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Community

Pine River Library expands curbside service

The library will offer curbside service from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 3…

January 8, 2021

Community

Marvel United Methodist Church cancels groundhog supper

Donations for the outreach fund may be sent to P.O. Box 122, Marvel, CO 81329.

January 8, 2021

Community

Durango Public Library announces January events

Ongoing programs: Weekly activity kits for children and teens every Tuesday through the end of the year (excluding holiday weeks).…

January 8, 2021

Community

Pine River Library to host an introduction to bullet journaling virtual class

Bullet Journaling is a simple and customizable system that helps organize life, stick to goals and increase productivity. The library’s…

January 8, 2021

Food

I was an air fryer skeptic, but now it’s the only thing that gets me excited about pandemic cooking

I had resisted buying an air fryer precisely because too many friends had gushed about them with obnoxious enthusiasm. I’d…

January 6, 2021

Food

Why you’ll always find sweetened condensed milk in my kitchen

Thai iced tea is one of several simple creations that use sweetened condensed milk.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post The iced tea was…

January 5, 2021

Travel

Lava spatters, flows inside crater of Hawaii volcano

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the lava is confined to the summit crater of Kilauea, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Sunday.…

January 4, 2021

Health

Explainer: Vaccine dosing debates add to public confusion

Nurse Kathe Olmstead, right, gives volunteer Melissa Harting, of Harpursville, N.Y., an injection in July of a possible COVID-19 vaccine,…

January 4, 2021

Southwest Life

Hunting tags help bring back New Mexico’s bighorn sheep

money from hunters pays for conservation programs

January 4, 2021

Southwest Life

Endangered ferrets receive experimental COVID vaccine

Colorado researchers aim to protect endangered species

January 4, 2021

And the West is History

Photo: World War II Enlistment Ceremony â€“ June 7, 1942

Exactly six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, marking the U.S. entrance into World War II, Naval induction ceremonies…

January 4, 2021

Community

Lumien Apartments community grateful to community partners

We specifically want to thank Housing Solutions for the Southwest, Axis Health Systems, Manna soup kitchen, Southwest Center for Independence,…

January 1, 2021

Community

Community Connections grateful for community support

From the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado CERF award to those who rounded up at Kroegers, the 60-plus sponsors and…

January 1, 2021

Food

The best food books of 2020 that will get you thinking, not cooking

These books sometimes argue with each other, too, which only heightens the pleasure of flipping from one volume to another.…

December 31, 2020

Southwest Life

Five environmental issues to watch in 2021

Drought, overuse of public lands, mine cleanup top list in Southwest Colorado

December 31, 2020

Food

Ska Brewing Co. releases dark version of a favorite beer

Brewery will alternate between Mexican Logger and Mexican Style Lager Dark

December 30, 2020

Food

These 10 food trends were the distractions we needed in 2020

Each of the everybody’s-making-it dishes that popped up this year spoke to our hungers – for sustenance, maybe, for comfort,…

December 29, 2020

Travel

Shackleton expedition artifacts to be donated to UK museums

A conservator surveys an 11-foot wooden sled used on Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition at Prince Philip Maritime…

December 28, 2020

Southwest Life

Looking back at 2020: The year in pictures

pandemic and social protests gave us indelible images – but the year unfolded in other ways, too

December 24, 2020

Health

The autopsy, a fading practice, revealed secrets of COVID-19

When the virus first arrived in U.S. hospitals, doctors could only guess what was causing its strange constellation of symptoms:…

December 23, 2020

Food

Pandemic gives rise to Durango-based grazing board business

Saghie started Farm to Fingers after COVID-19 brought her home

December 23, 2020

Community

Durango Public Library reveals Best Books of 2020

The Best Books of 2020 list is available at www.durangogov.org/Library.

December 22, 2020

Food

Christmas dinner can be festive – and thrifty – with this $60 feast for four

I set myself the goal of figuring out a dinner for four that felt 100% holiday-worthy, but cost just three…

December 22, 2020

Southwest Life

How did the warm fall impact the natural world?

Weather affects river levels, animal behavior, bird migrations, plant life

December 22, 2020

Health

Scientists urge concern, not alarm over new virus strains

Police officers direct traffic at the entrance to the closed ferry terminal in Dover, England, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, after…

December 21, 2020

Travel

New virus strains prompt travel restrictions with Britain

The restrictions focus mainly on Britain, which imposed strict new lockdown measures Saturday night because of what it described as…

December 21, 2020

And the West is History

Photo: Gem Theater Crowd – Ca. 1916

In the early 1900s, people didn’t have many entertainment options at home. Until radio came along in the late 1920s,…

December 21, 2020

Travel

Loss of ‘snowbirds’ amid pandemic another hit to U.S. tourism

of seasonal travelers amid pandemic another hit to U.S. tourism

December 21, 2020

Religion

First Presbyterian Church Durango to host virtual Christmas Eve service

For the Zoom link and other options to see the service, visit www.fpcdurango.org.

December 20, 2020

Travel

Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread

In the U.S., AAA predicts that about 85 million people will travel between Dec. 23 and Jan. 3, most of…

December 18, 2020