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Avalanche storm back, grind to Game 3 win against Stars

Colorado gets within 2-1 in series with third-period surge

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NHL players discuss options for racial injustice protests

NHL players are discussing options to protest racial injustice after the NBA and other professional sports leagues postponed games, according to a person with knowledge of those talks. ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lightning crank up power play, rout Bruins 7-1 in Game 3

TORONTO — Ondrej Palat, Mikhail Sergachez and Alex Killorn scored power-play goals Wednesday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 7-1 rout of the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their secon...

DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Myers scores early in OT, Flyers even series with Islanders

TORONTO – Phillippe Myers scored 2:40 into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday, tying the second-round playoff series at a game ap...

DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lightning beat Bruins in OT

TORONTO – Ondrej Palat scored at 4:40 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 wi over te Boston Bruins on Tuesday night, evening their Eastern Confrence semifinal series at one gam...

DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado Avalanche must rebound in Game 3 down 2-0 to Stars

WHO: Colorado Avalanche (42-20-8, second in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. Dallas Stars (37-24-8, third in the Central Division during the regular season) ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Stars streak past Avalanche in second period of Game 2

Lucky bounces, power play keys to victory for Dallas

DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Stars’ top line dominant against Avalanche in Game 1

Grubauer goes down with injury for Colorado

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rivalry round: the series you love to hate in NHL playoffs

There is no fancy name for when the New York Islanders face the Philadelphia Flyers. It’s not a battle of the boroughs or a cross-river rivalry, but when teams are a bus ride apart they play...

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

7-goal surges push Avalanche, Stars into 2nd-round series

High-scoring matchup with Colorado, Dallas

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Avalanche rout Coyotes in Game 5 to win 1st-round series

Early lead only got bigger in closeout game

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Avalanche look to finish Coyotes in Game 5

WHO: Arizona Coyotes (33-29-8, fifth in the Pacific Division during the regular season) vs. Colorado Avalanche (42-20-8, second in the Central Division during the regular season) ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2020 | 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

Avalanche storm back, grind to Game 3 win against Stars

NHL players discuss options for racial injustice protests

Lightning crank up power play, rout Bruins 7-1 in Game 3

Myers scores early in OT, Flyers even series with Islanders

Lightning beat Bruins in OT

Colorado Avalanche must rebound in Game 3 down 2-0 to Stars

Stars streak past Avalanche in second period of Game 2

Stars’ top line dominant against Avalanche in Game 1

Rivalry round: the series you love to hate in NHL playoffs

7-goal surges push Avalanche, Stars into 2nd-round series

Avalanche rout Coyotes in Game 5 to win 1st-round series

Avalanche look to finish Coyotes in Game 5

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