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Ignacio boys basketball has rocky district tournament road

Bobcats seek rubber match with Mancos

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times sports

Bayfield, Ignacio get two wrestlers each into quarterfinals

It was a solid opening day at the Colorado High School Activities Association’s state wrestling tournament at the Pepsi Center in Denver for Bayfield and Ignacio, as each school got two boys...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Wrestlers eye state podium runs at Pepsi Center

County aims to add to list of state placers

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Sports

Banner day for Bobcats: 6 Ignacio, 2 Bayfield wrestlers qualify for state tournament

It was a banner day for Ignacio High School wrestling, as the Bobcats will send six matmen to the Ignacio’s six qualifiers came from a variety of weight classes, some will be making their ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times sports

La Plata County sends 10 to state wrestling

Ignacio qualifies six, BHS, DHS to send two

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Humbled Ignacio matmen seeking state spots

San Juan Basin League struggles offer reset before regional

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Ignacio girls firm frontrunners for district title

Bobcats haven’t lost to a SJBL team since Feb. 2017

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times sports

Durango girls basketball beats Bayfield with defense

Dossey, Schultz go toe-to-toe

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Ignacio clinches share of league title with Mancos behind Thompson’s heroics

Late Thompson 3-pointer leads IHS past Mancos

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Ignacio girls basketball uses second half push to beat Mancos

IHS goes undefeated in conference play

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Prep Roundup: Durango boys basketball loses at buzzer

Ignacio boys in drivers seat after Ouray victory

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Ignacio High School girls basketball off the mark against No. 1 Del Norte

Bobcat boys fourth quarter comes up short in loss

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

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

Ignacio boys basketball has rocky district tournament road

Bayfield, Ignacio get two wrestlers each into quarterfinals

Wrestlers eye state podium runs at Pepsi Center

Banner day for Bobcats: 6 Ignacio, 2 Bayfield wrestlers qualify for state tournament

La Plata County sends 10 to state wrestling

Humbled Ignacio matmen seeking state spots

Ignacio girls firm frontrunners for district title

Durango girls basketball beats Bayfield with defense

Ignacio clinches share of league title with Mancos behind Thompson’s heroics

Ignacio girls basketball uses second half push to beat Mancos

Prep Roundup: Durango boys basketball loses at buzzer

Ignacio High School girls basketball off the mark against No. 1 Del Norte

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