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Photo: Golfing in February?

Ben Harding and others take advantage of warm temperatures to work on their golf swings Tuesday at Hillcrest Golf Club.…

February 3, 2026

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Photos: Snowdown Light Parade 2026

At the end of the Snowdown Light Parade 2026 on Friday a drone show appeared above Main Avenue in downtown…

January 31, 2026

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Photos: Ring around the mountaintops

Erik Howell tries his luck tossing rings onto Colorado 14er mountains Thursday at the Snowdown Radio 101 Warming Hut ring…

January 29, 2026

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Photos: Snowdown 2026 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

The popular 2026 Snowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts on Wednesday in the Exhibit Building at the La Plata County Fairgrounds…

January 29, 2026

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Photo: Winter tomatoes

Alice Dwyer, an AmeriCorps member at the Durango School District Soil Outdoor Learning Lab, works on a tomato plant in…

January 27, 2026

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Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Durango High School cheers on the Demons while playing Montrose High School on Saturday at DHS. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride…

January 25, 2026

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Photos: Taking on a challenge

Reese Appenzeller, 18, of Bayfield High School, competes in the Region 8 SkillsUSA Competition – Carpentry Division on Friday building…

January 23, 2026

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Photo: Castaways

John Knopick, center, co-owner of Duranglers Flies and Supplies Fly Shop, gives a fly casting refresher class to Art Chase,…

January 22, 2026

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Photos: Brown bag protest held in Durango

More than 300 people lined both sides of Camino del Rio on Tuesday during a brown bag protest at noon…

January 20, 2026

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Photos: Not afraid of heights

Durango Fire Protection District firefighter Ryan McNamara makes his way down the 107-foot ladder as Josh Schmidt, left, gets ready…

January 18, 2026

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Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata Tri

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

January 17, 2026

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Photos: Ice fishing tournament canceled at Vallecito Reservoir

The October flooding at Vallecito Reservoir underscored the importance of getting the dam spillway repaired. If the reservoir had been…

January 15, 2026

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Photos: Pickleball and sunshine in January

Alan and Karen Millar take on Matt and Cindy Kraushaar in a game of pickleball on Tuesday at Schneider Park…

January 13, 2026

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Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster University

Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

January 10, 2026

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Photos: Durango High School students compete in health professionals regionals

Durango High School students from left, Pierson Spain, 16, Joslyn Walker, 17, Delia Bong, 18, Madelyn Agre, 17, and Rye…

January 8, 2026

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Photos: Christmas trees meet the wood chipper

Brent Interpreter, left, and James Perotti, both with Durango Parks and Recreation forestry division, feed Christmas trees into the mulcher…

January 6, 2026

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Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol Hill

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell…

January 3, 2026

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Photos: Warm winter cast

Paul Smith, 14, takes advantage of unseasonably warm weather Friday to fly fish on the Animas River near the Main…

January 3, 2026

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Photos: Another one for the pile

Matt Brandt of Durango tosses his Christmas tree – or Hanukkah bush as his family calls it, because his mother…

January 1, 2026

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The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

The Durango Herald's year in photos 2025.cca Supporters hug after the Durango School District 9-R board members passed a resolution…

January 1, 2026

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Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Tim Kuss grooms snow Tuesday morning at Chapman Hill Ski Area in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca Tim Kuss uses a…

December 30, 2025

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Photo: Putting a seal on 2025

Sheldon Morlan, left, and John Jakoby, both with the city of Durango's Streets Division, perform crack sealing Tuesday on Rio…

December 26, 2025

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Photos: Manna prepares 1,100 Christmas Day meals

Kenley Jacques, a volunteer with Manna soup kitchen, loads meals into a vehicle before they get delivered to La Plata…

December 25, 2025

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Photo: Shingles bell

Diversified Roofing patches up the roof around the bell tower Dec. 16 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 2611 Junction…

December 23, 2025