Community
9-R to host SEAC meeting Tuesday
The committee will review goals for the year, the Individualized Education Plan Process and Response to Intervention.
Southwest Lifestyle
Community
9-R announces Thanksgiving meals
Animas Valley Elementary on Nov. 14; Escalante Middle School, Florida Mesa Elementary, Needham Elementary, Riverview Elementary and Sunnyside Elementary on Nov. 15; Park Elementary on Nov. 16. Adult meals are…
Community
Snowdown Follies ticket sales applications available
Entries should be mailed no later than Nov. 28 to give enough time, and the Follies is not responsible for undelivered mail. Each application allows only four tickets to be…
Community
FLC to host suicide loss event
The event will feature “A Daughter’s Journey,” a documentary about a woman who deals with the aftermath of suicide loss. For more information, visit bit.ly/2SuemJB or contact Amie Bryant at…
Southwest Life
Volunteers needed for holiday tree sales
The sale will be held at the parking lot for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad at the corner of Camino del Rio and College Avenue. Volunteers are needed…
Religion
Southern New Mexico churches eye expanding migrant shelters
A Catholic-run project in Las Cruces that offers short-term refugee housing says the rise in Central American migrants headed to the U.S.-Mexico border and a recent change in federal practices…
Health
Long trip: Psychedelic advocate nears goal of legal ecstasy
Rick Doblin, in Vista, Calif., is the founder and director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, Doblin is pushing for the therapeutic potential of psychedelics including MDMA,…
Travel
Come see forests and peaks, but clean up, New Zealand says
A tourist stands on a rock as he looks over Lake Tekapo and the Southern Alps in New Zealand. With concern rising about the impact of tourism on the environment,…
Religion
Jewish students remember ‘Night of Broken Glass’ in Berlin
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, center, light candles with students during an event to commemorate the victims of the Nov. 9, 1938, terror against the Jews in Germany at the Jewish Traditional…
Religion
Church invites vendors to Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 8
Vendors are welcome at $40 per booth. For more information, call Karen Gomez at 759-8168.
Religion
First United Methodist to host Holiday Bazaar on Nov. 17
There will be a luncheon at 11 a.m., and there will be food and craft vendors. Admission to the event is free. For more information, visit bit.ly/2zr9hJo.
Southwest Life
Firewood available to public through Nov. 14
The wood includes logs from the construction of the fire line for the 416 Fire. People who take wood should have a standard firewood cutting permit. Maps to the location…
Health
FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkiller
The decision by the Food and Drug Administration came over objections from critics who fear the pill will be abused. In a lengthy statement, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said there…
Health
Don’t spank: Pediatricians warn parents of long-term harms
In an updated policy released Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics says that can include aggression, brain changes, substance abuse and suicidal behavior in adulthood. The academy says research since…
Travel
Airbnb landlords agree to pay San Francisco $2.25 million
City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced the settlement Monday, calling the penalty an important deterrent to others seeking to illegally profit from the city’s housing crisis. The San Francisco Chronicle reported…
Food
Editor quits food magazine after joking about killing vegans
Waitrose Food magazine said editor William Sitwell had quit, adding that it considered this “the right and proper move.” Freelance journalist Selene Nelson told BuzzFeed News that after she pitched…
Travel
Upgrade your next trip without paying top dollar
TSA Precheck security lines are typically shorter, and users don’t have to take off their shoes, remove their jackets or dig laptops and liquids out of their bags.Associated Press file…
Southwest Life
Mesa Verde acquires Rockefeller’s Native American art collection
115 works given to national park
Religion
Marvel United Methodist saves money for 44 years to build new sanctuary
Construction started in October to build a new sanctuary at Marvel United Methodist Church. The sanctuary was four decades in the making. Church-goers saved money for the extension since 1974.Courtesy…
Food
We love a good banana pudding, and this one’s better than we remember
Single-serving cups of maple-kissed pudding, layered with sliced banana and topped with a crunch of graham cracker crumbles, can transport you back to Grandma’s house.Deb Lindsey/Washington Post Looking back, I…
Travel
Soaking up Alaska: A kayak adventure, undeterred by the rain
When I awoke, the storm had stopped. In its place, low fog clung moodily to the peaks on surrounding islands. All around, I saw different shades of green and gray,…
Health
U.S. advisory group urges hepatitis A shots for homeless
A U.S. advisory committee recommended routine hepatitis A vaccinations for homeless people after an increase in outbreaks of the contagious liver disease.Associated Press file The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
Food
How old is cacao? New research pushes back date
Tests indicate traces of cacao on artifacts from an archaeological site in Ecuador, according to a study published Monday. That’s about 1,500 years older than cacao’s known domestication in Central…
Southwest Life
Free series about defying aging to start Thursday
Dr. Frank Jarrell will discuss possibilities for pain-free function for the knee, shoulder, wrist, ankle, foot, spine and mind. For more information and to register, visit SRALaser.org/event-rsvp or call 844-0657.
Health
Appendix removal is linked to lower risk of Parkinson’s
This microscope image shows an abnormal protein that is a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease clumped inside the appendix. New research suggests Parkinson’s, a brain disease, may get its start in…
Travel
Ancient mariners: Greek navy offers taste of life in galleys
The 121-foot wooden vessel moored off southern Athens is an experimental reconstruction of the trireme, the sleek ancient Greek warship that halted a Persian invasion of Europe and ruled the…
Southwest Life
Historic wagon road revived in Hermosa Creek area
Cross Creek Trail expands recreational options in wake of 416 Fire damage
Southwest Life
Western water workshop for beginning farmers and ranchers Monday
The workshop will help young and beginning farmers and ranchers get the resources they need to be successful water managers and enter roles of water leadership. A panel discussion and…
Religion
Discovery of bones near Vatican embassy revives 1983 mystery
In the latest twist in a case that has bedeviled investigators for 35 years, the Vatican said Rome’s chief prosecutor had been called in and forensic investigators are working to…
Religion
Church covered up priest’s abuse of 50 boys
Retired Catholic priest Jerome Coyle in Albuquerque, N.M. An Associated Press investigation shows that the diocese based in Sioux City, Iowa, quietly transferred Coyle to New Mexico for treatment after…