Photo Galleries

Photo: A positive message

Creativity Festivity

Durango School District 9-R Creativity Festivity art show.

Photos: Pond skim party at Purgatory

Durango Nature Studies camp.

Durango Nature Studies spring break program need to only stay locally to experience a good time.

Photo: A Thursday afternoon jam

The StillHouse Junkies, Fred Kosak, left, Jeff Hibshman, center, and Bruce Allsopp, play during, Lunchtime Acoustics, on Thursday at the Smiley Building.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Photo: A sliver of spring lingers

A Fort Lewis College student crosses campus Thursday, as seen through architectural elements, in springtime weather. But a wintery storm heads into the region Friday. A winter storm warning has…

Photo: Reflections of spring

Overnight snow outlines the forest and cliffs Tuesday morning at the Glacier Club in the Animas Valley north of Durango. Temperatures are expected to approach 60 degrees Wednesday and Thursday,…

Photo: Fort Collins mosque vandalism

Fort Collins Police Department via AP<br><br>In this still image from a video surveillance camera taken Sunday, a suspect is shown during the vandalizing of a mosque near Colorado State University…

Food Forest

Photo: A perfect day to hangout on the Rim

Fort Lewis College students Kalley Pankow, left, Nicholas Shoffner, center, and Keirstyn Peters swing the day away on a warm Friday afternoon along Rim Drive. The National Weather Service is…

Photo: Getting out the vote

Voicing their opposition on Wednesday to Ballot Measure 1A at College Drive and Camino del Rio are, from left, Sunie Silva, Amanda Mulkey, Autumn Scholl and Nancy Scribner. Voters are…

DHS girls Lacrosse

Durango girls Lacrosse take on Telluride High School.

NEIGHBORS – Tuesday Lit – gallery

SAy. Paddy's Day party

Photo: Running hot and high

Photo: Chilly splash for local schools

Michele Steves jumps into the water at the Kiwanis of Mesa Verde Polar Plunge on March 11 to raise money for local schools. Billy McCoy, Dolores firefighter, won the $500…

Photo: Cruisin’ the Trail

With a little help from a friend, a skateboarder cruises Thursday along the Animas River Trail behind the Durango Public Library under clear skies and warm temperatures. Daytime high temperatures…

Photo: No trenches needed

Photos: Lunch with Bach

Photos: Sunshine, warm temperatures bring blossoms

Photo: An above-average day

Above-average temperatures are bringing out the anglers, and that was certainly true Saturday at Pastorius Reservoir, southeast of Durango. The National Weather Service is calling for nothing but sunshine and…

Photo: Out of control

Photo: Going Green Man

Amy Leonard, 16, reads some of her poetry to about 50 people on Saturday gathered at Northpoint Center for the second annual Green Man Festival sponsored by Mountain Medicine Acupuncture…

Photo: Whistlestopping

Chris Bettin, a candidate for Durango City Council, speaks from the back of a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train to about 50 people gathered Thursday near College Drive for…

DHS play Drop Dead

Durango High School’s Theatre Troupe 1096 was running through its production of the Billy Van Zandt/Jane Milmore play “Drop Dead.”

Photo: Fine weather for working

Sean Spainhower with the Rochester Hotel on East Second Avenue prepares the surface of the hotel’s balcony for painting. The clear skies and warm temperatures cooperated to make the outdoor…

Robert DeNier Youth Services Center

The Robert DeNier Youth Services center in Durango has been closed for about a month because of a flood from a broken water pipe. Restoration work is underway and the…

Photo: New wheels and lots of sunshine

It’s time to put away the sleds and get the new bikes like the ones Bronwyn, 2; and her brother Thomas, 5, are riding with mom, Moe Chamberlain, who is…

Robert Scott

For 25 years, Robert Scott has lived in a house four miles east of town on Florida Road where he’s also kept his workshop and housed his business repairing clocks…

BHS boys Basketball

Bayfield battles Delta High School on Friday night during the first round of the Colorado High School Athletic Association 3A Regional Tournament at BHS.

Durango High School boys basketball

Durango High School boy's battle Evergreen High School in the Sweet 16 playoff game.