A Princess Leia mannequin at Durango Antique Market attracts the attention of passers-by Friday. Snowdown, the city’s annual winter celebration, will be held Feb. 1-5. This year, the theme is…
A coyote hunts a field along U.S. Highway 160 west of Mancos. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department warns that coyotes can be more territorial and potentially dangerous during January…
Congregation Har Shalom celebrated the seventh day of Hanukkah on Friday with menorah lightings. From left, Lisa Smith; her husband, Shaun Smith; and their 12-year-old daughter, Naomi Smith, light a…
In the two weeks since Ski Hesperus opened for winter under new management, the slopes have seen a steady flow of skiers and snowboarders who say it offers an affordable…
Samantha Baker, 8, gets a helping hand learning to skate at Chapman Ice Rink Thursday from her uncle, Parke Duing. Samantha is the daughter of Heather and David Baker from…
Herald Photography Editor Jerry McBride and Photographer Shaun Stanley share images they found memorable in 2016.
Four-year-old Rowan Gartner, the son of Russ and Lindsay Gartner of Durango, scales the climbing wall Wednesday at the Durango Community Recreation Center.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Cold temperatures and well-packed snow made for excellent sledding Monday at Buckley Park. The wintry conditions, though, are expected to give way this week to sunshine and daytime high temperatures…
As Durango police officers investigate, first responders for the Durango Fire Protection District stand by at the scene of a two-car crash Tuesday morning at the intersection of College Drive…
Pranksters struck the site of the former Arc of History at U.S. Highway 160/550 intersection at the DoubleTree Hotel and placed a unicorn head on the post of the former…
Outlined by Christmas decorations, horses rest at Rapp Corral north of Durango. The holidays are a busy time of year for the sleigh-pulling horses. The National Weather Service is predicting…
With much of the area under a winter weather advisory, snow returns to the area
Lou Gaylord, a volunteer with the San Juan Mountains Association, trims the bottom of a Christmas tree Tuesday at the sales lot in the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge parking…
Slick roads led to several wrecks Friday morning as cold air and snow hit the region.
The Durango Adult Education Center graduated 20 new GED-diploma recipients during a ceremony Thursday night.
Medics remove a woman from a car that was involved in a rear-end crash at 2:42 p.m. Thursday at Sawyer Drive and South Camino del Rio. The 37-year-old woman was…
Law enforcement decended upon Wal Mart Wednesday for the annual Shop With A Cop program.
Leo, a 6-month-old bulldog, toured downtown Durango on Wednesday with his owner, Kathi Clamp, while sporting his best holiday outfit.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Brent Gleeson with the city of Durango replaces a stop sign with a new, more-reflective one at East Second Avenue and College Drive on Tuesday afternoon.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A fishy juxtaposition was discovered Monday through the windows of Duranglers, 923 Main Ave., between a fish painted on the store’s window and an advertising poster inside the store.Shaun Stanley/Durango…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado have their holiday party at the Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County.
Paul Tumey props up an inflatable figure Thursday on the roof of Pet Haus in the 1400 block of Main Avenue as he and co-worker Jake Wosje decorate the business…
Ned Harper examines the bounty of gift options at the Durango Arts Center’s Artisans Market on Wednesday. The annual market features 45 artists from the Four Corners selling everything from…
As a reminder of the coming giving season, a display of wrapped gifts is stacked in a child’s wagon in front of Magpies Newsstand on Main Avenue on Tuesday to…
Some might say exploring Durango hand in hand is the best way. A woman crosses west Ninth Street at Main Avenue holding hands with two children as Monday afternoon’s sun…
Lawrence Charley paints one of his kachina dolls Friday at the 42nd annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The fair will…
Students and teachers have woorked hard to improve test results over the past years.
