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Visual Arts
Virtual show explores ‘Resilient Matriarchy’
Online art exhibit features multimedia artist Venaya Yazzie
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Winter snowstorm
A winter snow storm moved through the area on Tuesday leaving Durango under a blanket of snow.
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Photo: Pumping iron at the rec center
Junior Garcia, 15, and Missile Garcia work out Tuesday at the Durango Community Recreation Center.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Photos: Weather from above
A wet winter storm blanketed Durango with at least 10 inches of snow early Tuesday. Schools were closed to in-person learning, and many people appeared to stay home for the…
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Photo: KIUP radio station – 1936
This picture was taken in winter 1936, shortly after KIUP Radio moved to its new building at 2800 Main Ave. Built for a mere $1,540, the station broadcast from this…
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Photo: Using her spider-sense at Santa Rita Park
Mara Kleman, 4, climbs Thursday at the playground in Santa Rita Park as temperatures hit 50 degrees. Friday will bring sunny skies and warm temperatures, according to the National Weather…
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Drea Clements pottery
Local studio potter Drea Clements looks to mountains, ocean for her work.
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A look back in time: Century-old photos find new life in calendars
Glass plates depict Navajo and pioneer culture in the Southwest
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Photo: Downtown Rodeo – Ca. 1890
Durango was first and foremost a railroad town, owing its existence to the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. With area ranching, it was and still remains a cowboy town as…
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Photos: Monoliths in La Plata County?
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Photo: World War II Enlistment Ceremony – June 7, 1942
Exactly six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, marking the U.S. entrance into World War II, Naval induction ceremonies were held in more than 500 cities across the country…
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Photos: Winter fun in Buckley Park
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Photo: Gem Theater Crowd – Ca. 1916
In the early 1900s, people didn’t have many entertainment options at home. Until radio came along in the late 1920s, they really needed to get out into the town to…
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Photo: Smelter Mountain Fiery Cross – 1925
At first glance, there is nothing particularly remarkable about this nighttime picture of downtown Durango with Smelter Mountain in the background. The downtown streets are barely discernible and there isn’t…
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Snowy Durango
A winter storm catches drivers in Durango and La Plata County by surprise with heavy snow Saturday.
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Photo: Upgrade gives cellular network more power
Alonso Valencia with Velex of Albuquerque installs new AT&T 5G cellular network equipment Tuesday on the radio tower next to Rim Drive on the Fort Lewis College campus. Valencia and…
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Photo: Main Avenue paving – 1924
Durango was organized in September 1880, but the main thoroughfare through downtown wasn’t paved until 44 years later in June 1924. This photo shows the progress being made by the…
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Durango High School football state championship
Durango High School football wins the CHSAA Class 3A state championship, defeating Roosevelt High School on Saturday in Pueblo.
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Photo: Lightner Creek Train Wreck –1919
In the early morning hours of Sept. 8, 1919, engineer Ralph Peake was guiding his Rio Grande Southern locomotive No. 217 down the tracks heading home to Durango after a…
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Photos: Keeping spirits up
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4 Corners Cyclocross Series
Riders compete in the 4 Corners Cyclocross Series race on Saturday at Durango Mesa.
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Photo: Pagosa Hot Springs – Ca. 1885
In the Southern Ute language “pah gosah” translates to “healing waters” or possibly as a Ute elder once translated the phrase as “water (pah) that has a bad smell (gosah).”…
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Durango football state quarterfinal win
Durango High School defeats Lutheran High School on Saturday in the quarter final playoff game at DHS.