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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

Farmers use tech to wring every drop from Colorado River

Drones, cameras collect data to help farmers irrigate crops

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Iconic glass-paned church converted to Catholic cathedral

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – An iconic glass-paned church in Southern California that once housed a booming televangelist ministry has been transformed into a cathedral to give the region’s Cathol...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

San Juan Mountains Association to host recognition picnic

San Juan Mountains Association will host its annual volunteer and member recognition picnic at 5 p.m. Thursday at Junction Creek group campground. The event will celebrate volunt...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

The challenge of restoring the desert’s delicate biocrust

Without cover of living microorganisms, desert is eroding

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

First Southern Baptist Church of Durango to host Old Testament study

First Southern Baptist Church of Durango will begin a detailed study of the Old Testament book first Samuel at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church’s Fellowship Hall, 1715 West Second Ave. ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

LPEA spends $800,000 a year to protect birds from electrocution

Southwest Colorado co-op hopes project will be finished by 2020

DATE: Aug 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Over 400 sex abuse lawsuits filed as litigation window opens

ALBANY, N.Y. – The Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts, schools and hospitals, the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are some of the targets named in a flurry of sex abuse lawsuits filed Wedn...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Durangoan Cody Doig named to Sportsperson’s Roundtable

Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently welcomed seven new members, including Cody Doig of Durango, to the Colorado Sportsperson’s Roundtable, a group of both elected and appointed representati...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Botanical Society to present plant photography workshop

The Durango Botanical Society will host a plant photography workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 24 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. David Porter with Durango’s Davi...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Barbara Barnes of Durango elected as Catholic Daughters state officer

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Saints Peter and Paul No. 2669, in Wheat Ridge, was the host for the 47th Biennial Colorado State Convention in June. New state offi...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion