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Photo: Running hot and high

Photo: Chilly splash for local schools

Michele Steves jumps into the water at the Kiwanis of Mesa Verde Polar Plunge on March 11 to raise money for local schools. Billy McCoy, Dolores firefighter, won the $500…

Cortez Ag Expo gives kids their moment in the rodeo arena

Ag Expo opens door for disabled youth

Whitewater construction on Animas River faces uncertain timeline

Cold weather could aid project

Photo: Cruisin’ the Trail

With a little help from a friend, a skateboarder cruises Thursday along the Animas River Trail behind the Durango Public Library under clear skies and warm temperatures. Daytime high temperatures…

Photo: No trenches needed

Purgatory Resort extends season, opens new transfer lift

Weather Service: Next week could bring snow

Photos: Lunch with Bach

Photos: Sunshine, warm temperatures bring blossoms

Cortez officials show off features of new City Hall

Renovation includes energy-saving measures, art of the Southwest

Photo: An above-average day

Above-average temperatures are bringing out the anglers, and that was certainly true Saturday at Pastorius Reservoir, southeast of Durango. The National Weather Service is calling for nothing but sunshine and…

Caption This!: ‘I don’t always have one clean tire’

Lynn Dearey sent in this photo of a Jeep that’s had a bit too much fun.Courtesy of Lynn Dearey Coming in a close second was “I thought we were just…

Photo: Out of control

Photo: Going Green Man

Amy Leonard, 16, reads some of her poetry to about 50 people on Saturday gathered at Northpoint Center for the second annual Green Man Festival sponsored by Mountain Medicine Acupuncture…

Photo: Whistlestopping

Chris Bettin, a candidate for Durango City Council, speaks from the back of a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train to about 50 people gathered Thursday near College Drive for…

DHS play Drop Dead

Durango High School’s Theatre Troupe 1096 was running through its production of the Billy Van Zandt/Jane Milmore play “Drop Dead.”

For Ignacio students, artwork aids academics

Dancing Spirits gives them a chance to be creative, express themselves

Photo: Fine weather for working

Sean Spainhower with the Rochester Hotel on East Second Avenue prepares the surface of the hotel’s balcony for painting. The clear skies and warm temperatures cooperated to make the outdoor…

Juvenile detention center undergoes massive repairs after flooding

DeNier building sustains $100,000 in damages; reopening should come soon

Robert DeNier Youth Services Center

The Robert DeNier Youth Services center in Durango has been closed for about a month because of a flood from a broken water pipe. Restoration work is underway and the…

Photo: New wheels and lots of sunshine

It’s time to put away the sleds and get the new bikes like the ones Bronwyn, 2; and her brother Thomas, 5, are riding with mom, Moe Chamberlain, who is…

Robert Scott

For 25 years, Robert Scott has lived in a house four miles east of town on Florida Road where he’s also kept his workshop and housed his business repairing clocks…

Caption This!: ‘Just a carry on’

This photo was submitted by Durango Herald reader Jeff Wester. The winning headline: “No checked luggage, just a carry on” was submitted by Scott Warren.Courtesy of Jeff Wester Coming in…

BHS boys Basketball

Bayfield battles Delta High School on Friday night during the first round of the Colorado High School Athletic Association 3A Regional Tournament at BHS.

Child abuse case dismissed against Ignacio teacher

Video surveillance shows scuffle at high school

Video: Science stars

Silverton man encounters lynx on Molas Pass

Video shows tuft-eared cat sauntering across U.S. Highway 550

Durango High School boys basketball

Durango High School boy's battle Evergreen High School in the Sweet 16 playoff game.

Photo: Sunshine is back

With a little help from his co-workers, Owen Dake of Skywalker Construction helps remove the awning from the former location of the Steaming Bean in the 900 block of Main…

Fort Lewis Mens Basketball

FLC men's take on UCCS.