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Mountain Studies Institute to host Falls Creek site tour

Mountain Studies Institute invites the public to tour what the Animas River Community Forum has done to reduce risks from flood and fire in the Falls Creek subdivision. A carpool ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

50 years ago, they thought an atomic bomb would lead to a natural gas boom

On Sept. 10, 1969, 6½ miles south of Rulison, a 40-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the subterranean depths of the Piceance Basin. The device, more than twice as powerful as the w...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Mining conference, innovation expo to be held in Silverton

The San Juan Mining and Reclamation Conference will be combined with the third annual Innovation Expo from Tuesday through Thursday, Sept. 24 to 26, in Silverton. The two events ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Church Golf Tournament to benefit Rising Leaders ministry

First United Methodist Church of Durango will host a golf tournament to benefit Rising Leaders Ministry at 2 p.m. Sunday at Dalton Ranch Golf Club. Rising Leaders ministry prepar...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

The zucchinis are coming back to Bayfield

Zukes to be joined by uke band and squash festival

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Farmers Market: Tilted Earth Farm recovering from 416 aftermath

Farmers now practice regenerative agriculture on Florida Mesa

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

U.S. expands hunting and fishing at national wildlife refuges

BOISE, Idaho – The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is expanding hunting and fishing in 77 national wildlife refuges in a move that critics contend is deferring management to states...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

What makes this grilled zucchini dish so delightful? Contradictions.

Ginger-Marinated Zucchini with Lime Yogurt is a dish chock-full of contradictions, which might not exactly make it sound like something you’d want to try. But bear with me. Its fl...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Animas Museum and Ska bring back a ‘whoop-e-tee-whoop’ from the past

Beer honors legendary Durangoan John Kellenberger’s Raspberry Julep

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Grand Canyon to make second run at corralling bison herd

Larger herd could harm natural resources

DATE: Sep 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

A solution for America’s empty churches: A change of faith

Vacant Christian churches become places of worship for others

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Navajo State Park marina announces docks, slips open

Work to repair the marina at Navajo State Park has been progressing, and the dock and slips at the boat ramp have opened. However, electric service is being installed, so gasoline and pump-o...

DATE: Sep 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life