Photos of the week

Jet Sono Rama, (Chip Thomas), right, an artist and physician on the Navajo reservation, and founder of The Painted Desert Project, and Brian Gonnella, a street artist from Pittsburgh, take a moment to pick out music as they put up a mural by Rama on Oct. 7 at Fort Lewis College. The mural, a photo of JC Morningstar, was put on the north side of the Mears Apartments. It was dedicated as part of the college’s inaugural Indigenous Peoples Day activities on Oct. 10. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Dan Morgenstern plays his double manual harpsichord, which he calls his magnum opus. It is one of the 12 harpsichords he has made over the years. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Bayfield High School’s girls volleyball setter Courtney Bayles. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Artist Robyn Tsinnajinnie, who visited from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, paints Oct. 10 inside the Student Union Ballroom of the Fort Lewis College during Indigenous Peoples Day. FLC student Ruthie Edd says embracing Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day better represents a town and college that is home to more than 1,100 Native Americans. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Colorado State Trooper Uriah Talbot investigates a single vehicle coal truck wreck Oct. 10 on County Road 120 that closed the road for several hours. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Ignacio High School Senior Zach Weinreich is a leader for the Bobcats on the baseball diamond and football field. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Escalante Middle School students Lauren Grinde, 13, left, Hailey Archuleta, 13, and Rebekah Markley, 13, listen to answers from U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, on Oct. 4, when a group of students at the school had the chance to ask him questions on issues he is facing during his re-election campaign. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Chad Rush casts a morning shadow as he and Josh Abens apply a fresh coat of paint on the Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County on Oct. 12. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Needham Elementary students and instructors walk along Arroyo Drive on Oct. 12 during the Needham Connect ribbon cutting celebration. The city plans to build sidewalks along Columbine Drive from Cottonwood Drive to Clovis Drive as part of the next phase of this project. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Ron Tyner assists Kelsey Beaver, 20, with putting a halter on Joe on Oct. 8 at Tyner’s ranch. Beaver was arrested for selling marijuana. But instead of being charged and pleading guilty, her case was kept out of the court system, and she was given the chance to resolve it by working with horses for a couple of months. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The Durango Shriners Tin Lizzies lead a parade of city and state vehicles down the soon-to-be-opened Wilson Gulch Road during an Oct. 12 celebration of the long-planned and nearly complete road. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Hot air balloons light up Main Avenue on Oct. 13, as pilots participate in the Downtown Durango Balloon Glow. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Dakota Padoven of Durango High School rushes quarterback Andre Clemon of Colorado Springs Sierra High School on Oct. 14 at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Peyton Woolverton of Durango High School put on a show Oct. 14, with 234 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and two rushing scores. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Five Sierra High School players participated in a national protest by kneeling during the national anthem before a game against Durango High School on Oct. 14. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Snaggletooth, a balloon from Belen, N.M., begins to inflate Oct. 14 for the Animas Valley Balloon Rally north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Balloons in the Animas Valley Balloon Rally make their way down the valley after taking off Oct. 14 south of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald