Lifestyle

Colorado Quinoa receives grant to expand operations

The nonprofit applied for the grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of Colorado Quinoa. With the grant…

August 8, 2018

Religion

Muslim candidates run in record numbers but face backlash

Attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., center, talks with Dondre Scott, right, during a…

August 8, 2018

Food

Are 300 recipes enough to counter anti-Muslim sentiment? One author is giving it a try

Seven years later, the celebrated food writer’s new cookbook, “Feast,” pays homage to the city from the get-go, its cover…

August 8, 2018

Food

Durango Farmers Market: Botanical Companions looks to improve modern diets

Inspired by grandmother, Heather Reitz looks to share live food with community

August 7, 2018

Southwest Life

Navajo Nation launches program to manage horse population

The tribe’s Department of Agriculture rolled out a voluntary horse sale and equine reward program last week to mitigate the…

August 7, 2018

Food

Beer maker Heineken strikes deal to expand in China

Heineken said Friday it is buying a 40 percent stake in the company that controls China’s biggest beer maker, China…

August 6, 2018

Southwest Life

State parks in Colorado free to veterans, military through August

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will offer veterans and active-duty military personnel, including reserve and National Guard members, free entry to…

August 6, 2018

Southwest Life

Center of Southwest Studies lecture series features Mabel Dodge Luhan

The presentation is about Mabel Dodge Luhan – patron, muse, writer and cultural catalyst – who played a role in…

August 6, 2018

Food

How to make a good jam without the hassle of canning

Making a good jam need not involve the hassle or worries of canning.Deb Lindsey and Jennifer Gregory Beeson/Washington Post By…

August 5, 2018

Southwest Life

Battered in recent years, the Animas has bounced back before

Despite ash flows and mine waste, the river is resilient

August 4, 2018

Religion

Jewish teens enlisted to fight anti-Semitism in Germany

Jewish teenager Sophie Steiert, right, shows a picture of Jewish daily life on a tablet computer as Laura Schulmann looks…

August 4, 2018

Southwest Life

Archaeology lecture to discuss land loss

Turney will talk about how the creation of Wupatki National Monument in 1924 caused indigenous residents to be gradually displaced,…

August 4, 2018

Southwest Life

State parks admission free Monday

Colorado Day was created by the state Legislature to mark the anniversary of statehood, granted in 1876 by U.S. President…

August 2, 2018

Southwest Life

Durango Bird Club to meet Wednesday

Brad and Noma Macurda will give a presentation called “Spring Migration in Southeast Arizona.” The event is free and open…

August 2, 2018

Religion

Pope rules out death penalty in change to church teaching

Associated Press file<br><br>Pope Francis prays during an audience in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican. The Vatican said Thursday Aug.…

August 2, 2018

Southwest Life

3D-printed implant restores woman’s collapsed ankle

at Mercy Orthopedic Associates is an early adopter of innovative procedure

August 2, 2018

Religion

Company unveils moving mosque to welcome Muslims in Japan

The Mobile Mosque, a mosque on wheels with the capacity for up to 50 people at Toyota Stadium in Toyota,…

August 1, 2018

Food

Farmers Market Profile: Blake Knoll tries hand at farming

Despite area drought, Pinyon Crest Farm sees successful first year

August 1, 2018

Religion

Boys rescued from Thai cave ordained at Buddhist temple

Followers offer banknotes to soccer team members as they are ordained as Buddhist monks and novices following their dramatic cave…

July 31, 2018

Southwest Life

Belgian tourist dies at geological gem on Utah-Arizona line

Kane County sheriff’s Sgt. Alan Alldredge says 49-year-old Christophe Pochic was found dead Monday night after his 16-year-old son called…

July 31, 2018

Food

The inside scoop from a judge at the chuck wagon cook-off

Another highlight is when the organizers of the La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen Chuck Wagon Cook-Off call the newspaper office seeking judges…

July 31, 2018

Southwest Life

Firefighters fought hard to save Colorado ghost town from wildfire

“When you’re up there, you can’t tell there was a fire, which is Herculean,” Law said. “They fought so hard…

July 30, 2018

Religion

U.S. nuns demand action to end ‘culture of silence’ on abuse

Nuns are silhouetted in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Some nuns are now finding their voices, buoyed by the…

July 30, 2018

Food

This cozy cobbler can be made to suit almost any fruit – or mood

Any-Fruit Cobbler.Stacy Zarin Goldberg and Lisa Cherkasky/Washington Post This cobbler, however, might go a long way toward loosening me up…

July 30, 2018