Attorney Brian Schowalter discusses issues with grand juries in the La Plata County Courthouse on March 4. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Ignacio High School senior Nicholas Herrera, a Prep Player of the Week, averaged a points and rebounds double-double during the CHSAA Class 2A Region 1 tournament, helping the Bobcats advance to a third consecutive state tournament recently. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
George Hassan, owner of Southwest Book Trader on East Fifth Street in Durango, said he is mostly into adventure and travel narratives these days. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
First responders with Durango Fire Protection District work to extricate a driver injured in a four-vehicle crash that occurred shortly after 11 a.m. March 7 on Camino del Rio at Santa Rita Park. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Kevin Heiner plays in Corner Pocket Rapid on the Animas River at Santa Rita Park on March 8. Heiner believes the rapid is too dangerous during high flows, and he wants the city of Durango to rectify the problems in the Durango Whitewater Park. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
In a sure sign that a change in seasons is fast approaching, a skateboarder takes advantage of partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures on March 9 to get some trick practice in. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Crocus emerge along East Second Avenue on March 9 after a spring-like stretch of weather. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Bill Greco, director of development and construction at the Glacier Club, looks over the razing of the old Lodge at Tamarron north of Durango on March 8. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ana Koshevoy, plays Elle Woods March 8 in “Legally Blonde,” a Durango High School theater production. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Museum board vice-chairman Ronald Yellowbird fears if the Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum loses its nonprofit status, the facility will become a “beautiful building with no collections.” Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Ed Cash walks down the Animas River Trail on a warm March 11. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A steelworker attaches a beam to the frame of the 1st Southwest Bank under construction at the corner of College Drive and East Second Avenue on March 8. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Take a look back at The Durango Herald’s photos of the week.
