Lifestyle

Big avocado earns Hawaii family Guinness World Records honor

The Pokini family from the island of Maui received the Guinness certificate this week for the avocado weighing 5.6 pounds,…

October 14, 2019

McPhee Reservoir contains strong carryover supply for 2020

Officials: It will fill with below-average winter

October 13, 2019

The history of the cross and its many meanings over the centuries

A wooden cross is lifted up by faithful as Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square…

October 12, 2019

Museum of the Bible quietly replaces questioned artifact

The move follows an announcement last year that at least five of 16 Dead Sea Scroll fragments that had been…

October 12, 2019

Methodist church in Durango to host Holy Spirit 101 class

The class, taught by Rand Burden, will explore the scriptures to reveal the activities, workings and promises of the Holy…

October 12, 2019

San Juan Regional Medical Center to host spine presentation

Dr. Paul Davis, San Juan Regional Spine Center neurosurgeon, will talk about the causes of some of the most common…

October 11, 2019

Research finds uranium in Navajo women, babies

Leslie Begay, left, speaks with U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, D-New Mexico, in a hallway outside a congressional field hearing in…

Durangoan invents and sells new style of seed-based spreads

DynaSeeds will be available at Durango Natural Foods on Friday

Pope urges compassion in elevating 13 likeminded cardinals

Pope Francis is moved as he greets Cardinal Sigitas Tamkevicius during a consistory inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican,…

Farmers Market: Colors of the Earth captures the essence of plants in fabric

Gourley creates wearable, hangable art with natural dyes

Luv Box delivers plant diversity in a bento box

Maddalena Stancampiano caters lunches based in health, environmental sustainability

Pope seeks ‘courageous’ debate over Amazon priest shortage

Pope Francis walks in procession on the occasion of the Amazon synod, at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Pope…

Mormon leader: Be kind to LGBTQ, but don’t forget God’s laws

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson prays during the church’s twice-annual conference, in Salt…

Carver Brewing’s Lightner Creek Lager wins medal at Great American Beer Festival

earns bronze out of about 90 entrants

Condor chick makes 1st flight attempt from Utah cliff

The 4½-month-old Condor after leaving its nest cave at Zion National Park, Utah. Zion National Park officials say an endangered…

October 7, 2019

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to meet Oct. 9

Michelle Turner will present “Becoming Chacoan at the Aztec North Great House.” A social gathering will precede the talk at…

October 6, 2019

The struggle to find silence in the ancient monastic world – and now

A beehive-shaped stone hut on Skellig Michael, a remote island off the coast of southwest Ireland. The island was home…

October 5, 2019

Year of renewal: Hermosa Creek watershed shows signs of recovery after 416 Fire

health, water quality and recreation on the mend

October 3, 2019

Southwestern Water Conservation District annual water seminar opens registration

The seminar will bring together people who are passionate about water resources to hear expert speakers from around the state…

October 3, 2019

National Weather Service to host focus groups

A session for emergency management and water resource professionals will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Durango…

October 3, 2019

CPW to send mandatory chronic wasting disease testing letter

CPW will send letters to Colorado rifle season deer (buck and doe) hunters who have been selected for mandatory CWD…

October 2, 2019