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Mancos school board hopes to hire superintendent this month

Board to select from five remaining candidates

DATE: Apr 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Newly remodeled Columbine Bar & Grill to open next month

Family-oriented establishment will feature new menu

DATE: Mar 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Search underway for new Mancos superintendent

Brian Hanson set to retire at end of school year

DATE: Feb 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

USA Today: When you visit Colorado, make sure to catch Durango

10-day road trip features extra Southwest adventures

DATE: Feb 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos residents hold small protest over LivWell move to Millwood building

Some upset by decision allowing the move

DATE: Feb 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Town Board approves LivWell move to former Millwood Junction building

Some Mancos residents upset because of building’s central location

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Sanctuary group calls on Biden to free immigrants

Mexican national has been living at Mancos church since June 2017

DATE: Jan 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sanctuary movement will call on Biden to free Rosa Sabido, others in sanctuary

News conference planned for 11 a.m. Tuesday

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Update: Head-on collision kills Mancos woman on U.S. 160

State Patrol update: SUV driver crossed into oncoming lane, another victim seriously injured

DATE: Jan 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos, FastTrack providing free internet at Boyle Park

100 Mbps offered from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

National Sanctuary Collective to petition Biden for immigrants’ freedom

Rosa Sabido has lived in sanctuary in Mancos since 2017

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos woman sentenced to prison for killing common-law husband

Statement of guilt read aloud in court

DATE: Oct 10, 2020 | 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

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Mancos school board hopes to hire superintendent this month

Newly remodeled Columbine Bar & Grill to open next month

Search underway for new Mancos superintendent

USA Today: When you visit Colorado, make sure to catch Durango

Mancos residents hold small protest over LivWell move to Millwood building

Mancos Town Board approves LivWell move to former Millwood Junction building

Sanctuary group calls on Biden to free immigrants

Sanctuary movement will call on Biden to free Rosa Sabido, others in sanctuary

Update: Head-on collision kills Mancos woman on U.S. 160

Mancos, FastTrack providing free internet at Boyle Park

National Sanctuary Collective to petition Biden for immigrants’ freedom

Mancos woman sentenced to prison for killing common-law husband

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