Sierra Martin and the Durango High School volleyball team gave flowers to the Grand Junction players before the start of the Friday, Sept. 29, match to show respect for Grand Junction junior varsity coach Jeff Wells, whose wife, Tammy, unexpectedly died last week.
Eric and Savanna Lomas walk up Old Lime Creek Road on Sept. 28, as rain showers float in and out of the area north of Purgatory Resort. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Construction crews replace a water line that runs under the Animas River near the Durango Skate Park on Sept. 25. Work started last week and is expected to take about 14 days. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
River White, left, a senior at Fort Lewis College, and Stacey Sotosky, an assistant professor teaching a digital video production, attach a Geiger counter to a drone Sept. 22, at the Durango Dog Park. Sotosky and her class are making a documentary about local uranium and wanted to measure radiation levels at the Dog Park, the former location of a uranium smelting site. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Timothy Chamblee, 15, left, and Emma Jaber, 16, members of the Durango High School Fashion Club, work on the train of a dress on Sept. 25. The train is made of plastic. The dress was worn in the Fashion Fusion Style in Motion show at the Durango Arts Center on Thursday, Sept. 28. The club is helping to design and construct the dress for The Durango Herald. The show will feature outfits constructed of unconventional materials used in business or industry such as newspapers, wire, metal, plastic and wood. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Some cyclists got caught in the rain Wednesday, Sept. 27, in Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Luke Tichi will join Kyle Pritchard at the 4A state golf tournament on Monday and Tuesday at Raccoon Creek Golf Course in Littleton after the two qualified as individuals during the Region 4 tournament last week. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Sydney Morrison models an outfit designed by The Durango High School Fashion Club made of metal printing plates, plastic strapping, newsprint and plastic sheeting during Fashion Fusion in Motion on Thursday, Sept. 28, at the Durango Arts Center. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
All the contestants take the stage during Fashion Fusion in Motion on Thursday, Sept. 28, at the Durango Arts Center. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kawii Sutherlin of Lemon Head Hair Salon models an outfit designed by Lemon Head Hair Salon Team made of Aveda hair color boxes, bobby pins, hair dye, Aveda make-up, Lemon Head candies, wax strips, reusable foam sheets and foil during Fashion Fusion in Motion on Thursday, Sept. 28, at the Durango Arts Center. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Jessi K of 99X models her outfit designed by April Jenkins made from reel-to-reel tape, vinyl records, album covers, ads and paper during Fashion Fusion in Motion on Thursday, Sept. 28, at the Durango Arts Center. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Luke Mehall boulders on Wednesday, Sept. 27, near Turtle Lake. Mehall suffered from a severe bout of depression in the summer of 1999 but attributes rock climbing to helping him overcome it. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Sierra Martin and the Durango High School volleyball team gave flowers to the Grand Junction players before the start of the Friday, Sept. 29, match to show respect for Grand Junction junior varsity coach Jeff Wells, whose wife, Tammy, unexpectedly died last week. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Lana Razma of Durango High School digs a ball while playing Grand Junction on Friday Sept. 29, at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Brett Rowland of Durango High School taps the ball over the net while playing Grand Junction on Friday, Sept. 29, at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ally Snow of Durango High School nails a kill while playing Grand Junction on Friday, Sept. 29, at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Durango High School girls varsity volleyball team lines up with flowers before the Friday, Sept. 29, game at DHS. The players gave flowers to the Grand Junction team to show respect for Grand Junction junior varsity coach Jeff Wells, whose wife, Tammy, unexpectedly died last week. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Weather and fashion dominate the gallery of last week’s best photos by Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride
