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Animas High School’s Noah Hotchkiss is a winner on wheels

Noah Hotchkiss commits to play Division I wheelchair basketball after national title win

Photo: Law enforcement memorial walk to be held Saturday

Ed Aber, with the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, looks at T-shirts that will be given away to the first 650 participants at Saturday’s Law Enforcement Memorial Day River Walk,…

Photo: Southwest Colorado Community College holds commencement

Members of the 2017 Southwest Colorado Community College graduating class gathered on Sunday at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall for this year’s commencement ceremony.Jonathan Romeo/Durango Herald

Los Amigos de Sur

Los Amigos del Sur restaurant was opened by a group of friends as the name implies from southern Mexico.

Photo: Osprey’s sale draws a crowd in Cortez

Photo: Pedestrian gets pummeled by hail

A pedestrian got caught in hail and heavy rain showers Tuesday on East Third Avenue as storms rolled through the area. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue in…

Mancos Fire

Fire consumes the Western Excelsior manufacturing facility in Mancos.

Multiple agencies battle fire at Western Excelsior in Mancos

Outside lumber yard untouched by blaze

DHS girl’s LAX

Durango High School girl's Lacrosse take on Fruita Monument.

Photos: Bike rodeo offers students cycling tips

Durango girls soccer

Durango High School girl's soccer take on Grand Junction Central.

Hit the streets for Spring Gallery Walk

Starting at 5 p.m. May 12, 10 downtown galleries will welcome you in to check out their new exhibits. Some are also hosting receptions, live music and more. Azul A…

Photo: Bees swarm county courthouse tree

Beekeeper Jason McMillen gently vacuums and secures a bee swarm in front of the La Plata County Courthouse on Thursday with plans to relocate the buzzing bees.Courtesy of Steve Brown

Photos: Accessibility coming to Narrow Gauge sidewalk

DHS baseball

Durango High School baseball take on Fruita High School.

Photos: Goslings arrive at nest on Animas River island

Photos: Focused on the finish at Bowker Games

Tyler Stamm, 16, of Durango High School, focuses on the finish line Thursday while running in the 4×200 relay at the Bowker Games at Escalante Middle School. The annual track…

Bowker Games

Area schools compete in the Boker Games.

Photos: Icy reminder that it’s springtime in the Rockies

Photo: Blowin’ in the wind

Winds create a mini-dust storm on Tuesday afternoon near downtown Durango.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Photos: Tidying up

Cattle market recovers slightly from drop in prices

Couple recalls ranching challenges

Squawker Road Race

Fort Lewis College Squawker Road Race.

Broncos tour draws hundreds to Cortez park

Players, cheerleaders and mascot start 11-town Salute to Fans in Cortez

Photo: Durango gives away seedlings for Arbor Day

Matt Besecker of the city of Durango gives Arthur Ehrig, 10, a free Meyer seedling spruce tree Friday during the Parks and Recreation Department’s celebration of Arbor Day. The city…

Photo: Bluegrass Meltdown goes to school

Escalante Middle School students from left, Adam Brown, 13; Alex Charpentier, music teacher; Ana Cuntz, 13; Lila Trono, 14; and Bubba Wood, 13, play with the band Quicksand Soup from…

Goose nest in peril of rising Animas River waters

From atop the pedestrian bridge near Rotary Park, the drama unfolds. On Thursday, the mother goose was frantically toiling about a small island of grass that was slowly becoming submerged…

Photo: Fire destroys motor home off County Road 240

Southwest Memorial Hospital expansion moves ahead

New EMS station is on track to be completed this summer

Photo: Two-car crash sends one to hospital

Josie Montoya of Bayfield holds onto her dog, Rona, and watches her car get towed after they were involved in head-on crash with an SUV shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday…