Take a look back at the Durango Herald's top photos of the week.
A heavy air tanker from the Durango Tanker Base drops slurry on June 17 as flames approach homes on County Road 217, about eight miles southeast of Durango. The 30-acre fire started about 2:30 p.m. when an open burn went out of control on private property. No structures burned. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durangoans gathered June 13 in Rotary Park for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Sadie, a 6-year-old yellow lab, leaps off the dock as her owner Sandra Youngman, of Aurora, throws a toy during the Dock Dogs event at the Four Corners Pet Expo on June 17 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Volunteers Daria Robinson, Zak Bukovich, Campbell Brown and Kate Petty, from left to right, tie tomato plants inside a new hoop structure June 8 at the Manna Soup Kitchen garden. The Garden Project of Southwest Colorado manages the garden, and it provides food for the soup kitchen. Some of the food also will supply a new farm stand, which will be open Wednesdays. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Philip Sampson talks on June 13 about living on the road in his motor home, which is parked at La Plata City Campground in La Plata Canyon. Sampson says he abides by National Forest Service rules, and he relocates every two weeks. Camping, he says, allows him to save money, and he plans to buy property near Dolores. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Cards with the names of each victim in the Orlando, Florida, shooting, were placed June 13 with a lit candle on the steps of the gazebo in Durago’s Rotary Park. Off to the side, on its own, was a card with the name of the shooter, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, he too, with a candle. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durangoans gathered on the evening of June 13 in Rotary Park for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Orlando, Florida, shooting. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A man circles the track above the gym floor on June 13 at the Durango Community Recreation Center as warm temperatures brought some inside to for physical fitness. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Durangoans gathered on the evening of June 13 in Rotary Park for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Orlando, Florida, shooting. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ron Moore, who recently retired as parks and cemetery manager with the city of Durango Parks and Recreation Department, now has plenty of time to hike with his dog, Maggie. On June 10, he hit Rim Drive. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Nine-year-old Olivia-Gomez Cruz, the daughter of Karla Gomez and Brandon Cruz of Durango, steadies herself while enjoying the playground at Santa Rita Park on June 14 moments after it reopened. The inspiration for the $375,000 remodel came in 2014 from Durango High School students, who offered ideas for a more accessible playground. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Dirt work on the Durango High School football field is underway on June 15 as contractors prepare to resurface with artificial turf. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Kia Willden holds Meeko, her son’s American bully puppy, on June 16, in front of her truck with a broken back window. A Durango woman who tried to free the puppy from the parked truck last week at Mercy Regional Medical Center broke the window. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Betsy Rockett watches flames approach her home on June 17 at the 217 Fire southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A heavy air tanker from the Durango Tanker Base drops slurry on June 17 as flames approach homes on County Road 217, about eight miles southeast of Durango. The 30-acre fire started about 2:30 p.m. when an open burn went out of control on private property. No structures burned. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Sadie, a 6-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, leaps off a dock as her owner, Sandra Youngman of Aurora, throws a toy. At the Dock Dogs competition at the Four Corners Pet Expo on Friday, dogs competed for distance while leaping into a water tank. The expo, which continued Saturday and Sunday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, is a production of Four Corners Expos, a division of Ballantine Communications Inc. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango native Devin Schreiner tees off on No. 1 at the start of the Navajo Trail Open on June 17 at Hillcrest Golf Club. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A Los Pinos Fire Protection DIstrict firefighter helps fight a blaze on County Road 217 southeast of Durango on the afternoon of June 17. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Mesa Verde Heli Attack helicopter works to put out flames that threatened homes on June 17 at the 217 Fire southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Scott Nielsen, an engine boss for the Durango Fire Protection District, fills a porta-tank with water to maintain a hose on the western edge of the 217 Fire on June 18. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Sarah Cowley, right, and Blayne Woods search for clues in Conundrum Escape Rooms in the basement of Durango Coffee Co., 730 Main Ave. The two were part of a team testing the room ahead of its opening day. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
