A couple and their dog walk up La Plata Canyon as strong winds blow snow Tuesday. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca Miko Ketchin finishes a ride in La Plata Canyon with her…
Cassidy Berry, on Sweet William, pulls Hayden Burn down the Silverton Skijoring course while competing in the sport division on Saturday in Silverton. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride Silverton Skijoring on…
Both Demons squads lost to Fruita Monument on Friday
Casey McVay, manager of Gills Point S Tire & Auto Service, talks about how much easier it is changing the gas prices on the new sign compared to going up…
Philip Meisner gives Talia Muechlnickel a skateboard lesson at the Durango Skate Park on a warm Tuesday afternoon. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca
Members of the Wild Woolly Spinners of the West from left, Lynn Hughes, Paula Seay, Pam Dyer and Suzanne Swickard, spin yarn on Saturday at Animas Museum. The group, made…
Steve and Karen Schain go for a walk on the northern section of the Animas River Trail on Thursday as temperatures climb into the 50s. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca
Ben Harding and others take advantage of warm temperatures to work on their golf swings Tuesday at Hillcrest Golf Club. The top putting greens and driving range have been open…
At the end of the Snowdown Light Parade 2026 on Friday a drone show appeared above Main Avenue in downtown Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride Sidewalks were filled with people…
Erik Howell tries his luck tossing rings onto Colorado 14er mountains Thursday at the Snowdown Radio 101 Warming Hut ring toss at Grassburger. Howell was trying to win two Snowdown…
The popular 2026 Snowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts on Wednesday in the Exhibit Building at the La Plata County Fairgrounds was a sold-out event. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca The popular 2026…
Alice Dwyer, an AmeriCorps member at the Durango School District Soil Outdoor Learning Lab, works on a tomato plant in the grow dome Tuesday at Riverview Elementary School. Tomatoes and…
Durango High School cheers on the Demons while playing Montrose High School on Saturday at DHS. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride Kingston Kerlin of Durango High School puts up a shot…
Reese Appenzeller, 18, of Bayfield High School, competes in the Region 8 SkillsUSA Competition – Carpentry Division on Friday building a shed in the Exhibit Building at the La Plata…
John Knopick, center, co-owner of Duranglers Flies and Supplies Fly Shop, gives a fly casting refresher class to Art Chase, left, Kevin Foreman, near left, and Harald Jordan on Thursday…
More than 300 people lined both sides of Camino del Rio on Tuesday during a brown bag protest at noon in front of the DoubleTree Hotel in Durango. The event,…
Durango Fire Protection District firefighter Ryan McNamara makes his way down the 107-foot ladder as Josh Schmidt, left, gets ready to go up and as Capt. Max Howard leads the…
Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield
The October flooding at Vallecito Reservoir underscored the importance of getting the dam spillway repaired. If the reservoir had been full when the rains hit, the dam would have overflowed,…
Alan and Karen Millar take on Matt and Cindy Kraushaar in a game of pickleball on Tuesday at Schneider Park as temperatures climb into the upper 40s and lower 50s.…
Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon
Durango High School students from left, Pierson Spain, 16, Joslyn Walker, 17, Delia Bong, 18, Madelyn Agre, 17, and Rye Standifer, 17, practice with images of real humans on the…
Brent Interpreter, left, and James Perotti, both with Durango Parks and Recreation forestry division, feed Christmas trees into the mulcher Tuesday at Santa Rita Park. So far this year they’ve…
Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.
Paul Smith, 14, takes advantage of unseasonably warm weather Friday to fly fish on the Animas River near the Main Street Bridge. Paul has been fly fishing for about four…
About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday
Matt Brandt of Durango tosses his Christmas tree – or Hanukkah bush as his family calls it, because his mother is Catholic and his father is Jewish – on Thursday…
The Durango Herald's year in photos 2025.cca Supporters hug after the Durango School District 9-R board members passed a resolution in January allowing the pride and Black Lives Matter flags…
Tim Kuss grooms snow Tuesday morning at Chapman Hill Ski Area in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca Tim Kuss uses a joystick to groom snow Tuesday morning at Chapman Hill Ski…
Sheldon Morlan, left, and John Jakoby, both with the city of Durango's Streets Division, perform crack sealing Tuesday on Rio Vista Circle. Crack sealing helps preserves the longevity of city…
