Jack Cunningham’s saloon in Hesperus was next to a not-quite-so-popular grocery store in 1890. Hesperus began as a small farming community along the La Plata River. When the Fort Lewis…
Devin Allers and Josh Lovelace, both with 4l Construction out of Hesperus, put up an 80-foot by 150-foot steel hay building earlier this week north of Ignacio. Partly cloudy skies…
Vallecito Creek carries water to the reservoir on Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, Monday and Tuesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the high 60s to low…
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad locomotive 482 pulls the first train of the season to Silverton on Saturday morning.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A new boxing gym has opened in the Main Mall that offers classes for beginners, seniors and those with Parkinson's, among others.
It is unlikely that everyone pictured ran in the relay race that led to the awarding of this banner 105 years ago. Nonetheless, they all proudly shared in their team’s…
Scott Sieke, an instructor with CU Science Discovery at the University of Colorado Boulder, talks with a group of middle school students about electromagnetic energy Tuesday at Sitter Hall at…
No one can say Fort Lewis College students do not know how to have fun. This picture was taken around 1916 on the old FLC campus, then a high school,…
Robert Danbury with CUTCO Cutlery sets up his booth Friday at the Home and Ranch Show at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. About 100 vendors will display…
A raft became stuck in rapids on the Animas River in the Durango Whitewater Park. Thanks to a skilled kayaker the raft was recovered.
The family of Allen Duke, from left, Bri (sister), Evan (twin brother) and Emi and Brian Duke (parents) attended a dedication of Phase 1 of the Allen Duke Tutoring Center…
Jeff Myer uses the new Colorado MVExpress Motor Vehicle Tab Renewal kiosk Tuesday inside of north City Market to renew his license plates. The kiosk was installed early in the…
Racers compete in the Fort Lewis College Squawker Classic varsity neighborhood criterium on Saturday in Durango.
Winter 1915 was severe for the east side of the 700 block of Main Avenue. Snow was piled high and tire tracks were barely visible down the middle of the…
Local figure skaters take to the ice for the spring ice skating show at Chapman Hill Ice Rink.
Deer walk the base of Chapman Hill on Friday, where people skied a week ago before warm temperatures started clearing the snow off the slope.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
In the center of this 1897 photo is the 32nd Street Bridge. Two buildings seen here still exist. The white building with a black roof and two vertical black window-type…
