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Pope’s sex-abuse panel removes survivor Peter Saunders

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ sex abuse advisory committee voted Saturday to sideline one of its members, a high-profile abuse survivor who had clashed with the commission over its mission. ...

DATE: Feb 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Durango man pleads not guilty to knifepoint sex assault

Wayne Baty also charged with tampering with witness

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hesperus man found guilty of sexual assault

Jury convicts him of six felony counts

DATE: Jan 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jurors deliberate sexual assault case involving Hesperus man Edmund Peter Marx

Edmund Marx takes witness stand in his own defense

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Opening statements made in sex assault trial for Hesperus man

Jurors to hear victim testimony, audio recording of confession

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Second trial starts for Hesperus man accused of child sex assault

Procedural error led to mistrial in October

DATE: Jan 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man to face trial in knifepoint sexual assault

Wayne Baty is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 26

DATE: Dec 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Slut’ walk on Fort Lewis College campus in Durango an effort to help end sexism, rape culture

Students want to be part of conversation about objectification of women

DATE: Dec 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield sex offender gets 9 years in prison

Judge also sentences man to 12 years of probation

DATE: Nov 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Why 9 out of 10 colleges reported no rapes last year

A new analysis of campus crime data has revealed that 91 percent of U.S. colleges had no reported cases of rape in 2014, according to the American Association of University Women. ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trial begins for Hesperus man accused of child sex assault

Marx will face nine felony counts

DATE: Oct 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sex offender pleads guilty

Bayfield man faces nine years in prison

DATE: Aug 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

Pope’s sex-abuse panel removes survivor Peter Saunders

Durango man pleads not guilty to knifepoint sex assault

Hesperus man found guilty of sexual assault

Jurors deliberate sexual assault case involving Hesperus man Edmund Peter Marx

Opening statements made in sex assault trial for Hesperus man

Second trial starts for Hesperus man accused of child sex assault

Durango man to face trial in knifepoint sexual assault

‘Slut’ walk on Fort Lewis College campus in Durango an effort to help end sexism, rape culture

Bayfield sex offender gets 9 years in prison

Why 9 out of 10 colleges reported no rapes last year

Trial begins for Hesperus man accused of child sex assault

Sex offender pleads guilty

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