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It should come as no shock that research is showing our national political system to be more partisan and less effective than ever. And within that partisan divide, there is further imbalanc...

DATE: Oct 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics Digest

11 Southern Utes compete for 2 Tribal Council seats

Registration deadline Oct. 26

DATE: Oct 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Utes hold election Oct. 14

Tribal chair, 3 council seats go to voters Friday

DATE: Oct 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local schools

District’s current needs justify a ‘Yes’ vote on ballot issues 3A and 3B

DATE: Oct 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Durango-La Plata County Airport tax hike gets Bayfield OK

Town trustees offer support, barely

DATE: Oct 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hundreds register to vote in flurry of activity in La Plata County

700 residents have signed up so far this month

DATE: Sep 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Candidate, ballot issue forums planned for La Plata County

Next set for Monday in Ignacio

DATE: Sep 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Rallying for school tax increase

DATE: Sep 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Business climate, roads top issues for county candidates

Incumbents cite records; challengers say not enough done

DATE: Sep 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ballot takes shape as election deadlines approach

Four local items on this year’s ballot

DATE: Sep 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County candidates talk land use, infrastructure

McKnight takes Lachelt to task for environmental advocacy

DATE: Sep 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Election forum to focus on economic growth, ballot measures

As Election Day draws near, four La Plata County commissioner candidates will sound off at a Thursday forum. Bank of Colorado and the Durango Area Association of Realtors are h...

DATE: Aug 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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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They say all politics is local. Then export it.

11 Southern Utes compete for 2 Tribal Council seats

Ute Mountain Utes hold election Oct. 14

Local schools

Durango-La Plata County Airport tax hike gets Bayfield OK

Hundreds register to vote in flurry of activity in La Plata County

Candidate, ballot issue forums planned for La Plata County

Photos: Rallying for school tax increase

Business climate, roads top issues for county candidates

Ballot takes shape as election deadlines approach

La Plata County candidates talk land use, infrastructure

Election forum to focus on economic growth, ballot measures

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