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Photo: Mountain Middle addition under construction
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Photo: Mountain Middle addition under construction

September 1, 2016

A construction worker with Cruzan Construction of Cortez works on framing for an addition at Mountain Middle School on Thursday. The new addition will allow the charter school to expand…

Collecting native seeds
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Collecting native seeds

August 31, 2016

The National Forest Service collecting native Engelmann spruce pine seeds on Coal Bank pass.

Phoenix Recycling
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Phoenix Recycling

August 29, 2016

Phoenix Recycling is operating in their new 15,000 square foot plant on County Road 307.

Photo: Silverton remembers its Wild West days
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Photo: Silverton remembers its Wild West days

August 28, 2016

Former San Juan County, Colorado, sheriffs Sue Kurtz and Scot Jackson pose by the historical marker honoring Town Marshal Clate Ogsbury, who was killed in a shootout with members of…

Durango High School Boys Soccer
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Durango High School Boys Soccer

August 27, 2016

Durango High School Boys Soccer team was victorious over Sanida Prep from Albuquerque in their match Saturday at the Riverview Sports Complex.

Spring Creek Horse Rescue
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Spring Creek Horse Rescue

August 27, 2016

Spring Creek Horse Rescue is enetring it's 40th year of operation from its new facility on County Road 234.

Photo: Fort Lewis College students move in
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Photo: Fort Lewis College students move in

August 26, 2016

Fort Lewis College freshman Lexi Steele of Dallas, Texas, unpacks and organizes her belongings Friday in her dorm room. Classes will begin Monday.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Photo: Monsoon season reluctant to lose its grip
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Photo: Monsoon season reluctant to lose its grip

August 26, 2016

Rain moves over the Durango area Friday as seen from Blue Hill southwest of town. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue in the region through Saturday, but sunny…

Photo: Rock work will adjust Animas River flow
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Photo: Rock work will adjust Animas River flow

August 25, 2016

An excavator works in the Animas River on Thursday upstream near Smelter Rapid as a crew works to adjust flows of the river in order to improve recreation, fish migration…

William Mendoza
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William Mendoza

August 24, 2016

The family of a former Fort Lewis College student with autism is accusing a policy advisor to President Barack Obama of assaulting him last year on a school fieldtrip to…

Photo: First sign of winter on La Plata Mountains
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Photo: First sign of winter on La Plata Mountains

August 24, 2016

Seasonal changes are here: Light snow fell overnight on the La Plata Mountains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Wednesday in the Four Corners, and isolated storms are expected Thursday…

Bookstores
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Bookstores

August 23, 2016

Why are there so many bookstores in Durango?

First day of school
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First day of school

August 23, 2016

First day of school for students in Bayfiled and Durango 9-R School District

Photo: The building storm
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Photo: The building storm

August 23, 2016

Storm clouds, seen from the Fort Lewis College campus, build Tuesday afternoon over Durango. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Southwest Colorado from noon to 10…

Photo: Teachers get ready to welcome students
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Photo: Teachers get ready to welcome students

August 18, 2016

Time is running out for Durango 9-R School District students on summer break as the first day of classes approaches. Animas Elementary School kindergarten teacher Abbey Flint spent Thursday morning…

Smith Sports Complex
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Smith Sports Complex

August 17, 2016

After five years and $5.5 million, the Smith Sports Complex near Fort Lewis College opened Wednesday.

Photo: Good buddies chilling in Durango
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Photo: Good buddies chilling in Durango

August 17, 2016

Delmer Brown, 4, center, spends some afternoon chill time with his 11-year-old twin friends Logan Byler, left, and Leland Byler in front of Kids Rock on Main Avenue on Wednesday…

Photo: No injuries in two-vehicle crash
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Photo: No injuries in two-vehicle crash

August 17, 2016

The Durango Fire Protection District and the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office respond to a two-vehicle crash about 10 a.m. Wednesday in the westbound lane of U.S. Highway 160 at…

Crestview Ditch
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Crestview Ditch

August 16, 2016

With the help of grant money, the City of Durango is making improvments to the Crestview ditch in hopes of adverting a disaster.

Homeless athlete
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Homeless athlete

August 15, 2016

Ignacio high school baseball player and graduated senior Joe Herrera has had a tough time in high school, being left by both of his parents left him and he's been…

Photo: Courthouse update
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Photo: Courthouse update

August 15, 2016

A construction worker with Four Suns Construction out of Aztec on Monday checks steel work on an entryway to the La Plata County Courthouse. It is part of a remodeling…

Lego bomber
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Lego bomber

August 14, 2016

Sam Bridgham Lego creations are being spotted around Durango.

Demolition Derby
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Demolition Derby

August 13, 2016

The running of the annual Demolition Derby at the La Plata County Fair Saturday.