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Long ball, base-running blunders cost Rockies

SAN DIEGO – Clint Barmes hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh and rookie catcher Austin Hedges homered and threw out a runner for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Colorado Rocki...

DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

Reds’ Todd Frazier wins All-Star Home Run Derby in home park

CINCINNATI – Todd Frazier waited until the very last swing – three times, no less – to win the All-Star Home Run Derby in his home ballpark. Pressure? Sure didn’t show it. ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Star power

DENVER – Troy Tulowitzki showed why he is headed to another All-Star Game. Tulowitzki homered a day after being named to his fifth NL squad, Charlie Blackmon had three hits and dr...

DATE: Jul 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Homegrown catcher leads U.S. over World 10-1 in Futures Game

CINCINNATI – A catcher who grew up rooting for the Reds had an All-Star day in their hitter-friendly ballpark. So did the rest of the U.S. team. Kyle Schwarber hit a two-run tripl...

DATE: Jul 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pujols, Trout homers lead Angels past Rockies, 10-2

DENVER – The Los Angeles Angels’ once-struggling offense is heating up. All-Stars Albert Pujols and Mike Trout hit two of Los Angeles’ four home runs, and the streaking Angels ro...

DATE: Jul 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Butler leads Hahn, Athletics past Rockies 4-1

OAKLAND, Calif. – Billy Butler hit his first triple in nearly three years and also singled, Jesse Hahn pitched six solid innings, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Colorado Rockies 4-1 on W...

DATE: Jul 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

De La Rosa pitches Rockies to 2-1 win over Athletics

OAKLAND, Calif. – Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven strong innings to carry the Colorado Rockies past the Oakland Athletics 2-1 Tuesday night for their first interleague win of the season. ...

DATE: Jun 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Early runs not enough for Rockies

Posey, Susac power Giants past Colorado

DATE: Jun 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Arenado hits 2 homers, Rockies beat D-backs 10-5

DENVER – Nolan Arenado hit two home runs, including a go-ahead three-run shot in Colorado’s six-run fifth inning, and the Rockies rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-5 on Tuesday nig...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Blackmon, Tulowitzki lead Rockies to win

DENVER – Charlie Blackmon drove in four runs, Troy Tulowitzki had three RBIs and the Colorado Rockies beat the skidding Milwaukee Brewers 10-4 on Sunday. Nolan Arenado led off Col...

DATE: Jun 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Alex Rodriguez homers for 3,000th career hit; fan won’t return ball

NEW YORK – Alex Rodriguez homered for his 3,000th career hit and smiled all the way around the bases Friday night, the highlight so far in what’s become a resurgent season for the formerly ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Brewers snap 6-game skid with 9-5 win against scuffling Rockies

DENVER – Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer, and Taylor Jungmann threw six innings to help the Milwaukee Brewers snap a six-game losing streak with a 9-5 victory over the scuffling Colorado Rock...

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | 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 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

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Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Long ball, base-running blunders cost Rockies

Reds’ Todd Frazier wins All-Star Home Run Derby in home park

Star power

Homegrown catcher leads U.S. over World 10-1 in Futures Game

Pujols, Trout homers lead Angels past Rockies, 10-2

Butler leads Hahn, Athletics past Rockies 4-1

De La Rosa pitches Rockies to 2-1 win over Athletics

Early runs not enough for Rockies

Arenado hits 2 homers, Rockies beat D-backs 10-5

Blackmon, Tulowitzki lead Rockies to win

Alex Rodriguez homers for 3,000th career hit; fan won’t return ball

Brewers snap 6-game skid with 9-5 win against scuffling Rockies

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