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Mancos school board commends superintendent in evaluation

Board also discusses success with its cellphone policy

DATE: Jan 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Education

PCC Southwest to offer introductory forestry and fire mitigation classes again in 2025

These classes are open to adults with high school diplomas and high school students

DATE: Jan 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Education

Alert: Fire equipment activity near Mancos Hill on U.S. Highway 160

Activity attributed to a structure fire

DATE: Jan 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Community

New food truck will be a ‘permanent fixture’ at Fenceline Cider in Mancos

Sweetwater Gypsies offers wood-fired pizzas

DATE: Jan 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Free Land Holders submit 50-page response to lawsuit

It was mostly hand written, on 8x16 paper

DATE: Jan 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ignacio girls net Nanaeto first win

Bobcats, new head coach, squash Mancos

DATE: Dec 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

A new breakfast and lunch restaurant opens in Mancos

Roosters opened on Nov. 27

DATE: Dec 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Residents band together, seek action if group tries to seize land northeast of Mancos

‘We would like assurance from the Forest Service or the sheriff that they would act,’ coalition member says

DATE: Nov 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

What people in Mancos think about mining in the La Platas

An exploration company found over a billion pounds of copper in La Plata Canyon, but it’s not guaranteed it will be mined

DATE: Nov 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bear-proof bins will soon be required in Mancos

Come spring, noncompliant households will be fined

DATE: Oct 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Brewing to host the Snowy Plovers on Sunday

Trio will perform for patrons Sunday evening

DATE: Oct 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Farmers Market: Destiny Botanicals grows hemp, mushrooms and more in Mancos

James Andersch pivoted to making CBD products after the COVID-19 pandemic

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Food

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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

Mancos school board commends superintendent in evaluation

PCC Southwest to offer introductory forestry and fire mitigation classes again in 2025

Alert: Fire equipment activity near Mancos Hill on U.S. Highway 160

New food truck will be a ‘permanent fixture’ at Fenceline Cider in Mancos

Free Land Holders submit 50-page response to lawsuit

Ignacio girls net Nanaeto first win

A new breakfast and lunch restaurant opens in Mancos

Residents band together, seek action if group tries to seize land northeast of Mancos

What people in Mancos think about mining in the La Platas

Bear-proof bins will soon be required in Mancos

Mancos Brewing to host the Snowy Plovers on Sunday

Farmers Market: Destiny Botanicals grows hemp, mushrooms and more in Mancos

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