Americans have stopped eating leftovers

American consumers throw away 27 million tons of food each year, according to the food waste coalition ReFED, clogging landfills, generating greenhouse gasses and costing the economy an esti...

DATE: Nov 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Route 66 brewery sued by European company over name

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico brewery that uses the Route 66 in its name faces a lawsuit from a European company that says it owns the beer sales and marketing trademark for the famed American ...

DATE: Nov 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

World’s smallest wine vintage since 1961 may lift booze prices

The world may produce the least wine this year in half a century, after small grape harvests in Italy, France and Spain, a global wine organization said. That could mean higher prices for bu...

DATE: Nov 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Horoscope for November 1, 2017

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): You feel feisty today because the Moon is in your sign. Plus, the Moon is sitting opposite to your ruler, Mars. Wow! Don’t be quarrelsome. Guard yourself agains...

DATE: Nov 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Horoscopes

‘True’ cinnamon is pricey, but is there an honest difference?

Eating tree bark is often the punchline of some bad joke about a healthful diet. But we do it – collectively, to the tune of tens of millions of pounds a year. Odds are, you have some right ...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Carver Brewing Co. to tap pale ale Friday

On Friday, Carver Brewing Co. will tap its Old Fort Rabbit Pale Ale. The ale is made from Cascade and Chinook dried whole cone hops from the Old Fort at Hesperus. This is the thir...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Steamworks to tap Molé Stout on Friday

Steamworks Brewing Co. will continue its Firkin Friday series by tapping its “Molé Stout” at 3 p.m. Friday. The goal of the firkin is to capture the essence of chocolate in traditional Mexic...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

The best bell pepper for stuffing is anything but green

Sweater weather, which means stuffed-pepper weather, is here. I have a soft spot for stuffed peppers because they were in my mother’s weekly dinner rotation: Hers were green bells...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Plan keeps most of Sonoran Desert monument open to shooters

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bureau of Land Management has recommended closing 53,300 acres of the Sonoran Desert National Monument to recreational shooting, but keeping the remaining 443,000 open ...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Germany marks 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s challenge

BERLIN – German leaders on Tuesday marked the 500th anniversary since the day Martin Luther is said to have nailed his theses challenging the Catholic Church to a church door, a starting poi...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion