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Lint pickers clean up Carlsbad Caverns
A volunteer collects lint left by visitors in Carlsbad Caverns, N.M. Water condenses on lint left behind by clothing and can damage the cave formations.Maddy Hayden/Carlsbad Current Argus While on…
Travel
Airports add charges for taxis, limousines and Uber drivers
A traveler heads to a waiting taxi outside LaGuardia Airport in New York. Airports across the country add surcharges of up to $5 a ride, typically passed directly on to…
Travel
Buddhist shrine, damaged in earthquake, reborn in Nepal
Private donations revive popular site
And the West is History
And the West is History-Saturday
25 years ago: “The directors of the Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District have offered an olive branch to opponents. In an ‘open-door-policy’ adopted last week, the board invited anyone with…
Religion
Dalai Lama: ‘No worries’ about Trump’s election
The 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner’s remarks were his most extensive yet regarding the election of the real estate tycoon and reality television star who has called for putting America’s…
Religion
Church to show documentary about Desmond Doss
Andrew Garfield plays Desmond Doss in “Hacksaw Ridge.”Mark Rogers/Summit Entertainment The event is free, and all are welcome. Complimentary copies of the book Hacksaw Ridge will be available to all…
Religion
Methodist church announces Advent sermon series
Associated Press file This series will explore the meaning of titles given to Jesus – Messiah, the Lord, the Savior, Emmanuel, the Word Made Flesh and the Light of the…
Religion
Lutheran church to begin sermon series
Associated Press file This series will allow people to think about the birth of Christ through four different perspectives – love, light, peace and joy – to make the experience…
Southwest Life
Christmas tree permits on sale now
Christmas tree permits, which allow you to cut your own holiday tree, are now on sale for $8 at San Juan National Forest offices and selected retail outlets in Southwest…
Southwest Life
Wanted: Volunteers to lead Girl Scouts
Adults can be troop leaders or help in other ways
Food
Give thanks for an imperfect feast
Not just for Thanksgiving, gratitude brings joy to every day
Religion
Durango Friends supports Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Cynthia West drove her 1978 Volkswagen van from Washington, D.C., to the Sacred Stone Camp of the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota.Courtesy of Cynthia West via Associated Press The…
Religion
Thanksgiving Day service to be held at Christian Science church
Associated Press file The president’s Thanksgiving proclamation will be read as well as a short sermon from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to…
Religion
Methodist Church to hold holiday bazaar Saturday
The First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will hold its 43rd Holiday Bazaar from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.Durango Herald file Vendors will be selling hand-made crafts, plants,…
Travel
Sarajevo hostel offers guests a taste of life during war
Bosnia-Herzegovina – A hostel in Bosnia is offering visitors a unique experience: the opportunity to live like civilians in a war zone. But at the Sarajevo War Hostel, guests have…
Southwest Life
Montezuma County apples pressed into cider for new market
Restoration project explores setting up pressing facility
Southwest Life
New weather station fills gaps in Four Corners’ blind spot
Site at Old Fort Lewis campus to help forecasters, researchers
Food
Billionaires add pop to push for soda taxes
Fight against sugary drinks gets support from wealthy backers
Travel
Artists’ homes tell the story of visionary Hudson River School
On either side of the Hudson River, two artists’ homes tell the story of that famous genre of American landscape painting known as the Hudson River School. In the village…
Travel
A short, but rich, tour of N.Y.’s Little Syria
For 60 years, a Manhattan home for Arab-Americans