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Photos: Icy reminder that it’s springtime in the Rockies

Photo: Blowin’ in the wind

Winds create a mini-dust storm on Tuesday afternoon near downtown Durango.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Photos: Tidying up

Squawker Road Race

Lewis College Squawker Road Race.

Photo: Durango gives away seedlings for Arbor Day

Matt Besecker of the city of Durango gives Arthur Ehrig, 10, a free Meyer seedling spruce tree Friday during the Parks and Recreation Department’s celebration of Arbor Day. The city…

Photo: Bluegrass Meltdown goes to school

Escalante Middle School students from left, Adam Brown, 13; Alex Charpentier, music teacher; Ana Cuntz, 13; Lila Trono, 14; and Bubba Wood, 13, play with the band Quicksand Soup from…

Photo: Fire destroys motor home off County Road 240

Photo: Two-car crash sends one to hospital

Josie Montoya of Bayfield holds onto her dog, Rona, and watches her car get towed after they were involved in head-on crash with an SUV shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday…

DHS track meet

Ron Keller Invitational Track Meet at Durango High School.

Photo: Grandma-powered swing

Stella Shipp, 4, swings away the day on her grandma Colleen Lundberg’s tree swing on Tuesday. The rope swing is made from a hang-gliding seat.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Hozhoni Days Powwow

start Hozhoni Days Powwow at Fort Lewis College

Photo: Barrel shot

Kate Sharp, sitting on her horse Hollywood, shoots video of her friend Kaylee Fitzwater as she rounds a barrel on her horse Memphis on Thursday in the Fred W. Klatt…

DHS girls golf

Durango girl's golf take on Dolores High School at Hillcrest Golf Club.

Photo: Weather is perfect for running

Fort Lewis College student Josh Lingbloom takes advantage of warmer temperatures Tuesday and dry trails on Rim Drive for an afternoon run. Sunny skies and high temperatures in the mid…

Photos: Remodeled La Plata County Courthouse is dedicated

DHS girls soccer

Durango High School girls soccer takes on Fruita Monumnet.

Photo: Softball complex renovation starts with demolition

Photo: A positive message

Creativity Festivity

Durango School District 9-R Creativity Festivity art show.

Photos: Pond skim party at Purgatory

Durango Nature Studies camp.

Durango Nature Studies spring break program need to only stay locally to experience a good time.

Photo: A Thursday afternoon jam

The StillHouse Junkies, Fred Kosak, left, Jeff Hibshman, center, and Bruce Allsopp, play during, Lunchtime Acoustics, on Thursday at the Smiley Building.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Photo: A sliver of spring lingers

A Fort Lewis College student crosses campus Thursday, as seen through architectural elements, in springtime weather. But a wintery storm heads into the region Friday. A winter storm warning has…

Photo: Reflections of spring

Overnight snow outlines the forest and cliffs Tuesday morning at the Glacier Club in the Animas Valley north of Durango. Temperatures are expected to approach 60 degrees Wednesday and Thursday,…

Photo: Fort Collins mosque vandalism

Fort Collins Police Department via AP<br><br>In this still image from a video surveillance camera taken Sunday, a suspect is shown during the vandalizing of a mosque near Colorado State University…

Food Forest

Photo: A perfect day to hangout on the Rim

Fort Lewis College students Kalley Pankow, left, Nicholas Shoffner, center, and Keirstyn Peters swing the day away on a warm Friday afternoon along Rim Drive. The National Weather Service is…

Photo: Getting out the vote

Voicing their opposition on Wednesday to Ballot Measure 1A at College Drive and Camino del Rio are, from left, Sunie Silva, Amanda Mulkey, Autumn Scholl and Nancy Scribner. Voters are…

DHS girls Lacrosse

Durango girls Lacrosse take on Telluride High School.

NEIGHBORS – Tuesday Lit – gallery

SAy. Paddy's Day party