Southwest Lifestyle

Big Brothers Big Sisters to host celebration of mentoring

Big Brothers Big Sisters to host celebration of mentoring

Bigs and their Littles will share their stories of a caring and friendship. Guest mentors will speak about how a…

November 13, 2020

Pine River Library launches new ‘Get Outdoors’ program

Pine River Library launches new ‘Get Outdoors’ program

The first outings will take place on the Vallecito Creek Trail. Participants should meet at the trailhead parking lot. The…

November 13, 2020

SJMA seeks volunteers for Christmas tree cutting

SJMA seeks volunteers for Christmas tree cutting

Nov. 19: Cutting white fir trees on the national forest in shifts of 9 a.m. to noon and noon to…

November 13, 2020

Curbside drop-off sites to open for Operation Christmas Child

Curbside drop-off sites to open for Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child collects and delivers shoebox gifts filled with school supplies, hygiene items and toys to children worldwide. Individuals,…

November 13, 2020

Ottolenghi’s cacio e pepe comes with a wonderful Middle Eastern twist

Ottolenghi’s cacio e pepe comes with a wonderful Middle Eastern twist

Za’atar, the Middle Eastern spice blend, adds a layer of herbaceousness to Cacio e Pepe, the simple and classic Italian…

November 11, 2020

Marvel Food Bank grateful for donations

Marvel Food Bank grateful for donations

Many blessings! Sincerely, Marvel Food Bank

November 10, 2020

Don’t order out. Dive into Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook

Don’t order out. Dive into Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook

Jamie Oliver appears at the Gusto launch event in 2016 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Canada. Oliver’s latest…

November 10, 2020

Colorado Building Farmers goes virtual

Colorado Building Farmers goes virtual

Over eight weeks, participants will explore how to build a farm business, plan for new markets, improve their record keeping…

November 10, 2020

U.S. allows 1st emergency use of a COVID-19 antibody drug

U.S. allows 1st emergency use of a COVID-19 antibody drug

On Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration cleared emergency use of Bamlanivimab, the first antibody drug to…

November 9, 2020

White evangelicals like Trump, but Catholics split their vote

White evangelicals like Trump, but Catholics split their vote

Trump’s strong hold on white evangelical voters illustrates the GOP’s enduring success with a bloc of religious conservatives who have…

November 9, 2020

Christian churches mirror country’s political division

Christian churches mirror country’s political division

President-elect Joe Biden leaves after mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Wilmington,…

November 9, 2020

Study: Fix to food climate problem doesn’t require veganism

Study: Fix to food climate problem doesn’t require veganism

Researchers looked at five types of broad fixes to the food system and calculated how much they fight warming. They…

November 9, 2020

Cruise industry throws in the towel on 2020, looks to 2021

Cruise industry throws in the towel on 2020, looks to 2021

A cruise ship industry group said Tuesday, Nov. 3, its members are extending the suspension of U.S. sailing operations through…

November 9, 2020

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective

The first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in…

November 9, 2020

Photo: Southern Ute Bear Dance – Ca. 1918

And the West is History

Photo: Southern Ute Bear Dance – Ca. 1918

Though undated, this picture taken in Ignacio is thought to be from around 1918. The Bear Dance is a Southern…

November 9, 2020

How to get the most out of your supermarket butcher and fishmonger

How to get the most out of your supermarket butcher and fishmonger

Like a neighborhood butcher shop, which can special order hard-to-find cuts of meat and offal, butchers and meat cutters at…

November 8, 2020

Fuel moisture key for predicting wildfire

Fuel moisture key for predicting wildfire

Drought has dangerously dried out forests

November 8, 2020

Durango Botanic Gardens grateful for president

Durango Botanic Gardens grateful for president

During Anderson’s term, DBG added a number of new gardens, including the Cindy Smart Miniature Tree Garden and the Arboretum.…

November 6, 2020

Student to compete as music finalist

Student to compete as music finalist

Audrey McManusCourtesy of MTNA McManus earned this opportunity after winning the Colorado State Junior String Competition. A freshman at Durango…

November 6, 2020

Scouts carry out service project

Scouts carry out service project

Local Scouts clean up highway.Courtesy of Richard Speegle

November 6, 2020

Local businesswomen to share lessons and solutions from 2020’s challenges

Local businesswomen to share lessons and solutions from 2020’s challenges

The discussion will explore the effects of COVID-19 on various industries. Panelists will share their lessons learned and creative solutions…

November 6, 2020

New ‘Program in a Bag’ kits available from Pine River Library

New ‘Program in a Bag’ kits available from Pine River Library

Patrons may stop by the library and pick up a free “program in a bag” kit. These kits contain everything…

November 6, 2020

Power house to host virtual Observing Space from Earth event

Power house to host virtual Observing Space from Earth event

This free virtual event features Fort Lewis College professors Dr. Callie Cole and Dr. Charley Hakes, who will discuss their…

November 6, 2020

Summit Church hosts Operation Christmas Child virtually

Summit Church hosts Operation Christmas Child virtually

Community members are invited to build a Christmas shoebox online to donate to a child in need. Select toys and…

November 6, 2020

Comfort Keepers offers free wall calendars

Comfort Keepers offers free wall calendars

The goal of the calendar is to promote joy in the best, safest way possible. This year, people have realized…

November 6, 2020

Durango Botanical Society changes name to Durango Botanic Gardens

Durango Botanical Society changes name to Durango Botanic Gardens

The society has devoted its first decade to building public gardens at Durango Public Library. These efforts have been locally…

November 6, 2020

August births

Chelsea and Simon Hampton, Bloomfield, Ryker Douglas, 5 pounds 1 ounce, 3:54 a.m. Aug. 1. Sarah Wendlandt and Jordan Bierma,…

November 6, 2020

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to host talk about Florida Mesa site

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to host talk about Florida Mesa site

After a brief business meeting, Rand Greubel will present a talk called “Early Pueblo I: Occupation of Florida Mesa Site.”…

November 6, 2020

Buying alcohol online is becoming our new normal, and these home delivery apps are cashing in

Buying alcohol online is becoming our new normal, and these home delivery apps are cashing in

You know, the necessities of life. About those beverages: Quarantine changed our buying habits overnight. We could no longer go…

November 5, 2020

Tough to be a tree: Southwest Colorado’s forests are stressed

Tough to be a tree: Southwest Colorado’s forests are stressed

Drought, wildfire, bark beetles pose collective long-term threat

November 5, 2020