Lifestyle

Fire-ravaged forests get help from pine cone collectors

collected to plant in scorched areas

November 10, 2019

Tragedies deepen Jewish-Muslim bond to fight hate crimes

Heba Macksoud, left, of Princeton, N.J., and Sheryl Olitzky, members of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, stand near a Peace…

November 9, 2019

Southwest Life

U.S. public land workers face assaults, threats, study finds

Government report documents incidents over 5 years

November 8, 2019

Southwest Life

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to host talk about Sonora, Mexico

Randy McGuire will present “Building an International Archaeology in Sonora, Mexico.” There will be a social at 6:30 p.m. before…

November 8, 2019

Religion

Christ the King Lutheran Church to host semi-annual meeting Sunday

Members will vote on the proposed budget for 2020. A potluck will follow in the Community Hall.

November 7, 2019

Food

Alaska university taking PB&J as payment for parking tickets

Anyone with unpaid parking fines at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has the option to reduce or cover the…

November 7, 2019

Southwest Life

Proposal seeks to modernize campgrounds at national parks

The busy Bright Angel Trail is crowded with hikers headed down into the Grand Canyon at Grand Canyon National Park,…

November 6, 2019

Food

New Mexico farmer, writer starts a global garlic war

author and farmer takes on international spice firm

November 4, 2019

Food

Utah taps out on low-alcohol beer sales

A “funeral” procession for Utah’s last remaining 3.2 percent beer, complete with Budweiser’s iconic Clydesdales, background right, makes its way…

November 4, 2019

Food

Tastes great, less land-filling … beer in a paper bottle

The Copenhagen-based company earlier this month unveiled two new prototypes that are “fully recyclable and have an inner barrier to…

November 4, 2019

Food

This pasta dish combines the best elements of a fall cheese plate into every bowl

Pasta With Caramelized Pears and Gorgonzola.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post The sweetness of pears is nuanced and subtle, much more so than…

November 3, 2019

Southwest Life

Colorado fossil trove shows life’s fast recovery after massive extinction

This image provided by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios in October 2019 shows a rendering of the ancient Carsioptychus mammal taken…

November 3, 2019

Southwest Life

Mesa Verde National Park license plates now available

will help maintain, improve park

November 3, 2019

Religion

Fundamentalism turns 100, a landmark for the Christian Right

A historic marker outside the Dayton, Tenn., courthouse where the 1925 Scopes Trial was held.Associated Press file But the original…

November 2, 2019

Southwest Life

Family members of Navajo uranium miners find remnants of old home sites

Gilbert Badoni stands at the mining camp across the mesa from where Union Carbide processed uranium and vanadium near Slick…

November 1, 2019

Southwest Life

When Halloween’s over, don’t pitch your pumpkins

reduce landfill waste, compost that holiday gourd

October 31, 2019

Southwest Life

San Juan Mountains Association seeks volunteers for Christmas tree lot

Volunteers will cut and haul 220 white fir trees along the Junction Creek Forest Road for the annual SJMA Christmas…

October 30, 2019

Food

The greatest coffee roaster on Earth?

Bayfield resident to compete in World Coffee Roasting Championship

October 30, 2019

Religion

Pope declares Vatican’s Secret Archive not so secret anymore

Pope Francis waves to faithful from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, during the weekly Angelus prayer at the…

October 30, 2019

Religion

After bishops call for married priests, pope urges new ways

An Amazon indigenous girl gives Pope Francis a plant during the offertory of a Mass for the closing of Amazon…

October 29, 2019

Religion

Share of Americans with no religious affiliation growing

The Pew Research Center says 65% of American adults now describe themselves as Christian, down from 77% in 2009.Associated Press…

October 26, 2019

Southwest Life

Water Information Program announces events in Durango

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, “Water Law in a Nutshell” workshop with Aaron Clay, Vallecito Room, Fort Lewis College. 9:30 a.m.-4…

October 26, 2019

Southwest Life

Judge eases Christmas tree-cutting ban in fight over owl

Bo Burns cuts logs at K&B Timberworks Inc. in Reserve, N.M. The scope of a tree-cutting ban across several national…

October 26, 2019

Southwest Life

Annual water seminar to take place Nov. 1

U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, will provide remarks about water policy at the seminar. Colorado Commissioner to the Upper Colorado…

October 24, 2019