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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

Farmers Market: Suzy Williams creates jewelery based on nature

Artist uses precious metal clay to create silver trinkets

DATE: Oct 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Children’s hospital offers tips on wilderness safety

With the start of hunting season and a heightened amount of fall activity in the backcountry, Children’s Colorado medical providers and Colorado Parks and Wildlife remind parents to prioriti...

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

James Ranch grills up a restaurant

Fast-casual burger joint now open in northern Animas Valley

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Haviland Lake repair project postponed

A project to repair the outlet structure of the dam at Haviland Lake has been postponed. The project, which was scheduled to start after Labor Day, will be rescheduled for next September. ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Cone or scoop: Guinea pig ice cream for sale in Ecuador

QUITO, Ecuador – It’s a real ice cream flavor: guinea pig. Anyone who thinks of guinea pigs as pets cute, squishy, squeaking bundles of fur might find that idea hard to digest. ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Pope canonizes John Henry Newman, 19th-century theologian

VATICAN CITY – With Prince Charles looking on, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman, praising the 19th-century Anglican convert who became an influential, unifying fig...

DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Big avocado earns Hawaii family Guinness World Records honor

WAILUKU, Hawaii – A Hawaii family has won a place with the Guinness World Records for the world’s heaviest avocado. The Pokini family from the island of Maui received the Guinness...

DATE: Oct 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

McPhee Reservoir contains strong carryover supply for 2020

Officials: It will fill with below-average winter

DATE: Oct 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

The history of the cross and its many meanings over the centuries

In the fall, Catholics and some other Christian churches celebrate the Feast of the Holy Cross. With the feast, Christians commemorate Jesus Christ’s life, especially his salvific death on t...

DATE: Oct 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Museum of the Bible quietly replaces questioned artifact

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Museum of the Bible in Washington quietly replaced an artifact purported to be one of a handful of miniature Bibles that a NASA astronaut carried to the moon in 1971...

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Methodist church in Durango to host Holy Spirit 101 class

The Holy Spirit 101 is a Bible-based class will take place at 11 a.m. every Sunday starting Oct. 13 in Room 135 at First United Methodist Church of Durango, 2917 Aspen Drive. The ...

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion