Southwest Life
Telluride’s local photographer chronicles town for a decade
Smith links era before ski resort with present day
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Food-safety class for cottage-food and egg producers to be held in Mancos
Associated Press The course is required for cottage-food and egg-producer certification and will cover the standards of cottage-food business, including food safety, food handling, cross-contamination, cross-contact with food allergens, temperature…
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Professor to present two archaeology talks at Fort Lewis College
du1-i-syn The talks will be presented by San Juan Basin Archaeological Society in cooperation with FLC and the Life-Long Learning Program. As part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, Lekson…
Horoscopes
Horoscope for May 1, 2017
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Today, you will use your emotions to make important decisions. However, be careful because hunches are not always right. Use caution to prevent accidents…
Travel
Tourism, technology threaten Icelandic language
English encroaches on unique dialect of Old Norse
Southwest Life
Final draft of Fall Creek Spruce Project released to public
Durango Herald file The proposal includes plans to harvest dead and dying trees that occupy up to 806 acres of national forest in Mineral County, promote reforestation of an additional…
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San Juan National Forest to sell firewood permits
A minimum purchase of $20 allows the bearer to gather 2½ cords of dead and downed firewood from the national forest for personal use before Dec. 31. Permits, which come…
Horoscopes
Horoscope for April 30, 2017
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): You can use Mercury retrograde to seek out answers to old problems and find solutions. It will help you do research into the past…
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Montezuma orchard project plants trees at CSU research station
Project to study ways to grow heritage varieties
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Agency offers electrified fences to protect beehives
du1-i-syn A short instructional video that shows how to assemble and operate the enclosures is available at http://bit.ly/2qgv2Fy. Beekeepers who live within Durango city limits should review the rules for…
Horoscopes
Horoscope for April 28, 2017
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): With the Sun in your sign, you easily attract fortunate situations and important people to you. Make the most of this! GEMINI (May 21…
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Durango High School student leads birding’s next generation
Cuntz to give bird-watching tour for ages 12 to 17
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Mancos State Park preparing for summer of boating, fishing
‘Early season fishing will be excellent’
Food
Quick to make, fun to eat: Chinese lettuce wraps will never go out of style
Pork and Mushroom San Choy Bau.Deb Lindsey/Washington Post Similar dishes at Chinese-style restaurants often goop up the mixture or make it too sweet; this one’s got a nice savory balance.…
Horoscopes
Horoscope for April 27, 2016
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): You might want to cocoon at home more than usual or hide somewhere during the coming month because solitude in beautiful surroundings will appeal…
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Montezuma Land Conservancy developing 80-acre farm
“We’re learning tons about the land and how to take care of it,” Jay Loschert, the group’s outreach and education coordinator, said April 12. “We see this as an opportunity…
Health
Global warming may get Americans off the couch more
Global warming’s milder winters will likely nudge Americans off the couch more in the future, a rare, small benefit of climate change, a new study finds. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)Associated…
Travel
Photo essay: Chernobyl’s ghost town draws daring visitors
Once home to some 50,000 people whose lives were connected to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat was hastily evacuated one day after a reactor at the plant 2 miles…
Food
New ‘delicioso’ postage stamps dedicated to Latino cuisine
The U.S. Postal Service is releasing six new stamps. The tiny works of art are dedicated to the influence of Mexican, Central and South American and Caribbean foods and flavors…
Horoscopes
Horoscope for April 26, 2017
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): The only New Moon in your sign all year is taking place today. Take a realistic look in the mirror and ask yourself how…
Food
Raw milk advocates push to expand legalized sales
Efforts to legalize raw milk sales in some form have succeeded in 42 states, and expansion pushes are ongoing this year in states including Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, Rhode…
Food
Multiple generations share the kitchen
three Southwest Colorado eateries, employees and family are one and the same
Horoscopes
Horoscope for April 25, 2017
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Behind-the-scenes research will go well today because you won’t overlook details. For you, the job is everything, and you want to get it done.…
Food
The rustic French dessert that one-ups a pancake – and it’s healthful
Honey Whole-Wheat Clafoutis with Raspberries.Deb Lindsey/Washington Post The accompanying recipe is a more healthful yet equally sumptuous take on the classic, using tender whole-grain pastry flour instead of all-purpose flour,…
Travel
A road trip along Ireland’s breathtaking west coast
Our 10-day adventure was minimally planned; choose the dates, buy the tickets, book a place to sleep in Dublin, rent a car and go. Each night, we would hover over…
Health
Germ in raw milk, poultry now tops food poisoning list
The U.S. government’s latest report card on food poisoning suggests that campylobacter, a germ commonly linked to raw milk and poultry, is surpassing salmonella at the top of the culprit…
Food
Sarah Michelle Gellar still has awesome skills with a skewer
Actress and author Sarah Michelle Gellar poses for a portrait in New York to promote her cookbook, “Stirring Up Fun with Food: Over 115 Simple, Delicious Ways to Be Creative…
Southwest Life
Talk in Cortez to address social collapse in ancient Southwest
Durango Herald file Lewis Borck will focus his presentation on the Hohokam and discuss the traditional explanations of cultural change through an examination of horizontal reorganization. For more information, call…
Horoscopes
Horoscope for April 24, 2017
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Research of any kind will go well today because you are focused and will pay attention to detail. You won’t overlook a thing! GEMINI…