Galleries & Photos

La Plata County Fair – Wednesday and Thursday

some communities canceled their county or state fairs because of the coronavirus pandemic, La Plata County’s approach was to focus…

The Gold King Mine spill 2015

A look back at some of the photos during the first days of the Gold King Mine spill

Red Bonita and Gold King Mine’s

A bulk- head has been installed in the Red Bonita Mine to stop the acidic water from leaving the mine…

Photo: Spanish Trails Court – Ca. 1947

Returning World War II veteran Sam Miller, with his wife, Rosemary Cheney Miller, built this “motor court” in Animas City…

Photo: A cool way to beat the heat

Children take advantage of warm summer days this week to paddleboard at Twilight Lake across from Purgatory Resort. Temperatures are…

Photos: Pursuing fitness at Durango Community Recreation Center

Photos: Kayakers navigate the muddy Animas River

Photo: Frank Fitchue – 1883

This is a studio portrait of Durangoan Frank Fitchue taken in 1883. In November of that year, Fitchue was approached…

Photos: Porch music

Photo: Durango Welcome Center offers free masks

Free masks at the Durango Welcome Center have been popular items with visitors, including Jon and Kristi Bernstein of Dallas,…

Photo: Neowise graces evening sky in Southwest Colorado

The Neowise comet was visible to the naked eye Monday night in the skies of Southwest Colorado. This shot was…

Photo: Longfellow School Gathering – Ca. 1885-1890

This early Durango school was originally known as the Southside School when it opened in 1882. In 1886, the name…

Photo: Deluge in Durango

A rainstorm Friday afternoon in west Durango caused mud and debris to come down El Paso Street and flow across…

Photos: Restoration of historic church in Tiffany begins

Photo: Community Produce Share expands access to fruits, vegetables

Halle Leganza, left, with AmeriCorps and the Good Food Collective and Sarah Marcus with AmeriCorps hand out community supported agriculture…

Photo: Durango Flour Mill – 1892

This picture shows the San Juan/Guyles & Graden Flour Mill. It was located about midway between today’s Albertsons and the…

Photos: Celestial visitor

Comet Neowise was visible about 1½ hours before sunrise Sunday morning in the northeastern sky. This photo was taken southwest…

Photo: City of Durango enhances safety at Santa Rita Park playground

Photo: Family outing on the miniature links

Amy Johnson sinks her putt Thursday at the miniature golf course next to Serious Texas Bar-B-Q South while playing with…

Photo: Wildcat Canyon – ca. 1900

The next time you drive Wildcat Canyon (Colorado Highway 141), look for remnants of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad grade…

Photo: Bringing art outdoors

Caprice Fox, owner of Creative Art and Tea, the gift shop at the Durango Arts Center, celebrates her grand reopening…

Photo: If you build it, the water will come

Chris Clark works on one of his irrigation ditches Wednesday north of Ignacio in preparation to water his pasture. According…

Photo: Durango woman raises money to help homeless family

Jeannie Arnold of Durango stands on the corner of 27th Street and Main Avenue on Tuesday to raise money for…

Photo: 1911 Flood aftermath

This picture taken just days after the October flood in 1911 looks north with the Main Avenue bridge seen just…

Photos: New mural in Durango shows how people navigate life

Photos: An open book on Durango Public Library’s gardens

Photo: Baseball at the Fairgrounds – 1920s

Baseball in Durango was played at the La Plata County Fairgrounds for decades. Durango High School games were played there…

Photos: Tubers take a cool ride on the Animas River

Photo: Hockey heroes

The 10U Durango Steamers hockey team was ranked No. 1 in Colorado and was on its way to the state…

Photo: Kayak gets a two-wheeled ride

There’s more than one way to carry a kayak, as a motorcyclist rolls down U.S. Highway 160 west of Hesperus…