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Durango City Council seeks to encourage affordable housing

Protection for condo builders, fair-share ordinance changes possible

DATE: Mar 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos marshal finalists named

Residents can meet 3 candidates March 10

DATE: Feb 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tipton battles ‘regulation overreach’

Lawmaking needs to go back to Congress, he says

DATE: Feb 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Shoveling: In Durango it’s your duty

City has issued 36 violations this winter

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gold King Mine spill legislation drowns in Colorado Legislature

Measure sought to make it easier to sue federal government

DATE: Jan 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Parking ticket scofflaws could get the boot

Durango’s parking-ticket amnesty is over. Those with two or more late parking tickets can expect a final notice in the mail during the next four weeks warning that the city may b...

DATE: Jan 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge: Pot credit union can’t access nation’s banking system

DENVER – A judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought federal approval for a credit union aimed at serving Colorado’s marijuana businesses, saying pot is still illegal under federal la...

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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

Planned Parenthood appeals ruling allowing Utah to cut funds

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah chapter of Planned Parenthood has appealed a U.S. judge’s ruling that allows the Republican governor to cut off federal funding to the organization. The ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court hears Colorado pot banking case

Many in marijuana industry nervous handling only cash

DATE: Dec 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bennet calls for immigration overhaul

Circuit Court blocks Obama’s executive actions on deportation

DATE: Nov 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Ballot questions could bring more competitive Internet service

DATE: Aug 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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150-200 demonstrators made their way from DHS to Buckley Park

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

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Durango City Council seeks to encourage affordable housing

Mancos marshal finalists named

Tipton battles ‘regulation overreach’

Shoveling: In Durango it’s your duty

Gold King Mine spill legislation drowns in Colorado Legislature

Parking ticket scofflaws could get the boot

Judge: Pot credit union can’t access nation’s banking system

Colorado still not sure whether legal marijuana made roads less safe

Planned Parenthood appeals ruling allowing Utah to cut funds

Court hears Colorado pot banking case

Bennet calls for immigration overhaul

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