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Fort Lewis College football plays Chadron
Fort Lewis College football uses defensive effort to beat Chadron State College on Saturday at FLC.
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Durango High softball
Durango High School softballl takes on Montezuma-Cortez High School on Tuesday at DHS.
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Photo: The Chief
An iconic Durango eating establishment, the Chief Diner started out as a dining car on the Otto Mears Silverton Northern Railroad in the 1880s. It sat abandoned for many years…
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Fort Lewis Football
Fort Lewis College football takes on Dixie State University on Saturday at Ray Dennison Memorial Field in the home opener for the Skyhawks.
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Fort Lewis College Volleyball
Fort Lewis College volleyball takes on Western New Mexico University on Thursday night during the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks Volleyball Classic.
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Photos: Grand Tour makes pit stop in Durango
Tom Horn, right, owner and driver, gets out of his 1952 Allard J2X, with co-driver Austin Gates still in the car, as they arrive Wednesday in Durango with about 100…
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Vintage cars in Durango
About 100 vintage cars with the Colorado Grand tour made a stop in Durango for lunch in the 500 block of Main Avenue.
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Photo: Gridiron gladiators
Little is known about this studio picture, but it is presumed to be the Durango High School or Durango town football team of 1895. None of the players are identified.…
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Photo: Back to school
Chatting about the old days when they attended Animas School, are from left, John Green, who started in 1938; Ann Rockhold, in 1956; Kenny Beam, in 1954; and Channing Wilson…
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Durango Palisade HS football
Durango High School football team takes on Palisade High School on Friday night at DHS.
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Photo: Cleaning up the courts
Chuck Owens, a volunteer with the Durango Community Tennis Association, uses a water broom Friday to clean the tennis courts at Fort Lewis College near the Smith Sports Complex. From…
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100 years of service for American Legion
American Legion Trujillo-Sheets Post No. 28, named after World War I veterans Jose Enrique Trujillo and Wiley Sheets, celebrates its centennial this year.
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Photo: Labor Day 1895
Though this Labor Day picture of the Durango Wheel Club is somewhat blurry, it still stirs the imagination. The club was founded the year this picture was taken and still…
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Photos: Tubers take to the Animas River
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PHOTO: Sweet deal!
Robin Hoberg of Albuquerque selects Palisade peaches from the Peach Valley Produce stand adjacent to the Durango High School parking lot. In addition to peaches, the stand offers Olathe corn,…
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Photo: 1974 fire
A fire was reported to emergency dispatch 45 years ago today. The fire was set by an arsonist around 4 a.m. It took more than 12 hours to extinguish and…
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Durango football plays Cortez
Durango High School football takes on Montezuma-Cortez High School on Friday night at DHS.
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Photo: A time capsule for the Southwest
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Photo: Off to the races
Captioned only as “Horse Race,” this photo from September 1919 shows four horseback riders, thought to be local Native Americans, racing at the County Fair and Roundup. Just as today,…
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La Plata County Jail
The inmate population at the La Plata County Jail has grown in recent years.
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Photo: Staging the Meltdown on the Mesa
Scott Hamby, left, Doug Wakeman, center, and John Hughes set up the stage Friday for the Meltdown on the Mesa at Durango Mesa Park. Live music will start at 1…
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Photo: Leveling the ground at Santa Rita Park
A grader levels the ground that was once a grass field at Santa Rita Park on Thursday, as work continues on the city’s new wastewater treatment plant. The field was…