Durango Adult Education Center provides students in need with housing
Thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Daniels Fund and an assist from Housing Solutions of the Southwest, the center has rented an apartment for up to four students at…
Thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Daniels Fund and an assist from Housing Solutions of the Southwest, the center has rented an apartment for up to four students at…
More than 50 people make 16-hour trip
A caravan of more than 50 students, professors and others set out early Tuesday morning from Durango on a 16-plus hour drive to Standing Rock, South Dakota to spend Thanksgiving…
A Durango Fire Protection District crew loads a pedestrian into an ambulance. The pedestrian was hit by a car Tuesday evening on Main Avenue. According to a witness, the pedestrian…
Clouds clung to the west Needle Mountains on Tuesday morning, a day after a Pacific storm unloaded more than a foot of snow in the San Juan Mountains north of…
This week’s photo comes from reader Karin Bowker of her cat, Bonnie, sticking out her tongue.Courtesy of Karin Bowker Coming in second was “Canary? I didn’t see a canary” from…
Predicted snowstorms failing to deliver much late last week, the view from the lifts was a range of snowless mountains on Saturday, but Purgatory was able to make enough snow…
Fort Lewis College women's basketball take on Northern New Mexico College.
Chris and Erin Adams take their dog Surry for a walk around Haviland Lake on Saturday north of Durango. The National Weather Service is forecasting a warm, sunny day today…
Wolverines lose chance to host title game
A runner sprints along the Rim Trail on Friday on the edge of the Fort Lewis College campus. Brilliant blue skies will return to the region Saturday and temperatures will…
Work at Lemon Dam will cut city’s access to Florida River
Nonprofit ensures a happy holiday for all
A pedestrian walking along East Second Avenue becomes part of a strange juxtaposition of art discovered within the Durango Art Center on Wednesday involving a large photograph, called “JC and…
Demonstrators oppose Dakota Access Pipeline
In support of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation's opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline, protestors took to the streets in Durango Tuesday.
Steve Beck with JTD Ventures hangs Christmas lights on the exterior of the Main Mall building Monday ahead of the prime seasonal shopping days.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Reader Dwight McAnear sent in this photograph of a dear eating his family’s Halloween pumpkin.Courtesy of Dwight McAnear Coming in a close second was “I’m sure there’s a Reese’s cup…
Wes Hartman stops at East Animas Road (County Road 250) and Trimble Lane (County Road 252) Friday to buy a bag of potatoes from Sam and Tanna Noble. The longtime…
Fleeting signs of fall were discovered Thursday at Riverfront Park as a bicyclist passes fall leaves along the Animas River Trail under brilliant blue skies. The high for today, Veterans…
“It’s my gift to the community,” said Patrick Welch, right, coach maintenance supervisor for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, about a duty he seeks out every year: inflating…
California Gov. Jerry Brown makes a quick stop at the La Plata County Democrats office in Durango on Sunday, urging a crowd of about 50 to vote for Democratic presidential…