On Sept. 2, 1951, the Rio Grande Southern railroad hosted 129 members of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club for a special excursion train from Ridgway to Lizard Head Pass and…
Reader-submitted photos from the East Canyon Fire. If you'd like to submit a photo, please send it to [email protected].
This picture shows Judge William Norton Searcy sitting on the shore of Electra Lake. Based on two notes accompanying this picture, the year was either 1910 and the fish weighed…
A vigil was held Friday evening in Buckley Park for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others killed by the police.
Taking advantage of Thursday’s hot temperatures, the White Thunder family set up a curbside lemonade stand near Memorial Park in Durango. From left are Kieley White Thunder, 10, Curtis White…
The fire service was a little different 115 years ago. In this picture, taken inside the firehouse at 134 E. 10th St., the firemen relax between calls. From left to…
Escalante Middle School teacher Erik Nordstrom wraps his books in plastic garbage bags and removes posters from the walls of his classroom Tuesday as the school year ends for Durango…
People gather Saturday for a Justice for George Floyd march on Main Avenue making their way to the Durango Police Department building then ending at Buckley Park. About 300 people…
Eileen Albrecht celebrates her 97th birthday Thursday with balloons from her water aerobics friends. Albrecht, a La Plata County native, normally goes to class two times a week, but because…
Firefighters responded to a car fire about 12:10 p.m. Thursday in the drive-thru at Burger King, 1415 Main Ave., in Durango. Southbound traffic was backed up several blocks on Main…
Esai Gomez, a graduating senior from Durango High School, was part of a parade of about 50 vehicles that drove through downtown Durango on Wednesday evening. Several seniors decorated their…
A rain shower caught some off guard Wednesday in downtown Durango. The afternoon shower provided a brief reprieve from the above-average heat that is expected to continue through the weekend…
Chris Lloyd with ACM Construction directs traffic Tuesday on Camino del Rio near Town Plaza. The new hotel development is installing highway features, including a center median, curbs and gutters,…
Roses with leaflets identifying people from Southwest Colorado who died in the Vietnam War were placed at the base of the Vietnam Memorial on Monday in Iris Park. It is…
This photo taken in September 1940 shows the Silverton town band and clowns staging for the Labor Day Celebration parade. The town was first and foremost a mining community then.…
Durango Fire Protection District and the Durango Police Department responded to a small brush fire about 2 p.m. Monday near the Durango Housing complex near the intersection of Arroyo Drive…
About 200 people took to Main Avenue to protest public health orders that have shut down businesses and required face coverings in crowded areas.
Public Memorial Day services at Iris Park and Greenmount Cemetery have been canceled this year because of the coronavirus. The Vietnam memorial in Iris Park is also closed to public…
The homeless population at Purple Cliffs now have a kitchen, running water, bathrooms and hand sanitizer. They made a group decision not to leave the camp whenever possible due to…
Hundreds of people lined Main Avenue in Farmington on Thursday to protest a state order that has kept counties in northwest New Mexico closed for longer than the rest of…
Hundreds of people lined Main Avenue in Farmington on Thursday to protest state health orders that have kept counties in northwest New Mexico on a slower reopening schedule than the…
The Durango Transfer and Livery Stable was located on the 700 block of East Second Avenue. The building visible next to it (north) is the Rochester Hotel that still exists…
Associated Press photographers have captured the atmosphere inside prestigious establishments in Rome, Milan, Venice, on the shores of Lake Como and in Rimini, the Adriatic beach town that inspired native…
