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Fort Lewis College cycling rolls into Reno with eyes on 24

Cyclocross nationals features DEVO juniors, pros and college’s finest

DATE: Jan 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Durangoan Kuss makes cover of VeloNews

Sepp Kuss’ big year didn’t end when the clock hit midnight on New Year’s Eve. The 23-year-old professional road cyclist from Durango was featured on the cover of VeloNews for the ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

The Durango Herald’s biggest sports stories of 2017

Some heroes retire, some realize their potential

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tour de France director wants quick investigation in ChrisFroome’s case

PARIS – Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme wants cycling authorities to act quickly in their investigation of four-time champion Chris Froome. Froome has been ordered to ...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

USA Cycling launches national teams; Durango’s Howard Grotts, Christopher Blevins selected

Bringing home more Olympic medals a big goal

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tour de France champion Chris Froome found to have double the legal limit of asthma drug

PARIS – Chris Froome failed a doping test during the Spanish Vuelta in September and is facing a suspension from cycling ahead of his attempt to win a record-equaling fifth Tour de France ti...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Chris Froome’s cycling doping case: What’s salbutamol and what’s banned?

LONDON – Cycling’s governing body was clear: Chris Froome returned an “adverse” finding — failing a drugs test. The five-time Tour de France champion insists it “was not a positive test.” ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rockstar cyclist Peter Sagan cleared of Tour de France disqualification

Ruling says he did not intentionally cause crash

DATE: Dec 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Next year’s Giro d’Italia has 8 uphill finishes on road to Rome

MILAN – Next year’s Giro features two individual time trials, eight mountain finishes and eight stages for the sprinters in a balanced route that appears to suit four-time Tour de France cha...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Chris Froome ready to ride Giro d’Italia next year

MILAN – Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome will ride the Giro d’Italia next year in an attempt to win his third Grand Tour in a row. After successfully defending his T...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Judge sets limits on key testimony in Armstrong lawsuit

U.S. Postal Service battle continues

DATE: Nov 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Death of cyclist in Dolores under investigation

Mancos man dies after Tuesday crash

DATE: Nov 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

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 donned 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 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 the 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 years 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 it’s 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 years fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unphased 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

Fort Lewis College cycling rolls into Reno with eyes on 24

Durangoan Kuss makes cover of VeloNews

The Durango Herald’s biggest sports stories of 2017

Tour de France director wants quick investigation in ChrisFroome’s case

USA Cycling launches national teams; Durango’s Howard Grotts, Christopher Blevins selected

Tour de France champion Chris Froome found to have double the legal limit of asthma drug

Chris Froome’s cycling doping case: What’s salbutamol and what’s banned?

Rockstar cyclist Peter Sagan cleared of Tour de France disqualification

Next year’s Giro d’Italia has 8 uphill finishes on road to Rome

Chris Froome ready to ride Giro d’Italia next year

Judge sets limits on key testimony in Armstrong lawsuit

Death of cyclist in Dolores under investigation

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