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Former uranium mines on Navajo Nation up for assessments

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Officials from the Navajo Nation and the federal government are taking a closer look at more than a dozen former uranium mines on the reservation. The tribe a...

DATE: Mar 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. House passes bill to expand Yucca House National Monument

Donated land parcel would protect ancient ruins, improve access

DATE: Mar 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Free talk to address mindfulness, trauma on March 6

Licensed professional counselor Janet Curry will present “Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Supporting Safety, Stability and Ease” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, at the Duran...

DATE: Mar 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Consultations about produce safety available March

The Produce Safety Collaborative will offer individual consultations from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 23 at the Mancos Community Center. Appointments will be available for these topi...

DATE: Mar 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

We tried Pizza Hut’s mozzarella popper crust pizza and contemplated how we ended up here

This is the state of fast food today: We are putting hats on hats on top of bicycles. We are gilding lilies to the point that they resemble bloated, glitzy hippopotami. We are run...

DATE: Mar 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

San Juan Mountains Association to host Alpine Bank Full Moon Howler

San Juan Mountains Association will host the Alpine Bank Full Moon Howler from 6 to 9 p.m. March 7 beginning at Durango Nordic Center, 49786 Highway 550. Participants will experie...

DATE: Mar 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Center of Southwest Studies to host lecture about traditional technologies in Oaxaca, Mexico

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will host a free presentation by Laurie Webster and Shelby Tisdale, “Traditional Technologies Tour in Oaxaca, Mexico,” at 5:30 p.m. Wedn...

DATE: Feb 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado holds invasive mussels at bay as threat grows

Boat inspections, decontaminations increase statewide

DATE: Feb 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Scars of aspen decline persist nearly 20 years after drought

Logging can regenerate some stands, but changing climate a threat

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Andrew Zimmern moves from entertainer to advocate on his new MSNBC food show

Standing in a field of California strawberries, under a curtain of clouds so impenetrable that it has turned the sky gray in the Salinas Valley, Andrew Zimmern looks every inch the TV person...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

The most coveted product at Mardi Gras isn’t beads-it’s beans

New Orleans is a city familiar with fanaticism, from secret family recipes for gumbo to the Saints, continually ranked first in fan experience in the NFL. But if there’s a singula...

DATE: Feb 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Gospel of Matthew’s message rings loudly for some 2020 Dems

NEW YORK – When Pete Buttigieg launched his first statewide television ad in South Carolina two months ago, its opening lines may have sounded familiar to a churchgoer. The ad ope...

DATE: Feb 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion