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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

Cult Movie Federation of Mancos to show horror classic

The movie that will be shown is rated R and for mature audiences only

DATE: Oct 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Intense Ignacio sweeps Mancos

’Cats claim teams’ second meeting in straight sets

DATE: Oct 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Residents remove Free Land Holder fence from forest north of Mancos

Dozens of community members gather to remove fencing in area that the Free Land Holder Committee claims as its own

DATE: Oct 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

PCC to host open house about forestry workforce

Forestry and similar professions invited to learn more

DATE: Oct 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Education

Mancos United auction helps raise money for Summer Hub and other needs

Auction raises about $10,000 with the help of 40 donors

DATE: Oct 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

A new mural in Mancos brings a dull wall to life

Goal is to give Indigenous art a platform, draw travelers to town

DATE: Oct 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

DA clears Montezuma County deputy, sergeant in fatal July shooting

Man was fatally shot after approaching the officers with a rifle

DATE: Sep 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Courts and Crime

Mancos school district gives update on bear appearing on campus

The district said they are planning on trapping the bear

DATE: Sep 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Education

Fenceline Cider seeks apples for community harvest

The cidery uses local apples to produce their cider

DATE: Sep 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Dolores Ranger District plans three prescribed burns in September

Haycamp Mesa, Boggy Draw and Salter are selected

DATE: Sep 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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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 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

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Mancos Brewing to host the Snowy Plovers on Sunday

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

Cult Movie Federation of Mancos to show horror classic

Intense Ignacio sweeps Mancos

Residents remove Free Land Holder fence from forest north of Mancos

PCC to host open house about forestry workforce

Mancos United auction helps raise money for Summer Hub and other needs

A new mural in Mancos brings a dull wall to life

DA clears Montezuma County deputy, sergeant in fatal July shooting

Mancos school district gives update on bear appearing on campus

Fenceline Cider seeks apples for community harvest

Dolores Ranger District plans three prescribed burns in September

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