Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping

NEW YORK – When a machete-wielding attacker walked into a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, during Hanukkah and a gunman fired on worshippers at a Texas church 14 hours later, the two congre...

DATE: Jan 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to meet

The public is invited to the next meeting of the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. There will be a social be...

DATE: Jan 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Grocery stores make reducing food waste a priority in Durango

Compost company, nonprofits help divert items away from landfill

DATE: Jan 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Mesa Verde National Park invites public comment on road improvement proposal

The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is considering a project at Mesa Verde National Park that would rehabilitate Mesa Top Loop, Cliff Palace Lo...

DATE: Jan 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Jewish leaders urge action after another ‘senseless’ attack

NEW YORK – When a suspect walked into the home of a rabbi celebrating Hanukkah and stabbed five celebrants it was the latest in a week of anti-Semitic attacks in the nation’s most demographi...

DATE: Dec 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Restrictions on shed-antler collecting begin Wednesday

To protect wintering big-game animals and sage grouse species, the collection of shed antlers on all public lands west of Interstate 25 is prohibited from Wednesday through April 30. ...

DATE: Dec 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Welcome winter with a bowl of this creamy, silky celery root soup

This comforting, winter-white soup is so rich and velvety that no one could blame you for thinking it contains a hefty dose of cream. Thanks to a triple-threat of healthful ingredients, howe...

DATE: Dec 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Earthquakes trigger new plans for injection well in Paradox

Bureau of Reclamation seeks solution for salinity-control site

DATE: Dec 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

How St. Francis created the Nativity scene with a miraculous event in 1223

Around the Christmas season, it is common to see a display of the Nativity scene: a small manger with the baby Jesus and his family, shepherds, the three wise men believed to have visited Je...

DATE: Dec 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Move over, White Claw? Here’s what we’ll be drinking in 2020.

What will be the It drink of 2020? Will boozy kombucha take over your Instagram feed? Perhaps the long – overlooked, humble gin and tonic will shine? Those are possibilities, acco...

DATE: Dec 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

2019: A year in pictures

Indelible images from Southwest Colorado

DATE: Dec 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

This tomato-less chili verde opens up a world of comforting possibilities

Some people have a strict definition of chili, but to me a major joy of the dish is that it’s more a big open field than a narrow path, with plenty of room to play. I suppose at a minimum it...

DATE: Dec 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food