Durango artist Christopher Warren shows off one of his two sculptures on display at the Durango Welcome Center on Dec. 21. The art was created using a laser cutter on…
Some of the 50 head herd of bison belonging to Sarah Gleason, owner of Gleason Bison, walk around the Hesperus ranch on January 27. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride A single…
Trevor Lovato, brewer with Ska Brewing, holds the 2023 Snowdown beer Hornblower Horchata, brewed in line with this year’s theme A Shakespearian Snowdown, on Wednesday at the brewery. The beer…
Winter solstice was on Wednesday, making it the shortest day of the year. Now midday shadows should be getting a little shorter each day. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Tim Kuss, left, snowcat operator at Chapman Hill Ski Area, Evan Crawford center, and Diego Lopez, both with Chapman Hill, put away one of the snowmaking machines on Tuesday after…
Dalton Counts, of Durango, takes off on a snow-covered Molas Pass on Friday for some snowmobiling fun in the recreation area. (Jerry McBride/Durango HeraldJerry McBride
Patrick Ely skis down Chapman Hill Ski Area on Tuesday as he gives his son Barrett, 2, his first lesson on the snow. The big tow is now open 4…
David and Amanda Lara along with their children Joshua, 6, and Ethan, 2, look over the Parade of Gingerbread Homes display on Friday at Animas Chocolate & Coffee Co. in…
Tom Palmer, with Wood Chuck Tree Service, and Tina Sebestyen, founder of the Four Corners Bee Keepers Club, strap down a portion of a cottonwood tree trunk filled with thousands…
Tim Kuss pushes snow Saturday on Chapman Hill with the city’s snowcat machine. The in-town ski hill has been making snow when possible, but temperatures must get colder in order…
Snow from a storm late Monday and early Tuesday left the San Juan Mountains with a fresh coat of snow but not much moisture for the rest of La Plata…
Sallie Kautter, a school councilor at Needham Elementary School, walks around dressed as a turkey engaging families and students on Thursday during the school’s Thanksgiving lunch. Durango School District 9-R…
Iggy Gilbert, with Chapman Hill Ice Rink, holds a pair of worn-out rental ice skates on Tuesday that will be replaced along with about 100 other pairs of skates using…
Soren Johnson, 4, plays in the new water features Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation Center. The leisure and lap pools were closed in October to empty 500,000 gallons of…
Dylan Carlson, with Eagle Crane, strings a thousand lights around the 105-foot-tall community Christmas tree in Buckley Park. Dylan Carlson donates a large portion of the time it takes putting…
A deer munches on a jack-o'-lantern Wednesday in north Durango. Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds residents that leftover Halloween pumpkins can attract all kinds of wildlife, including bears. The La…
Devlin Berger walks down East Second Avenue on Thursday as snow flurries move through Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca Purgatory Resort received about 8 inches of snow Thursday morning. Workers cleared…
Becky Sproul, a flight paramedic with Flight for Life, talks about her job with Durango High School students on Wednesday after the helicopter landed behind the school on the baseball…
People dressed in their Halloween costumes stop by The Durango Herald office on Monday during the Main Avenue Trick-or-Treat. (Photo by Megan Milstead/Ballantine Communications)cca
Right to left, Deb gives out candy to Ordell, Amber, Zoey on Monday during the Trick or Treat on Main Avenue event in downtown Durango. (Renee Cornue Studio/Special to the…
Brandon Charley tries on a mask Thursday at Spirit Halloween at the Durango Mall. The temporary Halloween store has thousands of items and is open through the holiday and into…
Last week, we asked readers to send us pictures of their (or a neighbor’s) Halloween decorations. We received more than two dozen photo submissions. As promised, here are some of…
A large sign thanks voters, including Linda Scott, as they drop off ballots Tuesday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds drop-box. “We put the sign there to help draw attention…
Callie Burgess and Tom Jense, owners of Falfa Pumpkin Patch, at the intersection of State Highway 172 and County Road 220, stack some of the 2,000 pumpkins on Friday that…
Ninth Street and Camino del Rio is mostly closed Thursday as crews replace a 4-inch water line that was in disrepair. The waterline replacement should be completed by mid-November 2022.…
