After finishing exams, Durango High School students Deana Lancaster, 17, front, and Ella Stevens, 16, swing away some stress on a sunny Tuesday afternoon at Memorial Park. Wednesday will bring…
Not to be confused with the better-known, longer-operated Durango Smelter, the Standard Smelter was built in 1892 about a half-mile downstream from the Durango Smelter. Built and managed by Otto…
This photo was taken in front of a Bayfield drugstore and barbershop nearly 110 years ago. The structure housing the drugstore still exists at the northwest corner of Mill and…
About 300 people paid their respects Saturday at a memorial for longtime Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane.
On Oct. 7, 1915, Colorado native Jack Dempsey, left, took on Andy Malloy in a 10-round boxing match at the Gem Theater in Durango. The Gem was located at the…
In the early 1900s, cars were still considered somewhat of a novelty in Durango. They made good subject matter for studio pictures, as evidenced by these four men who chose…
School officials also see uptick in vaping, drug use
This photo was taken between 1939 and 1941, at Lechner Field, later known as Chipmunk Hill. Lechner Field was located a mile south of the entrance to Electra Lake off…
The exhibit called “Let the Sunshine In” is scheduled to start Dec. 21 at the Albuquerque Museum and will feature 100 images from the street photography project, KRQE-TV reports. In…
Matt Morrissey, recreation supervisor at Chapman Hill, places signs in the snow at Chapman as he prepares for Saturday’s opening of the shorter run (where he is walking). The hill…
The last full moon of the year – and the decade, for that matter – seen rising over Durango on Thursday night.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Fort Lewis College is updating about a dozen panels at the Clock Tower in the center of campus to better recognize the past, "in a way that's fully inclusive of…
Angel Curley, a member of the Fort Lewis College cross country team, runs along Rim Drive on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. A chance for rain and snow will move into…
Santa has asked the Durango Herald to help collect letters this year. Drop off yours in Santa's mailbox in front of The Herald, 1275 Main Ave.
This electric streetcar, seen here around 1900, was part of the Durango Railway and Realty Co., formed in 1892 to operate an electric street and suburban railway in Durango. The…
Enthusiasm for practice did not seem especially high in this picture from an old Fort Lewis basketball practice. The date of the picture is unknown, and also whether this is…
Hundreds of meals and pies were served Thursday during the Community Thansgiving Dinner at the La Plata County Fairgrounds.
Matt Morrissey, supervisor at Chapman Hill, prepares snow-making guns Tuesday. The guns were expected to start running Tuesday night with the low temperature dipping to 9 degrees in Durango. Chapman…
The second worst flood in Durango history occurred June 28 to 30, 1927; devastation was only surpassed by the October 1911 flood. The 1927 flood was caused by both rainfall…
