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ALBUQUERQUE – Artist Luis Jimenez is credited with helping transform the definition of public art in the U.S. with his larger-than-life, debate-provoking fiberglass sculptures. “Even though his...
DATE: Jan. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, Calif. – The Amargosa Hotel was once a hub of activity, the Spanish Colonial-style buildings filled with workers from the Pacific Coast Borax company. Once the mine shut...
DATE: Dec. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
WALSENBURG (AP) – There’s a world of seashells, fossils and other ancient artifacts in land-locked Walsenburg. There is no ocean in the middle of Colorado’s foothills, but that hasn’t stopped the...
DATE: Dec. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
DELTA (AP) – Scotty Calhoun saw the handwriting on the longwall years ago and opted out of full-time work at the Elk Creek Mine. Calhoun instead signed on at TK Mining in Delta and promptly went to...
DATE: Dec. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Was it a reservoir, a ceremonial plaza or a ball court? At Mesa Verde National Park, the Far View Reservoir ruin – also known as Mummy Lake – has long been a controversial mystery for...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
ASPEN (AP) – Aspen Skiing Co. will maintain efforts to influence state and national policy on climate change in 2015 as well as reduce its own carbon footprint, but President and CEO Mike Kaplan...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
ASPEN (AP) – If Brad Rettig isn’t in the Dinosaur park-n-ride lot in Golden by 5:30 a.m. on a Saturday during ski season, he knows his skiing hours are at stake – and that’s just not something he’s...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
ALBUQUERQUE – Greasy diners, big-finned Cadillacs, mom-and-pop souvenir shops, dusty trading posts and the promise of the West were undoubtedly part of the recipe that made historic Route 66 –...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
In our digital world of increasing megapixels and shrinking cameras, Mancos photographer Brian Killigrew has bucked the trend. Killigrew, unlike most photographers today, hauls his large-format...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – An old joke says it’s impossible to throw a pebble in any direction in Utah without hitting an LDS chapel. Or maybe two. A data analysis by The Salt Lake Tribune shows that...
DATE: Nov. 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
WINSLOW, Ariz. On a desert outpost miles from the closest paved road, Navajo students at the Little Singer Community School gleefully taste traditional fry bread during the school’s heritage week. ...
DATE: Oct. 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
WINSLOW, Ariz. – The federal government finances 183 schools and dormitories for Native American children on or near reservations in 23 states. The schools are some of the nation’s lowest...
DATE: Oct. 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
