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Photos: Ripe for the taking
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Photos: Ripe for the taking

May 8, 2026

Brooke Frazer, Manna soup kitchen garden manager, moves tomatoes around Manna’s greenhouse on Thursday in preparation for the Manna Plant Sale. About 5,000 assorted vegetables and flower plants will be…

Photos: Kiwanis Club of Durango hosts Safety Day
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Photos: Kiwanis Club of Durango hosts Safety Day

May 5, 2026

Johnny Rooney, front, community educator with Durango Fire Protection District, and Doug Brockett, fire investigator and inspector with DFPD, give away plastic fire helmets and stickers to Florida Mesa Elementary…

Photos: A dandy festival
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Photos: A dandy festival

May 2, 2026

James Silva makes a Jack Skellington balloon for Miggy Noyes, 4, as his mom Dani Noyes looks on during the Dandelion Festival on Saturday in Rotary Park. This marks 17…

Photos: Fort Lewis College commencement ceremony
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Photos: Fort Lewis College commencement ceremony

May 2, 2026

Families and friends look on as the graduates enter Ray Dennison Memorial Field during the Fort Lewis College commencement ceremony on Saturday on campus. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride Graduates wait…

Photos: Building skills
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Photos: Building skills

April 28, 2026

Escalante Middle School eighth graders from left, Wesley Schaefer, 13; Kolten Merrick, 14; and Yanira Rodriguez, 13, build a playhouse Tuesday at the school. Seventeen students in the level 1…

Photo: Two-car crash snarls traffic on Florida Road
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Photo: Two-car crash snarls traffic on Florida Road

April 24, 2026

A two-vehicle collision snarled traffic at 1:13 p.m. Friday on Florida Road. Durango Police Department spokeswoman Amanda Garrison said a burgundy SUV traveling north crossed the center line and crashed…

Photos: A power move
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Photos: A power move

April 23, 2026

La Plata Electric Association replaces the power pole near Metz Lane and East Animas Road (County Road 250) on Thursday in north Durango. Workers have placed four new poles to…

Photos: Watch your speed
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Photos: Watch your speed

April 17, 2026

An automated speed enforcement camera takes photos of speeding vehicles Tuesday on Animas View Drive. Speeding drivers will be sent warning tickets before the next phase begins in May, when…

Photos: Brewing up an Iron Horse tradition
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Photos: Brewing up an Iron Horse tradition

April 16, 2026

Getting together for the 31st year of brewing, the Face Plant beer collaboration team includes from left, JP Hope, of Ska Brewing; Kylie Poole, of Steamworks Brewing Co.; Doug Williamson,…

Photos: Winter’s encore
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Photos: Winter’s encore

April 14, 2026

A red-winged blackbird sings out from a snow-covered aspen tree Tuesday at Purgatory Resort after several inches of snow fell in the area. Rain fell at the lower elevations in…

Photos: Ben Nighthorse Campbell memorial
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Photos: Ben Nighthorse Campbell memorial

April 13, 2026

Programs handed out during the Ben Nighthorse Campbell Memorial Celebration on Monday at the Sky Ute Casino. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) A photo of Ben Nighthorse Campbell is displayed on one…

Photo: In the catbird seat
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Photo: In the catbird seat

April 11, 2026

Jade Pruett reads “The Warmth of Other Suns,” by Isabel Wilkerson, on Saturday in the window of Maria’s Bookshop in downtown Durango. Pruett is participating the Maria’s Literary Foundation’s second…

Photo: Jibbing around
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Photo: Jibbing around

April 9, 2026

Jarod Azzarito, with MTB Jibs, jumps over James Flint, with Mountain Time Productions, as he shoots video on April 2 at Ska Brewing Co. for an Iron Horse Bicycle Classic…

Photos/video: Scrambling for eggs
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Photos/video: Scrambling for eggs

April 4, 2026

Children gather as many eggs as they can after the start of the city of Durango’s Easter Egg Scramble on Saturday at Santa Rita Park. After the Easter bunny arrived,…

Photos: A very welcome spring storm
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Photos: A very welcome spring storm

April 2, 2026

A spring storm Tuesday and Wednesday brought 1 to 2 feet of snow to the San Juan Mountains, including about 17 inches in Silverton, 19 inches at Wolf Creek Pass…

Photo: Every little bit of snow helps
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Photo: Every little bit of snow helps

April 2, 2026

The early morning sun lights up the La Plata Mountains on Thursday after fresh snowfall from a recent storm. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Photo: A window into Easter spirit
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Photo: A window into Easter spirit

April 2, 2026

Diana Crawford paints an Easter mural on the windows of Firestone of Durango on Thursday on north Main Avenue. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Photos: Taking advantage of the early runoff
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Photos: Taking advantage of the early runoff

March 27, 2026

Jeff Seebach rows through the Durango Whitewater Park with Amber Best in front and Truett Seebach, 8, in the back on Friday with the Animas River flowing at 1,000 cubic…

Photo: Paddling on the Animas River
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Photo: Paddling on the Animas River

March 24, 2026

Michael Schweitz paddles down the Animas River on Tuesday after putting in at Oxbow Park before turning around and heading up river. High temperatures were expected to reach the 80s…

Photos: Rocking it on Colorado Highway 3
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Photos: Rocking it on Colorado Highway 3

March 18, 2026

Workers with Apex Rockfall Mitigation reinstall two metal beams and a metal curtain that catches falling rock Tuesday above Colorado Highway 3. Crews have been scaling the cliffside knocking down…

Photo: Hammock in the sky
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Photo: Hammock in the sky

March 10, 2026

Xiimara Salazar, a Fort Lewis College freshman from Alaska, enjoys downtime Tuesday on campus with temperatures in the 60s. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca

Photo: Just a little snow
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Photo: Just a little snow

March 6, 2026

Snow flurries in Hesperus on Friday morning as unsettled weather conditions move through area. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca