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How much pot in that brownie? Chocolate can throw off tests

How much marijuana is really in that pot brownie? Chocolate can throw off potency tests so labels aren’t always accurate, and now scientists are trying to figure out why. In state...

DATE: Aug 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

First United Methodist Church of Durango invites community to join choir

First United Methodist Church of Durango will start choir practices in September under the direction of Ely Cartwright, worship director. People interested in singing with the ch...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormon leaders change rules against guns in church

SALT LAKE CITY – Most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints already knew they were discouraged from taking their guns to church on Sunday, but the church is making sure ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Go ahead and microwave fish, and other office lunch etiquette you should ignore

Packing your lunch. The very phrase suggests unwelcome labor, less a matter of preparing for work than a kind of effort in its own right. Maybe the act finds you morning groggy, coffee still...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Wildlife roam where U.S. once made nuclear and chemical arms

DENVER – From sites outside Colorado’s largest city to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of places where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to hu...

DATE: Aug 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Java still a no-no for Mormons despite fancy coffee names

SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued a warning to members that coffee is prohibited no matter how fancy the name, that vaping is banned despite the all...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

‘Miracle house’ in Ohio draws pilgrims amid sainthood push

CANTON, Ohio – Late in the summer of 1939, crowds of strangers started showing up at Rhoda Wise’s house next to a city dump in Ohio after she let it be known that miracles were occurring in ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Climate change still threatens Colorado River after wet winter

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Snow piled up in the mountains across the U.S. West last winter, leaving enough to thrill skiers into the summer, swelling rivers and streams when it melted, and largely m...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Farmers Market: Breen Mesa Farm Creamery has goat cheese

Farm and creamery run by founders of Veteran Homestead Project

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

The Kennebec brings a farmers market to Hesperus

Vendors sell baked goods, produce and more.

DATE: Aug 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Tara Mandala to host open house Aug. 31

Tara Mandala will host its last open house for the summer at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 31 at the center, a 25-minute drive outside of Pagosa Springs. Tara Mandala invites the public for a f...

DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Century-old Hesperus ranch to be recognized

Twenty-two Colorado families who have owned and operated farms and ranches for 100 years or more will be honored at the 33rd annual Centennial Farms & Ranches ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday at th...

DATE: Aug 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life