Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

A “Bat” Craft set for El Moro Spirits and Tavern

Craft will return to El Moro Spirits and Tavern with a bat-themed food and beverage pairing event 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at El Moro, 945 Main Ave. The restaurant will be closed to the public ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Cool, spiced Mexican horchata is the ultimate refresher for fall

I used to be a travel writer, and one of the pieces of advice I gave and followed the most was to pay attention to shoulder season. London in early April? Cape Cod in October? Yes and yes. ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

New tech tools helping New Mexico count secretive cougars

LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. – New technology is allowing New Mexico to estimate its elusive cougar population more accurately, state wildlife officials say. The state’s Departme...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Report details 70 years of sexual abuse by Colorado clergy

DENVER – More than 160 children in Colorado were sexually abused by 43 Roman Catholic priests over 70 years, with most victims abused in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a report released W...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Four Corners Water Resources Center to host seminars

Four Corners Water Resources Center will host a seminar series: The “Water Law in a Nutshell” seminar will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday at the Vallecito Room, Fort Lew...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Farmers Market: Horvath Honey keeps it simple in western La Plata County

Duo takes natural approach to beekeeping

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Mormon church opposes Utah LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ ban

SALT LAKE CITY – A proposed ban on so-called conversion therapy in Utah is in danger of being derailed after the influential Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints came out Tuesday n...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Trails 2000 to host TrailsGiving

Trails 2000 will host a TrailsGiving celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at 2nd Avenue Sports, 640 East Second Ave. The event will thank all volunteers, trail reporters and crew leaders wh...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Is your tequila jeopardizing Mexico?

Experts say new equipment threatens quality, laborers, ecology

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Colorado State University Extension Office to offer six-week meat school

The Colorado State University Extension Office will offer six-week meat school from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 30 through Dec. 11, with no class Nov. 27, at the La Plata County Fairgrounds...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Marvel United Methodist Church to host sanctuary dedication

Marvel United Methodist Church will host the dedication of a new sanctuary and stone soup dinner at 11 a.m. Sunday at the church, 103 County Road 133, in Hesperus. The public is ...

DATE: Oct 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Report: Synagogue massacre led to string of attack plots

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – At least 12 white supremacists have been arrested on allegations of plotting, threatening or carrying out anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S. since the massacre at a Pittsbu...

DATE: Oct 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion