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Colorado still not sure whether legal marijuana made roads less safe

Three years after Colorado voted to legalize recreational marijuana, little is known about whether the state’s roads are less safe – and law enforcement efforts remain largely focused on alc...

DATE: Dec 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s pot credit union begs for access to nation’s banking system

Bank challenges Federal Reserve’s denial of access to financial system

DATE: Dec 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Utah Student finds remains of 2010 shooting suspect

Park ranger shot nine times, lived

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prisoner faced legal failures

Denver man could be released Tuesday after more than 20 years behind bars

DATE: Dec 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Survivor’s recovery from mass shooting a daily battle

For attack victim, psychological wounds just as painful as bullets

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Woman shooter is a mystery

Tashfeen Malik, along with her husband, slaughtered 14 in Calif.

DATE: Dec 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bayfield sex offender gets 9 years in prison

Judge also sentences man to 12 years of probation

DATE: Nov 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Official says gunman made ‘no more baby parts’ statement

3 dead, 9 injured at Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs

DATE: Nov 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Protesters to target Chicago shopping area on Black Friday

CHICAGO – Small groups of demonstrators gathered throughout the day Wednesday to protest the death of a black teen shot 16 times by a white police officer, and they urged supporters to join ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Durango man charged with assault of child near Durango High

Childish games and bullying resulted in an assault charge Friday for a Durango man defending his grandson. Robert Sauer, 63, was issued a municipal summons for assault after alle...

DATE: Nov 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mark Redwine files to dismiss wrongful death lawsuit in death of son, Dylan Redwine

Father’s attorney argues statute of limitations has expired

DATE: Nov 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local 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

Colorado still not sure whether legal marijuana made roads less safe

Colorado’s pot credit union begs for access to nation’s banking system

Top Durango-area stories of 2015

Police: Utah Student finds remains of 2010 shooting suspect

Prisoner faced legal failures

Survivor’s recovery from mass shooting a daily battle

Woman shooter is a mystery

Bayfield sex offender gets 9 years in prison

Official says gunman made ‘no more baby parts’ statement

Protesters to target Chicago shopping area on Black Friday

Durango man charged with assault of child near Durango High

Mark Redwine files to dismiss wrongful death lawsuit in death of son, Dylan Redwine

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