Galleries & Photos

Photos: Lottery winners ski a day before official opening at Purgatory Resort

Photo: Fairgrounds COVID-19 testing site can serve up to 250 people a day

Staff members with San Juan Basin Public Health and the La Plata County Emergency Operations Center close down the new COVID-19 drive-thru testing site Thursday at the La Plata County…

Photo: Silverton Gladstone & Northerly RR –1905

Most people know that the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad built the line from Durango into Silverton, but many are unaware that three other distinct narrow gauge railroads were built…

Durango High School football

Durango High School football defeats Canon City High School on Friday night at DHS.

Photo: Grooming the slopes at Purgatory Resort

Sam Williams, director of mountain operations at Purgatory Resort, drives a snowcat while grooming snow Thursday morning at the ski area. The mountain received 20 inches from recent storms and…

Photo: Jets fly over Durango on Veterans Day

Four F-16 jets head toward Durango on Wednesday to fly over Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031 in honor of Veterans Day. The jets, flying in formation, made a low…

Photos: Lake Nighthorse to close for the season Nov. 15

Photo: Southern Ute Bear Dance – Ca. 1918

Though undated, this picture taken in Ignacio is thought to be from around 1918. The Bear Dance is a Southern Ute ceremonial dance that can be traced as far back…

Photos: Catching air at Vallecito Reservoir

Photos: Bye, bye to bump-outs on Main Avenue

Photo: Packed Mule Train Downtown – Ca. 1900

Photos: 300 pumpkins and counting

Durango High football hosts Evergreen

No. 2 Durango High School took on Evergreen in a key Class 3A clash Saturday in the Demons' home opener.

Photo: Misty morning

Photo: Snow dusts the high country north of Durango

As clouds clear out Tuesday, clear skies reveal mountains north of Durango dusted with snow. A storm that passed over the region Sunday and Monday provided a taste of winter,…

Photo: Moving the Chief Diner – 1981

In 1944, an abandoned dining car from the old Otto Mears’ Silverton Northern Railroad was moved from Silverton to the corner of 22nd Street and Main Avenue in Durango and…

Photo: Silverton children meet red-tailed hawk

Marya Lehman, a local Silverton falconer, shows Arastra, a 1-year-old red-tailed hawk, to Nash Green, 6; Liliy Rodriguez, 5, center; and Lola Green, 8; on Tuesday in Silverton. Lehman, who…

Ice Lake Fire

The Ice Lake Fire started Monday west of Silverton.

Photo: Downhill racers – 1966-67

According to Durango ski historian Robert McDaniel, the Durango Ski Club started sponsoring local ski competitions in the late 1930s. When Dolph Kuss arrived in the early 1950s, he established…

Photo: Balloon rally launches in the Animas Valley

Balloons take off Friday morning as the Animas Valley Balloon Rally begins north of Durango near the intersection of Hermosa Meadows Road and U.S. Highway 550. Mass ascensions will take…

Animas Valley Balloon Rally

Animas Valley Balloon Rally lifts off Friday morning north of Durango.

Photo: La Plata County residents begin turning in ballots

Erin Hutchins, election administrator with the La Plata County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, and Hank Searfus, an election judge, pick up ballots Thursday from the drop box at the La…

Photos: Casting a line at Pastorius Reservoir

Photo: Fort Lewis Indian School Band – ca. 1900

In 1891, the Fort Lewis military camp located near Hesperus, transitioned to a boarding school for Native Americans. The school reached its highest enrollment of 375 students about the time…

Bayfield High School football

Bayfield High School football team takes on Delta High School on Saturday at BHS.

Photo: Putting it all out there

“Downtown” Steve Brown wears a nude body suit to draw added attention to his campaign message Friday near 12th Street and Main Avenue in Durango. A passerby apparently thought he…

Photo: Autumn colors light up Animas River corridor

Fall colors flank the Animas River on a warm and sunny Friday in Durango. Sunny skies will persist through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Highs Saturday and…

Photos: New judge joins La Plata County Court

Photo: Durango Downtown view – 1918

This photo, taken from what we now call the Crestview area, looks east toward the northern end of downtown. The “new” high school is prominent on the left side, as…

Photos: Durango train races to fix bridge at Elk Creek

Railroad hopes to have repairs completed by end of fall