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Nichushkin scores twice, Avalanche beat Ducks in overtime

DENVER – Valeri Nichushkin scored his second goal of the game 2:45 into overtime, Philipp Grubauer made 26 saves and the Colorado Avalanche rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the strugg...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rantanen scores twice, as Avalanche blank Sharks

MacKinnon injury after hit to head clouds otherwise brilliant game for Colorado

DATE: Mar 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Karlsson’s 1st goal of season helps Sharks beat Avalanche

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Erik Karlsson scored for the first time this season during a four-goal third period that helped the San Jose Sharks roll past the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Monday night. ...

DATE: Mar 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Avalanche hold on in final seconds

3-2 win against Coyotes comes behind 3 Kadri points

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Sturm scores twice, Wild thump Avalanche

Minnesota wins fourth in a row; Colorado drops second straight at home

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tuch, Fleury help Knights cruise to shutout of Avalanche

DENVER – Marc-Andre Fleury slid across the goal crease, threw his left pad high into the air and somehow deflected a would-be goal. That’s his idea of fun. It was the epitome of C...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Avalanche beat Golden Knights late night in delayed Lake Tahoe game

STATELINE, Nev. – Everyone knew playing an outdoor game on a golf course near Lake Tahoe instead of in a stadium would provide a unique experience. Few could have imagined how it ...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bright sun, poor ice delay outdoor NHL game at Lake Tahoe

STATELINE, Nev. – The setting was spectacular but the ice conditions were far from it, leading to an extended delay between the first and second period of the outdoor game between the Vegas ...

DATE: Feb 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tahoe setting is ‘mic drop’ moment for outdoor NHL games

Avalanche to meet Vegas in ideal setting

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Kadri scores with 41 seconds left, Avalanche edge Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Nazem Kadri scored with 41 seconds remaining in the third period, lifting the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night. Moments a...

DATE: Feb 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pacioretty’s goal, Fleury’s saves lead Vegas past Colorado Avalanche

Avs return after long COVID-19 layoff

DATE: Feb 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rusty Avalanchee return after week away for COVID-19

DENVER – Colorado’s first practice in a week was pretty much as Jared Bednar expected – rough. “Lots of rust,” the Avalanche coach said Thursday. “Looked slow. Wasn’t great.” ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional 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

Nichushkin scores twice, Avalanche beat Ducks in overtime

Rantanen scores twice, as Avalanche blank Sharks

Karlsson’s 1st goal of season helps Sharks beat Avalanche

Avalanche hold on in final seconds

Sturm scores twice, Wild thump Avalanche

Tuch, Fleury help Knights cruise to shutout of Avalanche

Avalanche beat Golden Knights late night in delayed Lake Tahoe game

Bright sun, poor ice delay outdoor NHL game at Lake Tahoe

Tahoe setting is ‘mic drop’ moment for outdoor NHL games

Kadri scores with 41 seconds left, Avalanche edge Vegas

Pacioretty’s goal, Fleury’s saves lead Vegas past Colorado Avalanche

Rusty Avalanchee return after week away for COVID-19

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