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Photos: Boys and girls celebrate

Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County staff members, from left, Kathrene Frautschy; Stephanie Orris; Toffee Webb; and The Ice Cream Lady, Carrie Foster, hand out frozen treats to…

Photos: Let there be parking

Work advances Friday on the dual-branded AC Hotel by Marriott and Hampton Inn and Suites by Hilton located on East Second Avenue in downtown Durango. The concrete forms of a…

Photos: It’s rodeo time

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald 06-21-23 – Durango- Sunset on Wednesday during the True Western Roundup rodeo at the La Plata County Fairgrounds.cca

Photos: Just Peachy

Miles Batchelder assists Alex Sinclair, as Amy Bair, co-owner of Just Peachy, a fruit and vegetable stand, talks with customers on Wednesday after opening up at their new location in…

Photos: Old Animas High School comes apart at the seams

Rocky Mountain Modulars takes apart the 28 modular units that made up the old Animas High School campus on Friday. The buildings will be put in storage. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca…

Photo: Fish kebab

A blue heron uses its beak to spear a largemouth bass for a morning meal while walking the shoreline June 9 at Pastorius Reservoir southeast of Durango. Colorado Parks and…

Photos: Going Green

Don Spangler signs a petition as Jim Brooke waits his turn on Saturday as Talya O’Neil, 15, with the Durango High School Green Team, and DHS teacher Bret Wilson, sponsor…

Photos: Division of Motor Vehicles makes a road trip to Southwest Colorado

Desiree, who did not want to use a last name, with the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles, assists Timothy Martell with him getting an identification card at the DMV2GO event…

Photo: A wee bit more added to Lake Nighthorse’s Wibit

Swimmers make their way back to shore on Tuesday from the lifeguard tower that is one of the new features on the Wibit that Durango Parks and Recreation added this…

Video: Iron Horse Veterans Train 2023 leaving Durango

Military veterans were among the passengers on the first train departing Saturday from Durango to Silverton. Veterans were allowed to ride for free on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge…

Photos: Animas River Days

Photos: A smooth road ahead

Four Corners Materials paves the southbound lanes of what will be part of the realignment of U.S. Highway 550 just south of Durango. The subcontractor started on Tuesday laying a…

Photo: Celebrating Animas River Days

A kayak sits on the pedestal at the site of the former Arc of History sculpture at the intersection of U.S. Highways 550 and 160 to celebrate Animas River Days…

Photos: Wet times ahead

Mason Hargrove, from Phenix City, Ala., sponsored by Jackson Kayaks and NRS, plays in Smelter Rapid on Thursday at the Durango White Water Park while practicing to compete in Animas…

Photo: Mother Earth

People on Tuesday walk near Mother Earth, the newest art installation in the Durango Botanic Gardens Literary Garden at the Durango Public Library. The fusion of glass and metal was…

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Citizen Tour 2023

Citizen Tour riders line up at the start for the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Saturday morning in Durango. (Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald)cca

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic pro road race

Durango High School graduation 2023

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald 05-26�23-Durango- Lots of smiles during the Durango High School commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHScca

Photos: Fifty years of history

The “Looking Back, Racing Ahead: 50 Years of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic and Durango Cycling Culture” exhibit at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College on Thursday displays…

Photo: All aboard!

A little girl climbs aboard a barrel carriage on Main Avenue outside the General Palmer Hotel on Saturday. Main Avenue and Fifth Street were closed off from 8:30 a.m. to…

Photos: Music Corner by the Bay presents its Spectacular Spring Music Showcase

From left, Back row: Captain Cook, Trevor Girodo, Kendall Alexander-Williams, Jackson Brons, Rohan White, Susan Katzer, Dakota Barnes, Peggy Iberg, Eden Krokos and Asher Krokos. Front Row: Lillian Phillips, Anya…

Photos: Pedal to the metal into spring weather

Daniel Hamelmann practices grinding on the pegs of his BMX bike Tuesday at the Durango Skate Park. Spring weather is expected to persist this week with highs in the mid-70s…

Photo: Still clear of flooding

The Animas River flows at 3,440 cubic feet per second on Wednesday, staying below the newly built Animas River Trail pedestrian underpass at the Emerson-Parks Bridge (32nd Street Bridge). (Jerry…

Fort Lewis College Commencement Ceremony

Photo: First train to Silverton

The first Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train to Silverton for the season makes its way through Durango on Saturday morning. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride

Photos: Girl Scouts say ‘thank you’ to Durango snowplow drivers, with cookies

Emersyn Roberts, 5, left, Eleanor Dugan, 6, center, and Maggie Webb, 5, with Troop 27994 Girl Scout Daisies in Durango, count how many boxes of Girl Scout cookies they delivered…

Photo: Animas City Mountain primed for controlled burn

Eric King makes his way down Animas Mountain Trail on Thursday which the Bureau of Land Management plans to close for a controlled burn if conditions are right. The burns…

Photos: ‘Bob’ the dummy takes a spill at Child Safety Day

Trooper Dustin Moore, with the Colorado State Patrol, watches Bob the dummy who is not wearing his seat belt get ejected in a rollover simulator during a demonstration Tuesday at…

Photos: Making the most of a bad situation

David Johnson, an inmate at the La Plata County Jail, walks into a room as “Pomp and Circumstance” plays on Friday. Staff members with the jail, Durango Adult Education Center,…