Cristy Brown, assistant to the superintendent and spokeswoman for Mesa Verde National Park, on March 10 discusses work to stabilize the rocks above the Spruce Tree House complex behind her. The site will be closed for about two years to for the work. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Abby Scott, a sophomore at Durango High School, warms up on the school’s track on March 14. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Shirley McNall leads her “Toxic Tours of Hell” on March 9 in Aztec, where she exposes the ugly side to the gas/oil industry that her neighbors in San Juan County, New Mexico, rely on to put food on the table. Here she describes a gas well with a methane leak that had happened next to an Aztec elementary school. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A bear cub is kept warm as it is prepared to be weighed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife field technicians during the examination of female bear number B52 outside of her den on March 11 on Animas Mountain. The work is part of a six-year study of bear behavior near cities and towns. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Biologist Heather Johnson examines the teeth of female bear number B52 outside of her den on March 11 on Animas Mountain as part of an ongoing study on bears that live near urban populations. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Durango High School number two singles player Maggie Hackett keeps her eyes on the ball while playing Montezuma-Cortez High School on March 15 at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango Public Library Director Sandy Irwin on March 15 demonstrates one of the new tablets that display daily newspapers in the periodic area of the library. An anonymous donor made it possible for the library to add two tablets that carry The Durango Herald, The Denver Post and USA Today. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Construction workers with Superb Contractors of Durango work on the new building for Louisa’s Electronics at the corner of 22nd Street and Main Avenue on March 15. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A La Plata County man escaped unharmed from his burning home early March 16 on County Road 220 southeast of Durango. Martin Hotter was driving down County Road 220 and saw flames coming from the garage of the house and went and banged on the door, waking the resident and getting him to safety. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kelli Warmouth of Fort Lewis College gets hit while playing Oklahoma Baptist on March 16 at FLC. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
JWM Productions films Patrick Welch, left, and Che Johnston, as they hold up Bill Colley, center, and Paul Parson, both with Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, while filming a Travel Channel pilot program “Wild Wild Quest” on March 17 at the Durango depot. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Broc Garrett, owner of Garrett Enterprises, left, and Lazaro Mora, right, and Matias Rodriguez on March 18 work on a slide that attaches to the top tier of the playground that continues to grow in Santa Rita Park. Durango Parks and Recreation is replacing the old playground with a top notch area for fun. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dave Preszler, Durango High School athletic director, on March 18 shows the poor condition of the high school track. The Durango School District 9-R board on Tuesday will consider a low-interest loan to replace the track and refurbish the high school stadium. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
David Thibodeau, co-founder of SKA Brewing, right, inspects hops with with Jason Oliver, brewmaster of Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Roseland, Virginia. In February, they teamed, along with Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. in Broomfield, to create Kurr’s Light, an American Lager, for the 2016 Collaboration Fest in Denver. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Angelique Elemen of Fort Lewis College tags out Victoria Gonzales of New Mexico Highlands University at home plate in the top of the seventh inning on March 19 at FLC. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Alicia Thompson and her son Brentley Vogel, 4, sit outside their Durango apartment on March 18. They are on the path to self-sufficiency after joining at transitional housing program through Housing Solutions for the Southwest, which serves up to 15 families a year. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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