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Photo: Demons get a new court

Durango High School has a newly repainted and refinished gym floor for its athletes to play on this year. The…

Photo: Head-on crash on Goeglein Gulch

Police responded to a head-on crash about 1:05 p.m. Monday in the 1000 block of Goeglein Gulch Road in Durango.…

First day at new Ute Mountain Ute charter school

Photos: ‘All Shook Up’ shakes up Durango Arts Center

Noah Oury, left, as Chad, leads the song and dance routine on Saturday during the performance of “All Shook Up,”…

Photo: Not One More Vet

Kelly O’Keefe, with “Ride for Five,” which is part of High Fives Across America, talks with Yanna Dohnalova, left, a…

Durango High School girls softball takes on Montezuma-Cortez

Photo: New Literary Garden takes shape at Durango library

Kyle Morgan with Canyon Landscaping works on the new Literary Garden under construction Thursday in front of the Durango Public…

Photo: Colorful rides

Colorful kick bikes are chained up along Narrow Gauge Avenue on Tuesday. Skies are expected to clear in Durango on…

Michael Martin Murphey plays the La Plata County Fair

La Plata County Fair on Friday

La Plata County Fair

Photos: Goats have their day at the La Plata County Fair

Rhianna Velasquez, 14, uses a blower to dry Betty, a Boer goat, on Thursday before showing her in the production…

Photos: Children show their animals at the San Juan County, N.M., Fair

fair runs through Saturday at McGee Park in Farmington

Photos: Van tumbles into Animas River

A van rolled down a steep embankment and into the Animas River on Wednesday near Sawmill Road and Rivergate Lane.…

Photos: Hundreds honor Rep. Mike McLachlan at memorial

More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science…

Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally

rally kicks off amid fast-changing winds

Photo: Sunshine and views Haviland Lake

Randy Oltmanns, front, Kim Preston, middle, and Kirk Preston fish Thursday at Haviland Lake north of Durango. “It’s not so…

Photos: Rotary Club of Durango Daybreak installs bike racks

John Schwob, left, with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, Hunter McCleary, center, and Dan Clark, both with Rotary Club…

Photo: Fawns don’t need your help

A fawn nibbles on a bush in Durango on Thursday. As fawns begin appearing in La Plata County, Colorado Parks…

Photo: Land paddling

“Uncle Steve” Schacht land paddles Thursday on the Animas River Trail as he has done for several years. Schacht says…

Photos: Crews pave detour lanes on U.S. Highway 550

Johanna Toledo with Alert Traffic Control stops traffic on Thursday as crews pave a new 1,200-foot-long detour along U.S. Highway…

Photo: Adaptive Sports Association holds cycling day

Cole Perez, with his father, Scott Perez, close behind, takes his new bike for a ride on Tuesday during Adaptive…

Mark Redwine guilty of killing his son

Photo: Wheels under their feet

Sunshine Bankston, right, helps Trina Gearhart learn to in-line skate on Friday in the parking lot at Durango High School.…