Lifestyle

Steamworks steps up its glass game

Steamworks Brewing Co.’s new glassware is designed to release a beer’s aromas, accommodate a proper head and keep the beer…

May 13, 2018

Food

The best dish towels are rarely the most expensive

The best dish towels are rarely the most expensive.Stacy Zarin Goldberg/Washington Post Then I made an impulse purchase at possibly…

May 13, 2018

Food

See how three tweaks can transform a quesadilla

Mushroom, Spinach and Goat Cheese Quesadillas.Deb Lindsey/Washington Post Consider this a quick, healthfully balanced meal with intercontinental flair. The wealth…

May 12, 2018

Southwest Life

Driving tour targets historic Tiffany, Allison

will spotlight overlooked part of La Plata County

May 12, 2018

Religion

Young Mormons drive faith’s gradual acceptance of gay marriage

Mark Lindsay, left, and Tom Kerns kiss after mailing a resignation letter as Mormons gather for a mass resignation from…

May 12, 2018

Lifestyle

Thank You Letters

We want to thank Darin Hill and the Ridgway Mountain Market team for being the first Ridgway business to voluntarily…

May 11, 2018

Southwest Life

Purgatory Resort to offer naturalist training

The training is for people interested in guiding nature tours this summer and will be taught by SJMA naturalists. Guided…

May 11, 2018

Southwest Life

Educational hikes scheduled for May

May 19, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.: Laurie Swisher, former San Juan National Forest old-growth coordinator, will lead a 3- to 4-mile…

May 11, 2018

Southwest Life

Land surveyors to meet Tuesday

Butch Knowlton, La Plata County emergency management and building department director, will speak about floodplain surveying and engineering requirements in…

May 11, 2018

Southwest Life

Cortez Cultural Center to hold wildflower walk

Cost is $10 for nonmembers and $5 for members. Proceeds go to Cortez Cultural Center. Children younger than 12 years…

May 11, 2018

Southwest Life

Crow Canyon, Mesa Verde offer development program for teachers

The Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park.The Durango Herald file On the first day, educators will delve into Pueblo…

May 11, 2018

Southwest Life

Beekeepers to hold Thursday meeting

Bill Collins, a Fort Lewis College chemistry professor and bee expert, will speak about honeybee hive management, Varroa mite biology…

May 11, 2018

Southwest Life

Loveland elk bugling family’s prowess turning heads

The bugling, grunts and mews from Tom, his son Thomas and daughter Jessie Sletten are so real that one would…

May 10, 2018

Religion

Birthright Israel marks 18 years of trips for young Jews

More than 600,000 young people have taken free Birthright trips to Israel since the program was founded 18 years ago.…

May 9, 2018

Southwest Life

McPhee to host Public Lands Day celebration

San Juan Mountains Association will celebrate Colorado Public Lands Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 at the…

May 9, 2018

Food

Durango Farmers Market to open this weekend

additions include wine vendor, expanded space

May 8, 2018

Southwest Life

Fossilized footprints tell tale of Ice Age sloth hunt in New Mexico

Park naturalist David Bustos says the series of tracks and adult and children’s footprints found at White Sands National Monument…

May 8, 2018

Food

Organic reach: Indigenous food sovereignty moves to the web

Digital generation reconnecting with tradition

May 8, 2018

Religion

Swiss Guards: World’s oldest standing army gets new headgear

New Vatican Swiss Guards adjust their helmets prior to a swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican. The world’s oldest standing army…

May 7, 2018

Food

Tractor Supply Co. to host Spring Market

The event is seeking vendors interested in selling homemade and homegrown items, such as crafts, furniture, candles, soaps, honey, eggs,…

May 6, 2018

Food

Steamworks wins gold at World Beer Cup

The Brewers Association, a not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers, announced the…

May 6, 2018

Food

1st death reported in romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak

The death was reported in California, but state and federal health officials did not provide any other details. The Centers…

May 6, 2018

Food

NJ creamery concocts pork roll-flavored ice cream for summer

Windy Brow Farms, in Fredon Township, says it has introduced the state’s first “Taylor ham ice cream,” referring to the…

May 6, 2018

Southwest Life

A unique, historic orchard returns to life at Old Fort Lewis

Century-old trees contain apple varieties once thought extinct

May 6, 2018