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Ex-Chiefs star Jamaal Charles returning to Kansas City with Broncos

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jamaal Charles envisioned playing his entire career with the Chiefs, retiring from the organization that drafted him and having his name emblazoned on the ring of honor at...

DATE: Oct 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Broncos holding out hope in face of embarrassment, injuries

At 3-3, season on the balance

DATE: Oct 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Three Durango YAFL teams advance in playoffs

Second-grade Demons finish season unbeaten

DATE: Oct 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Youth Sports

Durango High School football in familiar position against Pueblo County

Demons’ run defense key to stopping Hornets

DATE: Oct 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Broncos coach Vance Joseph sticking with QB Trevor Siemian

Joseph blames line, run game for offensive struggles

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NFL Sunday: Ben Roethlisberger leads Steelers past Bengals, 29-14

PITTSBURGH – Ben Roethlisberger threw for 224 yards and two touchdowns, Le’Veon Bell added 192 total yards, and Pittsburgh’s defense dominated the Cincinnati Bengals in the second half of a ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Falk leads No. 15 Washington State over Colorado Buffaloes

PULLMAN, Wash. — Faced with driving rain, winds and low temperatures, the Air Raid offense of No. 15 Washington State converted to a ground game. The Cougars rushed for 194 yards ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Top 25 College Football: No. 2 Penn State routs No. 19 Michigan 42-13

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Saquon Barkley and Trace McSorley cut through Michigan’s stingy defense, each scoring three touchdowns, and No. 2 Penn State emphatically avenged its last regular-season...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Late field goal lifts Montana State over Northern Colorado

GREELEY — Gabe Peppenger hit a 27-yard field goal as time expired and Montana State edged Northern Colorado 27-24 on Saturday. The kick culminated a 13-play, 73-yard drive which d...

DATE: Oct 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Nick Stevens lead Colorado State past New Mexico 27-24

ALBUQUERQUE — Nick Stevens threw for two touchdowns in Colorado State’s 21-point second quarter and the Rams defense forced a fourth-quarter turnover in a 27-24 victory over New Mexico on Fr...

DATE: Oct 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Luke Strebel kicks game-winner, Air Force runs past Nevada 45-42

RENO, Nev. — Timothy McVey led three Air Force rushers with 100-plus yards and Luke Strebel kicked a 30-yard field goal as time expired to help Air Force beat Nevada 45-42 on Friday night. ...

DATE: Oct 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Fort Lewis College can’t overcome injuries, blow 17-0 halftime lead against Western New Mexico

WNMU scores 20 unanswered to win

DATE: Oct 21, 2017 | 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

Ex-Chiefs star Jamaal Charles returning to Kansas City with Broncos

Broncos holding out hope in face of embarrassment, injuries

Three Durango YAFL teams advance in playoffs

Durango High School football in familiar position against Pueblo County

Broncos coach Vance Joseph sticking with QB Trevor Siemian

NFL Sunday: Ben Roethlisberger leads Steelers past Bengals, 29-14

Falk leads No. 15 Washington State over Colorado Buffaloes

Top 25 College Football: No. 2 Penn State routs No. 19 Michigan 42-13

Late field goal lifts Montana State over Northern Colorado

Nick Stevens lead Colorado State past New Mexico 27-24

Luke Strebel kicks game-winner, Air Force runs past Nevada 45-42

Fort Lewis College can’t overcome injuries, blow 17-0 halftime lead against Western New Mexico

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