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Bayfield girls basketball downs Dolores, 43-22

Ignacio also victorious against Crested Butte Community School 53-19

DATE: Dec 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango girls wrestling finishes fifth, boys 17th at Western Slope Showdown

Ignacio, Bayfield boys and girls wrestling were all in action

DATE: Dec 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Bayfield town board makes first public statement about mayor pro tem incident

Alexis Hartz accused of confronting and trying to intimidate a resident

DATE: Dec 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield residents desire new indoor swimming pool

Citizen Parks and Recreation Committee unveils survey findings

DATE: Dec 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield relaunches search for interim town manager

Work session scheduled for Jan. 7 after candidate doesn’t pan out

DATE: Dec 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Here’s which Ignacio and Bayfield fall athletes made all-state

Football, soccer, volleyball, cross country athletes recognized

DATE: Dec 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

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Through December INTERCONNECTED NET. OF. LIGHT by Heidi Chowen, The Recess Gallery, 1027 Main Ave. Details: www.anddurango.com. Wednesday, Dec. 18 Them Apples: Marketing and Chill, n...

DATE: Dec 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Semitrailer rolls down embankment on U.S. Highway 160 east of Bayfield

First responders worked to prevent fuel leakage from contaminating Beaver Creek

DATE: Dec 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

COUNTY SWEEP COMPLETE

Kerlin sets tone, DHS bounces Bayfield 57-33

DATE: Dec 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Bayfield still without interim town manager

Three candidates have dropped off the radar, leaving one finalist for position

DATE: Dec 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield mayor pro tem’s recent troubles now include harassment citation

Alexis Hartz accused of confronting, intimidating Bayfield resident

DATE: Dec 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield boys fourth, girls sixth at Wolverine Classic

Durango girls win Bayfield High School hosted meet

DATE: Dec 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

150-200 demonstrators made their way from DHS to Buckley Park

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

Bayfield girls basketball downs Dolores, 43-22

Durango girls wrestling finishes fifth, boys 17th at Western Slope Showdown

Bayfield town board makes first public statement about mayor pro tem incident

Bayfield residents desire new indoor swimming pool

Bayfield relaunches search for interim town manager

Here’s which Ignacio and Bayfield fall athletes made all-state

Durango Events Calendar

Semitrailer rolls down embankment on U.S. Highway 160 east of Bayfield

COUNTY SWEEP COMPLETE

Bayfield still without interim town manager

Bayfield mayor pro tem’s recent troubles now include harassment citation

Bayfield boys fourth, girls sixth at Wolverine Classic

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