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DHS road warriors return home to begin league play

Durango basketball hosting Central and Grand Junction Friday and Saturday

DATE: Jan 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Wolverines drop an emotional pair in Intermountain play

Bayfield boys valiant, unlucky at home

DATE: Jan 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Lady ’Cats hang tough in IML losses

Ignacio girls pressure Pagosa, Alamosa

DATE: Jan 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Boatwright eclipses 1,000 career points, Skyhawks top Eagles 84-72

CHADRON, Neb. – Five Skyhawks finished with double-digit points led by Brenden Boatwright with 19 as the No. 15/17 Fort Lewis College men’s basketball team topped the Chadron State College E...

DATE: Jan 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

FLC women’s basketball comes up short versus Eagles despite second half surge

CHADRON, Neb. – The Fort Lewis College women’s basketball team battled back to pull within a pair in the waning minutes of Friday night’s Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game versus Chadr...

DATE: Jan 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Demons come up short in home opener

DHS falls 41-39 against Bloomfield

DATE: Jan 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Ignacio basketball takes on Monte Vista

Girls win in OT, boys fall by 3

DATE: Jan 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Wolverines survive Shiprock scare, 56-54

Bayfield boys book fifth straight win

DATE: Jan 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

FLC’s Pietrack moves into second all-time in wins

Men’s basketball coach passes Walker with 144th win on Saturday

DATE: Jan 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Skyhawks finish strong to beat UCCS

FLC men stay undefeated on home floor

DATE: Jan 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

UCCS wins fourth quarter to beat FLC women

Billy scores career-high 26 in loss

DATE: Jan 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Bayfield girls outgunned by Durango JV

DHS drains 8 treys to beat Bayfield 59-24

DATE: Jan 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Colorado history gets weird, wild, wacky at Fashion Do’s and Don’tsAnnual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Cowboys. Fancy ladies. Gold miners. Even-toed ungulates that some in Durango might consider more like rats.Where can you find a runway show that takes you on a whirlwind tour through the weird, wacky and wildly exaggerated 150 years of Colorado history? Only at Durango’s annual Fashion Do’s and Don’ts, held Wednesday, where models and audience members wore costumes celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial – the theme of this year’s two-week Snowdown celebration.Standout acts included the Ghosts of Durango, which featured four of Durango’s most famous ghosts: a Rochester hotel ghost in a Victorian get-up of a more “modern” variation; the Strater Hotel’s head of housekeeping, also head of more discreet services; a young girl haunting El Rancho’s bathroom; and Sheriff Bob Thompson, killed in a 1906 gunfight. according to emcee Suzan Lane. A Another act was the Secret Circus Society, featuring Rubi Starr, Jeni Gross, Tabatha Joy Bettin, Adrienne Young and Ethan Deffenbaugh dressed as a car and the roadside pests better known as deer. Group members said the inspiration for the costume came from lived experiences driving Durango roads. The two-person Cantine Couture act starred Leslie Ponce and Tyler Frakes in an homage to the plentiful variety of Mexican restaurants found in any Colorado town. Ponce, dressed in comically large Mexican pointy cowboy boots, ambled down the runway as if taking a stroll under the hot, dusty, high-altitude sun, while Frakes flitted about the stage in a bright yellow salsa dress. Ponce said this year’s costume had been tough to decide, but the final decision was inspired by TikTok videos of Mexican cowboys in pointy boots. This was the duo’s third year strutting down the runway. Why they keep coming back for more, Frakes said laughing, was, “for the fame, the glory and the attention.”

Fashion Do’s and Don’ts has been one of the most highly anticipated Snowdown events since its inception in the 1990s. It has more than doubled in size over the past several decades. Last year, there were a record number of models, and in order to keep the event at a manageable size, this year’s fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unfazed by the change. “It was actually easy,” said Jodi Zuber, one part of the two-person duo that made up the 1950s Texas Invader Ski Couple. Her partner-in-costume, Danny Jaques, said they had been doing this for several years, and it’s good with everything going on in the world to “get some levity and let your hair down.” The performers were not the only ones in costume. Audience members also dressed in a wide variety of unique takes on what makes Colorado, Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey made a miraculous appearance, being played by an 82-year-old woman, as did Casa Bonita, an ensemble that included a taco, sopaipilla and gorilla in chains – to name some of the characters. By the end of the show, people were in high spirits, as usual. “It was just delightful,” said a first-time audience member. If blessed with the chance to get the much coveted tickets – he said he would jump on it. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Annual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

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

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

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

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

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

DHS road warriors return home to begin league play

Wolverines drop an emotional pair in Intermountain play

Lady ’Cats hang tough in IML losses

Boatwright eclipses 1,000 career points, Skyhawks top Eagles 84-72

FLC women’s basketball comes up short versus Eagles despite second half surge

Demons come up short in home opener

Ignacio basketball takes on Monte Vista

Wolverines survive Shiprock scare, 56-54

FLC’s Pietrack moves into second all-time in wins

Skyhawks finish strong to beat UCCS

UCCS wins fourth quarter to beat FLC women

Bayfield girls outgunned by Durango JV

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