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Cripple Creek operators probe for gold

CRIPPLE CREEK (AP) – For the first time in more than two decades, the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Co. is looking for gold underground, a tentative departure from its open-pit mining...

Time takes toll on Mesa Verde’s Cliff Palace

Nearly 32 million people have visited Mesa Verde National Park since it was created by presidential proclamation in 1908. And for more than 100 years nearly every one of those vis...

Telluride’s outlaw spirit lives in pictures

Photographer chronicles town’s quirky, rebellious characters

For some, prom is more than fancy dress

Students using evening to include everyone, take stand on issues

Religion Briefs

Zen teacher to lead retreat in Durango Fu Schroeder, an abbess at the San Francisco Zen Center, will lead a retreat called “What is Zazen Anyway?” from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 9 a...

Converts not happening at LDS

Mormons find growing religion is a challenge

Feeling peckish for pesto? Don’t limit yourself to basil!

Fresh herbs are one of nature’s best low-cal flavor sources. And as the weather warms up, we’ll transition from buying herbs in cute little clamshells costing a couple bucks each to scooping...

Make cocktail bitters at home in 30 minutes

Feeling bitter? Get in line. These days anyone who takes their drinking seriously is getting intimate with bitters. Fueled largely by the hard liquor and artisanal cocktail booms,...

A warm chicken curry for a cool, wet spring evening

A warm curry for a cool spring evening? Sounds about right. This weeknight-friendly chicken curry – rich with spices and coconut milk – is a perfect dinner on a chilly, wet spring...

Organic sales increase despite high prices

WASHINGTON – The higher price of organic foods and other products doesn’t seem to be deterring consumers: Sales jumped 11 percent last year, an industry report says. Sales of orga...

On the side

Experience a weekend of wine in Durango One of the best street parties in town will return this week, with the Durango Wine Experience running Thursday through Sunday. ...

Salt: Worth its weight?

Studies, experts say a little is OK