Colorful kick bikes are chained up along Narrow Gauge Avenue on Tuesday. Skies are expected to clear in Durango on Friday, with the National Weather Service forecasting a high of…
Rhianna Velasquez, 14, uses a blower to dry Betty, a Boer goat, on Thursday before showing her in the production class at the La Plata County Fair. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry…
The fair runs through Saturday at McGee Park in Farmington
A van rolled down a steep embankment and into the Animas River on Wednesday near Sawmill Road and Rivergate Lane. The Durango Police Department did not return phone calls seeking…
More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. McLachlan, who died June 23 at age…
Randy Oltmanns, front, Kim Preston, middle, and Kirk Preston fish Thursday at Haviland Lake north of Durango. “It’s not so much the fishing, but more about enjoying the sunshine and…
John Schwob, left, with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, Hunter McCleary, center, and Dan Clark, both with Rotary Club of Durango Daybreak, install two secure bike racks on Tuesday…
A fawn nibbles on a bush in Durango on Thursday. As fawns begin appearing in La Plata County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds people to leave them alone – they…
“Uncle Steve” Schacht land paddles Thursday on the Animas River Trail as he has done for several years. Schacht says its great exercise and all you need is a longboard…
Johanna Toledo with Alert Traffic Control stops traffic on Thursday as crews pave a new 1,200-foot-long detour along U.S. Highway 550 south of Durango. Traffic will be moved onto the…
Cole Perez, with his father, Scott Perez, close behind, takes his new bike for a ride on Tuesday during Adaptive Sports Association’s cycling day at Fort Lewis College. Eight clients…
Sunshine Bankston, right, helps Trina Gearhart learn to in-line skate on Friday in the parking lot at Durango High School. The National Weather Service forecasts a 50% chance of showers…
Clay Collins, co-owner of Tronic Rocks, talks with customers on Friday, as Brazilian quartz rises from his table at the annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show at La Plata…
Ken Le Roy, left, and Jim Bowlen, both with the Kiwanis Club of Durango, install bike bells for Donna and Robert Dunn on Thursday on the Animas River Trail. The…
As the sun shines bright and temperatures climb into the 80s Tuesday, a deer tries to stay cool in the shade at Fort Lewis College. Temperatures will heat up in…
City’s parks fill up with families from around the Four Corners
Joe McIntyre, chief of the Bayfield Marshal’s Office, on Friday rides the department’s Segway, which will be used to patrol the Fourth of July parade in Bayfield. “We got this…
Construction crews work Thursday at the McDonald’s in Durango. The fast-food restaurant closed recently for a major renovation and rebuild, inside and out, handled by Dominion Engineering, according to city…
Great Old Broads for Wilderness hosted the Red Road to D.C. Totem Pole Journey on Tuesday at Fort Lewis College, with about 100 people in attendance. The Lummi Nation in…
A toast is raised on Saturday during the celebration of Griego’s Mexican restaurant's 50th anniversary in Durango. Rachel Griego and her husband, Orlando, first opened the business as the Taco…
As water levels drop in the Animas River, anglers such as Aaron Jackson on Friday begin pursuing trout. The National Weather Service is forecasting scattered showers and thunderstorms in Durango…
Jacen Nash with Western Milling helps operate a milling machine Thursday at Riverview Drive and the Florida Road roundabout. A 1.6-mile section of Florida Road in northeast Durango is being…
Friends describe boy’s habit of quickly responding to texts, and alarm when he stopped communicating
Randy Neil opens a gate as he moves his cattle Tuesday from one pasture to another near Ignacio. Neil rotates his cattle, a cross of Hereford, Angus and Simmental, every…
