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Community vaccination center

estimated 85 volunteers showed up for the communitywide COVID-19 vaccination site on Saturday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds.

Photos: Veteran snowplow driver prepares for weekend storm

Winter snowstorm

A winter snow storm moved through the area on Tuesday leaving Durango under a blanket of snow.

Photo: Pumping iron at the rec center

Junior Garcia, 15, and Missile Garcia work out Tuesday at the Durango Community Recreation Center.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Photos: Weather from above

A wet winter storm blanketed Durango with at least 10 inches of snow early Tuesday. Schools were closed to in-person…

Photo: KIUP radio station – 1936

This picture was taken in winter 1936, shortly after KIUP Radio moved to its new building at 2800 Main Ave.…

Photos: Skier sticks the landing at Chapman Hill

Photo: Using her spider-sense at Santa Rita Park

Mara Kleman, 4, climbs Thursday at the playground in Santa Rita Park as temperatures hit 50 degrees. Friday will bring…

Drea Clements pottery

studio potter Drea Clements looks to mountains, ocean for her work.

Photos: New La Plata County commissioners take oath of office

Photo: Downtown Rodeo – Ca. 1890

Durango was first and foremost a railroad town, owing its existence to the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. With area…

Ski areas and COVID-19

are local ski areas dealing with COVID-19 and crowds of skiers?

Photos: Monoliths in La Plata County?

Photo: World War II Enlistment Ceremony – June 7, 1942

Exactly six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, marking the U.S. entrance into World War II, Naval induction ceremonies…

Photos: Winter fun in Buckley Park

Photo: Gem Theater Crowd – Ca. 1916

In the early 1900s, people didn’t have many entertainment options at home. Until radio came along in the late 1920s,…

Photo: Smelter Mountain Fiery Cross – 1925

At first glance, there is nothing particularly remarkable about this nighttime picture of downtown Durango with Smelter Mountain in the…

Snowy Durango

A winter storm catches drivers in Durango and La Plata County by surprise with heavy snow Saturday.

Photo: Upgrade gives cellular network more power

Alonso Valencia with Velex of Albuquerque installs new AT&T 5G cellular network equipment Tuesday on the radio tower next to…

Photo: Main Avenue paving – 1924

Durango was organized in September 1880, but the main thoroughfare through downtown wasn’t paved until 44 years later in June…

Durango High School football state championship

Durango High School football wins the CHSAA Class 3A state championship, defeating Roosevelt High School on Saturday in Pueblo.

Photos: Snow arrives at Chapman Hill Ski Area

Photo: Lightner Creek Train Wreck –1919

In the early morning hours of Sept. 8, 1919, engineer Ralph Peake was guiding his Rio Grande Southern locomotive No.…

Photos: Shoppers navigate health restrictions on Black Friday