Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

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

Move over, Honeycrisp: New apple to debut at grocery stores

SPOKANE, Wash. – They call it the Cosmic Crisp. It’s not a video game, a superhero or the title of a Grateful Dead song. It’s a new variety of apple, coming to a grocery store nea...

DATE: Oct 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Farm Bill training to be held in Cortez

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency and Colorado State University will sponsor farm bill training at 1 p.m. Oct. 31 at Lewis Arriola Community Center, 21203 County Road S....

DATE: Oct 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Western governors want nuclear testing compensation expanded

Atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other diseases than the federal government currently recognizes, Wester...

DATE: Oct 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

BLM proposes new trails, parking lots and e-bike access

Public comment sought until Monday on agency’s transportation access proposal

DATE: Oct 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Why ending the secrecy of ‘confession’ is so controversial for the Catholic Church

After the sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, there is a worldwide push to end the guarantee of secrecy of confession – called “the seal of the confessional.” On Sept. 1...

DATE: Oct 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

First United Methodist Church to host trunk-or-treat

First United Methodist Church of Durango will host a trunk-or-treat event immediately after the 5:30 p.m. service Oct. 26. Wear a costume to church and trunk-or-treat with the con...

DATE: Oct 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mountain Studies Institute to host forest and fire learning series

In the face of unpredictable precipitation and above-average temperatures, Mountain Studies Institute and local partners will offer a three-part forest and fire learning series from 6 to 8 p...

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Groundbreaking forest health program may come to Southwest Colorado

Pilot project would make critical improvements in targeted areas

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Durango, Bayfield to host pumpkin drop-off locations

The city of Durango Sustainability Division is partnering with the Good Food Collective, Bear Smart Durango, town of Bayfield and Colorado State University Extension Office to host the annua...

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life