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Titans rally from 21-3 hole, beat Chiefs in playoffs

Henry sets new career high with 156 yards rushing

DATE: Jan 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

North Dakota State takes back FCS title, tops James Madison

FRISCO, Texas – Fargo to Frisco is a thing again at North Dakota State. Easton Stick threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Darrius Shepherd and the Bison took back the Football Champi...

DATE: Jan 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Patriots insist there’s no Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick, Tom Brady rift

ESPN report details tension

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Nick Saban and Bill Belichick: A pair of legends rise from film room of ‘94 Browns

In film rooms this fall, groups of football coaches sat, breaking down tape and devising a game plan. This happened everywhere, from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco, from Washington to Wall...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Steelers’ Antonio Brown leads unanimous choice on AP All-Pro Team

The stunning turnaround by the Jacksonville Jaguars shows best in the NFL standings — and the All-Pro Team. Rarely do the Jags have members of the elite All-Pro squad. For 2017, t...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Raiders to announce Jon Gruden hiring next Tuesday

ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Oakland Raiders are set to bring Jon Gruden back for a second stint as coach. A person with knowledge of the team’s plans said the Raiders are planning a new...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Misery march: Browns fans facing bitter cold for 0-16 parade

CLEVELAND – The weather conditions will be suitably brutal. Like the Cleveland Browns’ season. Despite temperatures forecast in the single digits, thousands of disillusioned fans ...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Louisville Heisman winner Lamar Jackson to enter NFL Draft

Lamar Jackson announced on Twitter that he’ll leave Louisville to enter the NFL Draft, one season after becoming the youngest Heisman Trophy winner. The Cardinals junior quarterba...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Police, Secret Service prep for President Donald Trump at Atlanta title game

ATLANTA – Atlanta police are working with the U.S. Secret Service ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the city for Monday’s college football title game, an Atlanta police official sai...

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Alabama and Georgia matchups: Hurts and Smith to Fromm and Fitzpatrick

SEC rivals meet for title after a few years away from each other

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Jon Gruden says there’s a ‘good chance’ he’ll be Raiders coach

Gruden led Oakland from 1998-2001

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Arizona fires Rich Rodriguez amid sexual harassment, hostile workplace allegations

Ex-assistant seeking $7.5 million in suit

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: College 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

Titans rally from 21-3 hole, beat Chiefs in playoffs

North Dakota State takes back FCS title, tops James Madison

Patriots insist there’s no Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick, Tom Brady rift

Nick Saban and Bill Belichick: A pair of legends rise from film room of ‘94 Browns

Steelers’ Antonio Brown leads unanimous choice on AP All-Pro Team

Raiders to announce Jon Gruden hiring next Tuesday

Misery march: Browns fans facing bitter cold for 0-16 parade

Louisville Heisman winner Lamar Jackson to enter NFL Draft

Police, Secret Service prep for President Donald Trump at Atlanta title game

Alabama and Georgia matchups: Hurts and Smith to Fromm and Fitzpatrick

Jon Gruden says there’s a ‘good chance’ he’ll be Raiders coach

Arizona fires Rich Rodriguez amid sexual harassment, hostile workplace allegations

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