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FARMINGTON Despite concerns about the coronavirus, Navajo Regional Fire Management said it is prepared to handle what’s expected to be an above-average fire season. The northern portion of the...
DATE: June 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Mesa Verde National Park has begun bait-trapping for wild horses as part of a long-term effort to habituate them for eventual capture, removal and adoption. As many as 80 “free-roaming” mustangs...
DATE: June 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
GLENWOOD SPRINGS (AP) – South Canyon near Glenwood Springs is a place you’d go to check out new mountain biking trails, or go on a hike. It’s also a good place to spot underground fires in coal...
DATE: June 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
A petition to take down the “Chief” – a large caricature of a Native American man in downtown Durango – had received more than 2,300 signatures as of 11:30 a.m. Friday. “We are calling on the city...
DATE: June 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized...
DATE: June 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
ALBUQUERQUE – A man was shot Monday night as protesters in New Mexico’s largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum, prompting the city...
DATE: June 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
As summer approaches, the days are long and time seems to speed up. Unfortunately, noxious weeds grow even faster during this time. Many people don’t really notice their weeds until they are a...
DATE: June 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
A real-life treasure hunt is over. A New Mexico art and antique collector announced 10 years ago that he hid a chest containing $2 million in riches deep in the Rocky Mountains. He told people to...
DATE: June 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
The closure of the Black Mesa coal mine in 2019 has increased the demand for firewood for the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe. More than 100 cords of wood were donated recently to tribal members as...
DATE: June 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
GLENWOOD SPRINGS (AP) – Outside Kirby Wynn’s home in Glenwood Springs, a bald eagle battles a pair of ravens mid-flight for the prized and still dripping-wet trout clutched in the majestic raptor’s...
DATE: June 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
First it was toilet paper flying off the shelves in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it appears garden supplies, seeds and soil are the hot ticket items hard to come by as more people turn...
DATE: June 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
While firefighting crews were in the throes of battling the 416 Fire as it rapidly spread through the San Juan National Forest north of Durango in June 2018, an unlikely rescue mission was being...
DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
