Southwest Lifestyle

The Good Food Collective matches trees and harvesters

The platform specializes in matchmaking fruit trees with harvesters to eliminate food waste, reduce bear-human conflict and fight hunger. For…

August 7, 2020

‘Keep Your Spirits Up’ takes place of 2020 San Juan Brewfest

include alcohol, snacks, shirts, glasses and more

August 5, 2020

New Mexico’s national parks need millions in upgrades

American Outdoors Act may help address maintenance issues

August 5, 2020

Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans

Terri Donelson, left, and her husband, Stephen, walk up their driveway to see friends and family awaiting him at his…

August 5, 2020

This reliable jam recipe will let you savor the best berries and stone fruit year-round

Because I’ve been making fruit jams for most of my life, I know what the bubbles look like when the…

Fenceline releases new red-fleshed cider in Colorado, Arizona

Maggie Corson and Sam Perry offer samples of Fenceline Cider’s beverages in 2019 at the Durango Farmers Market.Nick Gonzales/Durango Herald…

Chef behind revered Houston restaurant fights ‘food apartheid’

“We talk about that stuff all the time in the neighborhood, honestly, because our community is constantly harassed by the…

And the West is History

Photo: Spanish Trails Court – Ca. 1947

Returning World War II veteran Sam Miller, with his wife, Rosemary Cheney Miller, built this “motor court” in Animas City…

Travel

Wave of boat buyers seek recreation, safety during pandemic

Carter Mitchell scampers aboard his family’s new boat in Yarmouth, Maine. The Mitchell family of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, had big…

August 2, 2020

Religion

Black Catholics’ history: Will Catholic schools teach it?

Faustina Bema, a candidate for Novice of the Sisters of the Holy Family, prays inside a chapel during a retreat…

Ute Mountain Utes may earmark CARES Act money for household water

resident struggles to get line repaired as faucets run dry

Travel

Road trip? Quarantines mess with Americans’ travel plans

Passengers boards a Casco Bay Lines ferry bound for Peaks Island, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Portland, Maine. State officials…

La Plata County 4-H Livestock Judging Team to compete for national title

The La Plata County 4-H Livestock Judging Team at the Western National Roundup in January: from left to right, coach…

Georgia camp with COVID-19 outbreak didn’t require masks

This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus…

Chimney Rock Interpretative Association offers flora tour Aug. 6

The tour travels up to the two pinnacles and examines the variety of flora observable on the way up to…

Dramatic decline found in Western bumblebee populations

Bumblebees could land on list of endangered species

Pine River Arts grateful to sponsors and donors

The brainchild of Briggen Wrinkle and others at the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado, Community Concerts Re-imagined became a new…

Botanical Society thanks Nancy Wallace

Nancy has been a member of the board of directors for the last seven years. She and her husband, Jim,…

Edible plant hikes offered Aug. 8, Aug. 15

Participants will sample the bounty of nature while getting outside, meeting new people and experiencing the beauty of the outdoors.…

Durango Adult Education Center director to address Rotary Club

The talk will include current information about the center, serving students’ needs during COVID-19 and challenges as it moves into…

Rain may help curb human-bear conflicts

quiet year, activity increases as animals prepare for hibernation

July 30, 2020

Leftover big-game licenses to go on sale Aug. 4

A list of the licenses remaining are now available on the CPW website. There is no advantage for hunters to…

July 29, 2020

Mercy Home Health among top home health agencies in U.S.

Now in its 14th year, HomeCare Elite identifies the top agencies based on performance measures, including quality of care, quality…

July 29, 2020

Colo. tree selected for Christmas at U.S. Capitol

The Christmas tree will make its way from the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests to the West Lawn…

July 28, 2020

Religion

What are the origins of cathedrals and chapels?

As a scholar of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity, I have come to learn the historic importance of these structures…

Travel

European tourism faces turbulence only weeks after restart

A couple make selfies at the lake side in St. Wolfgang, Austria, Monday, July 27, 2020. More than 50 corona…

Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers

There’s still no guarantee that the experimental vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., will really…

And the West is History

Photo: Frank Fitchue – 1883

This is a studio portrait of Durangoan Frank Fitchue taken in 1883. In November of that year, Fitchue was approached…