Thunderstorms develop Thursday afternoon, a frequent sight during the past week in the Durango area. The National Weather Service forecasts a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m.…
Jackie Summers, owner of Green Acres Lawn and Garden, works on one of about 20 hanging flowers baskets on Thursday at Serious Texas Bar-B-Q on north Main Avenue. Because of…
Steve Wilson, left, and Alberto Hernandez, both with Down to Earth Landscaping, install irrigation pipe on Tuesday at the Mason Center. More than 120 sprinkler heads will be installed and…
Riders make their way to Silverton over two mountain passes
About 300 students graduate Friday
Workers set up rides, games at La Plata County Fairgrounds
Construction crews replace Atmos Energy natural gas lines Tuesday along East Eighth Avenue, crossing College Drive. Atmos is replacing lines throughout Durango to increase the safety and reliability of its…
Shane Voss, head of school at Mountain Middle School, addresses eighth grade graduates and their families on Friday during the students’ commencement ceremony. About 60 students graduated. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry…
Riverview Elementary School teachers and staff members perform a flash mob dance on Thursday in front of the school during Spirit Day to raise morale and celebrate nearing the end…
Mike Larson with media services at Fort Lewis College sets up audio on Thursday for outdoor graduation ceremonies scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Ray Dennison Memorial Field. Jerry McBride/Durango…
The Swift & Co. Creamery at the corner of Sixth (now College Drive) and Railroad Streets is shown burning in this Pennington Studio photo from the late 1930s. Apparently, the…
Fort Lewis College women's lacrosse take on CSU-Pueblo on Friday at FLC.
The Strater Hotel, owned for decades by Rod Barker and his family, sold the hotel this week to Ross Garrett, who lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The Newman Building, shown here, was built in 1892 by Charles Newman. He made his fortune from opening drug stores in Alamosa, Chama, Silverton, Animas City and Durango. This 800…
The Galloping Goose Historical Society in Dolores works on restoring five rail cars that ran on area rialroad tracks.
The Fort Lewis College women's soccer took on Westminster College in the RMAC quarterfinals on Tuesday at Dirks Field in Durango.
The La Plata County Fairgrounds was the primary venue for horse racing in the county from its opening near the turn of the last century. In 1999, the county removed…
Non-league rivals Bayfield and Durango met on the volleyball court in a big showdown Wednesday night at DHS.
Thomas Ross with the Fort Lewis College grounds department repaints the yard lines on Ray Dennison Memorial Field on Tuesday in preparation for the Skyhawks’ first and only home football…
This picture taken in 1921, might seem to validate Durango’s previous history of using bump-outs downtown. That may be the case, or possibly this picture documents booths set up on…
Magpies perch on a deer recently at Greenmount Cemetery. The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny and breezy weather Saturday and Sunday in Durango with highs in the upper 60s.Jerry…
Jon Bonnette works with his dogs, training them for search and rescue and human remains detection.
