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Aztec High School shooting
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Aztec High School shooting

December 7, 2017

Aztec community mourns after a gunman killed two students at Aztec High School on Thursday morning. The shooter also died.

Photo: Is the pot of gold at Chapman?
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Photo: Is the pot of gold at Chapman?

December 7, 2017

Matt Morrissey, recreation supervisor at Chapman Hill, caught this photo Thursday morning as snowmaking was in progress. The city-owned skill hill is scheduled to open before Christmas. How soon opening…

Photo: Let it snow!
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Photo: Let it snow!

December 5, 2017

CJ Fuss, a recreation assistant with Chapman Hill, looks over the results on Tuesday after the first night of snow-making with six snow-making guns blowing the manmade snow on the…

Caption This!: ‘I’ve got ‘Cat Scratch Fever!’’
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Caption This!: ‘I’ve got ‘Cat Scratch Fever!’’

December 3, 2017

Courtesy of Danny Cadoff Durango Herald Facebook reader Jim Crook submitted this week’s winning Caption This! headline: “I’ve got ‘Cat Scratch Fever!’” The second-place caption was, “I wanna rock and…

Noel Night in Durango
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Noel Night in Durango

December 1, 2017

Musicians and shoppers filled downtown Durango during the annual Noel Night celebration.

Photos: Christmas carols ring out on Noel Night
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Photos: Christmas carols ring out on Noel Night

December 1, 2017

Members of Applause, the children’s theater group at the Durango Arts Center, sing Christmas carols during Noel Night on Friday at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad depot.Jerry McBride/Durango…

Festival of Trees
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Festival of Trees

December 1, 2017

annual Community Connections Festival of Trees are up and ready to view at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Grange Building.

Winning Wolverines
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Winning Wolverines

November 29, 2017

Hundreds of Bayfield residents showed up Wednesday afternoon for a parade to celebrate the Bayfield High School varsity football team, which won its third Class 2A state championship title Saturday.

Photo: Doubling up on Red Kettle duty
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Photo: Doubling up on Red Kettle duty

November 28, 2017

Sebastian Hartley and his son, Gage, 5, wear matching pajamas Tuesday at south City Market in Durango while ringing the bell for Salvation Army, which raises money for people in…

Photo: Protesters denounce Republican tax plan
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Photo: Protesters denounce Republican tax plan

November 27, 2017

About 50 people gathered Monday in Durango outside Sen. Cory Gardner’s office to protest the Republican tax bill. Darren White, director of La Plata County Thrive! Living Wage Coalition, which…

Caption This!: ‘Why whinny when you could wine?’
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Caption This!: ‘Why whinny when you could wine?’

November 26, 2017

Courtesy of Lexie Bauer Durango Herald Facebook reader Erica Rogers submitted this week’s winning Caption This! headline: “Why whinny when you could wine?” The second-place caption was, “Someone give me…

Bayfield Football takes on La Junta
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Bayfield Football takes on La Junta

November 25, 2017

Bayfield High School football wins the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A football state championship game against La Junta High School on Saturday at BHS.

Turkey Trot
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Turkey Trot

November 23, 2017

600 runners started their Thanksgiving morning at the annual Turkey Trot.

Photo: A fifth cup of Joes
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Photo: A fifth cup of Joes

November 18, 2017

Durango Joes Coffee is opening a new store in Bodo Industrial Park Nov. 27. The double drive-thru, located at 331 S. Camino Del Rio, will mark the fifth location in…

Caption This!: ‘Running on fossil fuel’
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Caption This!: ‘Running on fossil fuel’

November 12, 2017

Courtesy of Faith DeBolt Durango Herald Facebook reader Ramona Kennedy sent in this week’s winning Caption This! headline: “Running on fossil fuel.” The second-place caption was, “Forgot my spurs” from…