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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

Avalanche overwhelm Coyotes 7-1 to take 3-1 series lead

EDMONTON, Alberta – The Colorado Avalanche scored three early goals, revved up their power play and hit Arizona with a barrage of odd-man rushes. Their defense closed in around go...

DATE: Aug 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Kuemper stops 49 shots in Coyotes’ 4-2 win over Avalanche

EDMONTON, Alberta – Darcy Kuemper snatched up tipped shots, made saves from prone positions, saw pucks through traffic. One monumental effort by Arizona’s goalie and now the Coyot...

DATE: Aug 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Burakovsky scores late, Avalanche beat Coyotes

Quick turnaround for Game 3 Saturday

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Avalanche score 3 in 90 seconds to beat Coyotes

Two in 10 seconds to open Kuemper’s gate

DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Avalanche face Coyotes in dramatic clash of styles

The Colorado Avalanche have one of the NHL’s most dynamic offenses, led by Hart Trophy finalist Nathan MacKinnon. The Arizona Coyotes play it much closer to the vest, relying on s...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Overtime goal gives Golden Knights top seed ahead of Avalanche

Vegas gets winner from Tuch

DATE: Aug 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado Avalanche goalies in groove for restart

Grubauer, Francouz make strong cases to start

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Cale Makar, Avalanche cruise to 4-0 round-robin win against Stars

Colorado 2-0 since restart

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Nazem Kadri beats the buzzer to send Avalanche past Blues

Restart has electric finish for Colorado

DATE: Aug 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Drop the puck for summer hockey: NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs under way

TORONTO — Players watching the opening minutes of the first NHL game in several months marveled at the familiar feeling from half a continent away. “Not necessarily laughing but j...

DATE: Aug 3, 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 rout Coyotes in Game 5 to win 1st-round series

Avalanche look to finish Coyotes in Game 5

Avalanche overwhelm Coyotes 7-1 to take 3-1 series lead

Kuemper stops 49 shots in Coyotes’ 4-2 win over Avalanche

Burakovsky scores late, Avalanche beat Coyotes

Avalanche score 3 in 90 seconds to beat Coyotes

Avalanche face Coyotes in dramatic clash of styles

Overtime goal gives Golden Knights top seed ahead of Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche goalies in groove for restart

Cale Makar, Avalanche cruise to 4-0 round-robin win against Stars

Nazem Kadri beats the buzzer to send Avalanche past Blues

Drop the puck for summer hockey: NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs under way

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