Gavin Mestas of Durango High School hurdles over a Pueblo Central player during a punt return Oct. 20, at DHS. The Demons cruised to a 46-6 homecoming victory. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Representatives from Durango Harley-Davidson lead the Durango High School football team onto the field at the start of the Pueblo Central game on Oct. 20, at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Katy Pepinsky, executive director of La Plata County Youth Services, is excited to be in the nonprofit’s new location on Oct. 19. The group has moved into the former county manager’s house at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. The nonprofit moved from an old 800-square-foot A-frame building a couple of blocks away into the 2,200-square-foot house. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Miss Hozhoni Natalia Sells speaks to an audience during Indigenous Peoples Day at Fort Lewis College. The Miss Hozhoni title is bestowed on a Fort Lewis College student during the Hozhoni Days Powow in April. The powow is organized by Wanbli Ota, a club that promotes cultural diversity at the school. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Mike Nolan, an employee with Mountain Roots Produce, unloads vegetables Oct. 17, into the cooler at the Durango High School Food Service Operations Center. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Scott Price with Mountain Capital Partners highlights some improvements to Purgatory Resort, such as trail clearing, on Oct. 17, at the ski resort’s headquarters on north Main Avenue in Durango. The resort is in the process of installing the steepest mountain coaster in the United States, although there is no projected completion date. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Sarah Gruben helps Alex Chasse, 8, with her violin, and Ana Lee Gilpin, 8, while teaching a Be Frank Foundation after-school music course Oct. 19, at Needham Elementary School. The program is for children in elementary and middle school in Durango and Bayfield. About 40 third- to fifth-graders at Needham are learning to play stringed instruments. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Marissa Luna, 9, plays her cello Oct. 19, during the Be Frank Foundation after-school music program at Needham Elementary School. The program is for children in elementary and middle schools in Durango and Bayfield. About 40 third- to fifth-graders at Needham are learning to play stringed instruments. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Steve Labowskie, southwest field inspector and project manager for orphan wells with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, walks around an abandoned oil well owned by Red Mesa Holdings LCC in Redmesa. The well is one of 50 that the state is cleaning up after being abandoned. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Steve Labowskie, southwest field inspector and project manager for orphan wells with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, inspects one of 50 abandoned oil wells owned by Red Mesa Holdings LCC in Redmesa that the state is cleaning up. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Baker Cameron Miller stacks fried doughnuts at Rendezvous Doughnuts at 139 E. Fifth St. in Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Charlie Shew, owner of Rendezvous Doughnuts, boxes up doughnuts to go on sale Oct. 19, at his new craft doughnut bakery located at 139 E. Fifth St. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Rick Schmidt of Mancos prepares to take to the air with his balloon Oct. 20, during the Animas Valley Balloon Rally north of Durango. About 15 balloons floated south down the valley for several miles before landing. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Hot air balloons begin to inflate early Oct. 20, during the Animas Valley Balloon Rally near U.S. Highway 550 and Meadows Road north of Durango. About 15 balloons floated south down the valley several miles before landing. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train goes under hot air balloons during the Animas Valley Balloon Rally on Oct. 20, north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Hot air balloons inflate early Oct. 20, during the Animas Valley Balloon Rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Hot air balloons in the Animas Valley Balloon Rally float south Oct. 20, as they look for an open field to land. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Volunteers with the La Plata County Humane Society, from left, Kathy Roberts, Marisa Flann, 11, and Carolyn Bollinger spend time Oct. 20, with dogs that were removed from an abusive home. The dogs, from left, Daisy, Luna, Lola, Bella and Drake, have returned to good health. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Sadie, a Malamute, was nursed back to health at the La Plata County Humane Society. She was starving when she was brought to the shelter. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Molly, a yellow Labrador, recovered at the La Plata County Humane Society after she was removed from her home because she was malnourished. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A pine beetle taken from a ponderosa pine near Rockwood north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Gavin Mestas of Durango High School hurdles over a Pueblo Central player during a punt return Oct. 20, at DHS. The Demons cruised to a 46-6 victory on homecoming. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Boden Philippon of Durango High School stiff arms a Pueblo Central player Oct. 20, at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango’s Dawson Marcum set the tone for the Demons on homecoming when the junior running back broke free for a 42-yard run on the game’s opening play Oct. 20, at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A barbecue, pumpkin painting, candy scrambles, pumpkin bowling, hayrides, costume contests, live music and more were featured at the Durango Nursery & Supply’s fourth annual Harvest Fest on Oct. 21, southeast of Durango. Waylon Carter, 3, was particularly fond of the hot dogs. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Tiffany Keeper with Durango Nursery dresses as a scarecrow on Oct. 21, for the annual Harvest Fest at the nursery southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
After scoring Durango’s 10th goal of the match, Jake Beattie of Durango High School is carried by teammate Logan Fullington on Oct. 20, at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Eli Fenton of Durango High School tries to get the ball past the Grand Junction Central goalie on Oct. 20, at DHS. Fenton had one goal in the Demons’ 10-0 victory. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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