Galleries & Photos

Photo: A perfect day for a run

Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” in Durango 1998

Photo: Parking exchange

Harry Lewis, a city of Durango parking enforcement officer, swaps out parking meters on Thursday on Main Avenue. The city Parking Department updates the software on the meters in the…

National Parks exhibit

A new exhibit of National Parks in the Southwest area.

Bird banding

Bird banding in Oxbow Park.

Summer Farmers Market

The Summer Durango Farmers Market is open on Saturdays in downtown Durango.

Photos of the week

Take a look back at the Durango Herald's top photos of the week.

Photo: A smooth ride, for now

As spring runoff eases and flows slacken in the Animas River, Drew Nelson and his dog, Toby, enjoy a more mellow river ride on Tuesday. The Animas River peaked at…

Photo: Francisco’s name to grace building

Jason Bowers, top, and Phillip Diggs, both with Creative Color Solutions, repaint the front sign on top of the old Francisco’s Restaurante y Cantina, keeping the name on the Main…

Caption This!: ‘Chicks came home to roost’

This week’s photo comes from reader George Sterk of his hen, Little Squirt. Little Squirt sat on eggs for 33 days. When they didn’t hatch, Sterk received two 1-day-old chicks…

Durango Pride Festival

Durango Pride Festival

Photo: In the game

Photo: Eavesdropping cowboy

Cowboy Bill listens to a conversation Ayla Owens has with her boyfriend Friday in front of Cowgirl Trading Co. on Main Avenue in Durango. Owens, on a break from her…

Photo: Remembering a cycling buddy

Photo: Traveling in style

Gannon Lavell, 2, gets a tour of downtown Durango in a cart pulled by his mother, Kisha Lavell, as Brynn, his 4-year-old sister, runs alongside. The Lavells are visiting Durango…

Photo: Flying the flags of Pride

Alysha Carmien hangs rainbow flags along Main Avenue on Wednesday ahead of the Four Corners Alliance for Diversity Pride Festival. Events will run through the weekend.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Photos: Durango stands on pedals for Bike to Work Day

Pictures of the week

Take a look back at the Durango Herald's top photos of the week.

final day of the Navajo Open

Final day of the Navajo Open

Photo: Sun lovers

Wild flowers bloom near Hesperus, near the Herspeus ski area. With only thin clouds in the skies, temperatures in Southwest Colorado are pushing well past 90 degrees. The National Weather…

Caption This: ‘Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right’

This week’s photo comes from reader Donell Deane who took this photo in front of a downtown shop that has conflicting messages on how to enter the facility.Courtesy of Donell…

Photo: Shopping with Dad

Nineteen-month-old Mason Rose Kleinsmith walks with her father, Baird Kleinsmith, through the Durango Farmers Market as her mother and Baird’s wife, Marissa Kleinsmith, shops Saturday.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Firefighters tame 30-acre blaze

Firefighters are responding to a wildland fire south of Durango.

Photo: Dock dog soars

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…

‘It’s my baby. It was my creative outlet’

Open Shutter Gallery to shutter retail space

Photo: Down with old, up with the new

Photos: Thirsty moose

Photo: Field of dreams

Dirt work on the Durango High School football field is underway as contractors prepare to resurface with artificial turf.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Open Shutter Gallery to shutter retail space

Space on Main Avenue to close in November

Candlelight vigil for Orlando victims

Durangoans gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Orlando shooting