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Photo: A beautiful day for golf

Golfers enjoy warm temperatures and sunshine Tuesday at Hillcrest Golf Club. The first days of December are expected to be…

Photos: Mancos takes on Haxtun in Colorado’s 8-man championship game

Bluejays lose to Haxtun in historic season

More than 500 runners turn out for Durango Turkey Trot

Photos: Preparing for a new connection on the Animas River Trail

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad employees upgrade the tracks Friday where the new Animas River Trail pedestrian bridge will…

Photos: Durango’s community Christmas tree wrapped in lights

Dylan Carlson, left, and Scott Kelley, both with Eagle Crane, string 1,000 lights on the community Christmas tree in Buckley…

Fort Lewis College men’s basketball take on the University of the Southwest

Skyhawks pull away in second half to win, 85-64

Durango High School takes on Evergreen High School in the Class 3A playoff game at DHS on Saturday

Demons win, 56-3

Photos: Kokanee giveaway days at Lake Nighthorse

Colorado Parks and Wildlife held its second of three scheduled kokanee salmon giveaway days at Lake Nighthorse on Friday. An…

Fort Lewis College volleyball takes on Colorado Christian University

Photo: Gear galore at the Hesperus Ski Patrol Ski Swap

Ethan Scott, left, Tyler Hoyt, center, and Sam Reeve, all volunteers with the Hesperus Ski Patrol Ski Swap, sort through…

Photos: Friends of the Durango Public Library offers books by the bag and pound

Kathy Davis, center, and Joyce Dunn place books on Thursday at the Durango Public Library, as more books are hauled…

Photos: Mastering the pivot turn on the Animas River

Nicole Pottala works on her pivot turn through a gate on Tuesday on the Animas River near 32nd Street. Pottala,…

Photos: An ‘Aloha’ Halloween

Andrew Aitken sets up a skeleton doing the limbo on Friday for Halloween. Aitken; his wife, Darrah Westrup; and their…

Durango High School boys’ soccer takes on Erie High School in the first round of class 4A state championships at DHS

Demons advance with 3-1 win

Photo: Chilly walk after the weather turns

Nickol Moran and Donna Riddle walk Moran’s dog, Copper, on a chilly Tuesday morning along the Animas River Trail. A…

Freshman and junior riders compete in the Colorado High School Cycling League’s mountain bike state championships

Fort Lewis College volleyball takes on South Dakota School of Mines

Skyhawks win the match in five sets

Photos: Eating where the grass is greener

Gale McPherson gets a second cutting of his recently planted quality hay seed mix on Friday north of Durango, as…

Photo: Smooth ride on new asphalt

Cyclists enjoy a smooth ride down County Road 203 on Thursday after a recently completed paving project resurfaced the road…

Photos: Lexus brings commercial shoot to Southwest Colorado

Model Michelle Hageman walks past a new 2022 Lexus LX 600 on Tuesday, as photographer Flaminia Finale takes photos of…

Photos: Rotary Club of Durango Daybreak food drive

Nancy Dosdall, with Rotary Club of Durango Daybreak, sorts donated food items on Saturday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds…

Animas High School celebrates construction of new campus

Photos: Animas Valley Balloon Rally takes off north of Durango

Students at Animas Valley Elementary School watch as hot air balloons inflate Friday behind the school. The Animas Valley Balloon…

Photo: Animas High School puts shovels to dirt for new campus

Sean Woytek, head of school at Animas High School, welcomes people Wednesday at a celebration for AHS’s new campus that…