Take a look back the Durango Herald's top photos of the week.
Lauren Patterson listens to students at an Embracing Diversity Initiative meeting on March 15 at Durango High School. She helped start training for law enforcement personnel on working with people in mental crisis and worked to develop community education programs on how teens can avoid risky behavior through Celebrating Healthy Communities. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Road Runner Stage Lines driver, Rick Pool, settles into his seat before his departure from the Durango Transit Center to Grand Junction. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.
Bayfield High School athlete Brian Mashak takes off from the starting blocks on March 21. Brian recently was Prep Player of the Week. So far, Bayfield High School the sprinter is undefeated in the 100-and 200-meter dashes. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A large rainbow trout is returned to the Animas River on March 18 after the Colorado Parks and Wildlife group collected five rainbow and five brown trout that were sacrificed to be tested for heavy minerals. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado Parks and Wildlife crew Jim White, an aquatic biologist, Steve McClung, rowing, and Pete Deren, netting the fish, collected five rainbow trout and five brown trout on March 18 in an effort to monitor heavy minerals in the Animas River after last year’s Gold King Mine spill.
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
Cristy Brown, assistant to the superintendent and public information officer for Mesa Verde National Park, on March 10 discusses Spruce Tree House complex, which will close for an about two years while work is completed to stabilize rocks above the site. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Pedestrians crossing College Avenue at Main Avenue shield themselves from high winds and dust that moved into the area on March 22. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
David Downs holds an antelope head that he is moving on March 22. David and Julie Downs say moving in-town can be more time consuming and costly than most people expect. David Downs said people should count on paying twice as much and taking twice the time they expect. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ignacio Middle School student Brianna Henderson, 14, studied the Armenian genocide, while her classmate, Matthew Belleau, 12, took on the history of the telescope for his Colorado History Day project as seen March 21 at the school. Both qualified for state-level competition. Brianna is the daughter of Bea Valdez and Shane Henderson, and Matthew is the son of Heidi and David Belleau. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The first dust storm of 2016 rolls through La Plata County on March 21, bringing lots of dust and pollen to the area and, in turn making a lot of peoples allergies kick in. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango Demons’ junior Kyle Robinette fires a shot at goal on March 23. He has been a consistent force for the Demons’ offense and had three goals again in the 12-5 win against Telluride at DHS.
Community Connections client Richard Siegele, left, paints with the assistance of Vanessa Himmel at the Durango Arts Center during an art class on March 24. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Women carry signs celebrating their right to vote as part of Women’s History Month as they cross the intersection of Main Avenue and College Avenue on March 25. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Madeline Eley, 3, showed up with her face painted for the Easter Egg Scramble on March 26 at Santa Rita Park. The scramble for toddlers up to 8-year-olds was sponsored by Durango Parks and Recreation, Four Corners Broadcasting and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Madeline is the daughter of Jason and Anne Eley. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Fort Lewis College senior Evitas Martin analyzes samples of water on March 21 taken from the Animas River during the Gold King Mine spill as part of a class to study long-term impacts of heavy metals on water quality. Fellow student Madeline Memovich, right, and assistant professor of analytical chemistry Callie Cole, left, observe. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Elk hang out in a snow-covered hay field after a few inches of snow fell on the morning of of March 26 north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
