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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

Bayfield scores 42 second-half points, beats Delta 45-0

Wolverine defense silences Delta

DATE: Oct 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Durango football dominates Pueblo Central on homecoming

Demons roll to 46-6 victory

DATE: Oct 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Broncos lose third right tackle to injury in five-day span

ENGLEWOOD – The Denver Broncos’ injury epidemic has gotten drastically worse. Coach Vance Joseph said Friday that Donald Stephenson tore his left calf muscle at practice a day ear...

DATE: Oct 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

No. 15 Washington State hopes to rebound against Colorado Buffaloes

As No. 15 Washington State prepared to host Colorado on Saturday night, coach Mike Leach didn’t mince words when describing the Cougars’ last outing, a 37-3 drubbing at California. ...

DATE: Oct 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Raiders score on final play to complete comeback against Chiefs

OAKLAND, Calif. – Derek Carr threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree on the final play after the game was extended by two straight defensive holding calls and the Oakland Raiders s...

DATE: Oct 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bayfield football can clinch Intermountain League title, set records against Delta

Wolverines aim for third in a row

DATE: Oct 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Game of the Week: Durango football hosts Pueblo Central on Demons’ homecoming

Durango back at home for first time in six weeks

DATE: Oct 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Broncos excited about boost Jake Butt will provide

Butt takes first reps with starters

DATE: Oct 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

No Durango YAFL teams feel defeat, begin to turn focus to playoffs

Fifth-grade Demons earn No. 1 seed in playoffs

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Youth Sports

Colorado cornerback/decathlete Isaiah Oliver has NFL and Olympics on radar

BOULDER – Colorado junior cornerback Isaiah Oliver can run with the best of them. Same goes with high jump, hurdle, pole vault , shot put, long jump and throw the javelin . A mult...

DATE: Oct 18, 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 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

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

Bayfield scores 42 second-half points, beats Delta 45-0

Durango football dominates Pueblo Central on homecoming

Broncos lose third right tackle to injury in five-day span

No. 15 Washington State hopes to rebound against Colorado Buffaloes

Raiders score on final play to complete comeback against Chiefs

Bayfield football can clinch Intermountain League title, set records against Delta

Game of the Week: Durango football hosts Pueblo Central on Demons’ homecoming

Broncos excited about boost Jake Butt will provide

No Durango YAFL teams feel defeat, begin to turn focus to playoffs

Colorado cornerback/decathlete Isaiah Oliver has NFL and Olympics on radar

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