family of a former Fort Lewis College student with autism is accusing a policy advisor to President Barack Obama of assaulting him last year on a school fieldtrip to Washington,…
Seasonal changes are here: Light snow fell overnight on the La Plata Mountains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Wednesday in the Four Corners, and isolated storms are expected Thursday…
Storm clouds, seen from the Fort Lewis College campus, build Tuesday afternoon over Durango. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Southwest Colorado from noon to 10…
Time is running out for Durango 9-R School District students on summer break as the first day of classes approaches. Animas Elementary School kindergarten teacher Abbey Flint spent Thursday morning…
five years and $5.5 million, the Smith Sports Complex near Fort Lewis College opened Wednesday.
Delmer Brown, 4, center, spends some afternoon chill time with his 11-year-old twin friends Logan Byler, left, and Leland Byler in front of Kids Rock on Main Avenue on Wednesday…
The Durango Fire Protection District and the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office respond to a two-vehicle crash about 10 a.m. Wednesday in the westbound lane of U.S. Highway 160 at…
the help of grant money, the City of Durango is making improvments to the Crestview ditch in hopes of adverting a disaster.
Ignacio high school baseball player and graduated senior Joe Herrera has had a tough time in high school, being left by both of his parents left him and he's been…
A construction worker with Four Suns Construction out of Aztec on Monday checks steel work on an entryway to the La Plata County Courthouse. It is part of a remodeling…
running of the annual Demolition Derby at the La Plata County Fair Saturday.
Michael Bazan of General Acrylics based in Phoenix uses a roller to help lay artificial turf on Durango High School’s football field. Crews have been working on the field behind…
Timothy Loftis, 7, escapes a lick from his sister’s goat on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair. The fair runs through Sunday and exhibits are open daily.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Opening day at the La Plata County Fair was filled with crafts, food, plants and animals being dropped off and prepared for judging.
Dhurango High School gradutae Tracka an Field athlete Vicente Jimenez has faced numerous challenges.
Robert Velacruz with the city of Durango cuts through a concrete sidewalk Monday morning on West Ninth Street to make room for a handicapped marker that will be installed at…
A look into the Navajo push for an alternative water delivery source that would provide fresh water in the event of another spill. Also folding in the distrust that Navajo…
exclusive look inside the Gold King Mine in Silverton, where 3 million gallons of wastewater rushed from on Aug. 5, 2015, flooding the Animas and San Juan rivers.
Alicia Hill spends a recent lunch hour paddle boarding in the area of Smelter Rapids in the Animas River at Santa Rita Park. Recent stormy weather hasn’t been so great…
