Sgt. Adrian O’Haver, with the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, helps Riley Mallett, 11, try on a patrol vest and hold a shield on Saturday during First Responders Appreciation Day,…
Charley Willoughby sits in the shade of a cottonwood tree as his wife, Darla Willoughby, fishes from a float tube on Thursday at Pastorius Reservoir. The two were hoping to…
Golfers play on dry patchy grass Tuesday at Hillcrest Golf Club. The course and other large water users cut their water use after a 30-inch raw water line was damaged…
Sue Smith and others go for a slow float down the Animas River on Saturday north of the 32nd Street put-in. Temperatures reached in the high 90s on Saturday, making…
Lucy Rogers, 9, practices her gymnastics while selling lemonade with her sisters, Stella, 7, left, Clara, 9, center, and Grace, 4, on Thursday in east Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca
Fairgrounds General Manager Emily Spencer cuts a ribbon with Jim Turner behind her as about 25 celebrate 100 feet of new gates that were installed around Ward Lee Field at…
A flyer for missing runner Ian OBrien on a rock Thursday northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca
Romelle Maloney set up her summer yard display featuring bunnies by the pool on Friday in front of her Riverview Elementary School neighborhood home. Maloney has been changing the rabbits…
Gideon Alcon, with HDD Cactus, operates a horizontal directional drilling machine on Thursday, drilling under U.S. Highway 160 at Elmore’s Corner so that fiber optic cable can be connected to…
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Amanda Voyt starts to work on her apple pie on Saturday during the Oscar’s Cafe pie eating contest at the La Plata County Fairgrounds that is part of the city’s…
Members of the First United Methodist Church of Longview, Texas, from left, Jenna Crum, 17, Jordan Crum, 17, Olaedo Ibeawuchi, 14, and Christy Triece fill two of the new 48…
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Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County staff members, from left, Kathrene Frautschy; Stephanie Orris; Toffee Webb; and The Ice Cream Lady, Carrie Foster, hand out frozen treats to…
Work advances Friday on the dual-branded AC Hotel by Marriott and Hampton Inn and Suites by Hilton located on East Second Avenue in downtown Durango. The concrete forms of a…
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald 06-21-23 – Durango- Sunset on Wednesday during the True Western Roundup rodeo at the La Plata County Fairgrounds.cca
Miles Batchelder assists Alex Sinclair, as Amy Bair, co-owner of Just Peachy, a fruit and vegetable stand, talks with customers on Wednesday after opening up at their new location in…
Rocky Mountain Modulars takes apart the 28 modular units that made up the old Animas High School campus on Friday. The buildings will be put in storage. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca…
A blue heron uses its beak to spear a largemouth bass for a morning meal while walking the shoreline June 9 at Pastorius Reservoir southeast of Durango. Colorado Parks and…
Don Spangler signs a petition as Jim Brooke waits his turn on Saturday as Talya O’Neil, 15, with the Durango High School Green Team, and DHS teacher Bret Wilson, sponsor…
Desiree, who did not want to use a last name, with the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles, assists Timothy Martell with him getting an identification card at the DMV2GO event…
Swimmers make their way back to shore on Tuesday from the lifeguard tower that is one of the new features on the Wibit that Durango Parks and Recreation added this…
Four Corners Materials paves the southbound lanes of what will be part of the realignment of U.S. Highway 550 just south of Durango. The subcontractor started on Tuesday laying a…
A kayak sits on the pedestal at the site of the former Arc of History sculpture at the intersection of U.S. Highways 550 and 160 to celebrate Animas River Days…
Mason Hargrove, from Phenix City, Ala., sponsored by Jackson Kayaks and NRS, plays in Smelter Rapid on Thursday at the Durango White Water Park while practicing to compete in Animas…
People on Tuesday walk near Mother Earth, the newest art installation in the Durango Botanic Gardens Literary Garden at the Durango Public Library. The fusion of glass and metal was…
Citizen Tour riders line up at the start for the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Saturday morning in Durango. (Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald)cca
