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Canines follow the felines onto Snowdown’s runway

Durango is, without a doubt, a dog town. So would it really be Snowdown without an event for the beloved animal? After the cats had a spot in the limelight in the McDonald’s parki...

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

How many were stuffed?

Doodie Booty Butt Stuffers fit 20 into the portable toilet

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Making art out of SPAM

In some parts of the world, like Hawaii, it’s a delicacy; some people consider it the opposite. SPAM was the highlight of the Durango Welcome Center’s Steampunk Snowdown event Sat...

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘It’s awfully dangerous’

Broomball is bruiser on the Chapman Hill ice

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

On the catwalk

Snowdown Feline Fashion Show walks for the 37th year

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Children shake a Steampunk Snowdown leg

Children and parents kicked off their day at the Steampunk Snowdown Preschool Dance Party on Saturday morning at the Durango Public Library. Linda and Neil Dolder, parents of Audr...

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Weather takes the air out of Snowdown’s balloons

If you can’t see, you can’t fly. From a frosted field in the Animas Valley, two hot air balloons rose from within a winter fog Saturday morning. Crowds circled the inflating gian...

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pole dancing reels in the crowds

It takes a brave soul to dance on a pole in front of hundreds of onlookers. “(My friends) made me do it,” said Bambi Jeter of Lubbock, Texas, and a senior at Texas Tech, and one ...

DATE: Jan 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

The ups and downs at Chapman Hill

The uninitiated might assume the skier would have the advantage. “Take a seat and watch,” veteran Chapman Challenge contestant Steve Ilg advised just before Friday night’s uphill...

DATE: Jan 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Twisting the night away

People twisted their bodies into all kinds of shapes Friday night at Moe’s. After several rounds, it came down to Beth Reynolds and Madi Hogarth. In the end, Hogarth p...

DATE: Jan 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wet and wild steampunk

Did somebody say “slushdown”? Umbrellas were a popular steampunk accoutrement on one of the wettest Snowdown Fridays in recent memory. But the weather certainly didn’t...

DATE: Jan 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Steam from floats, rain from sky

A little bit of snow mixed with rain, or sleet, or whatever you want to call it, didn’t stop the Snowdown Light Parade from being the big draw that it annually is on Snowdown Friday along Ma...

DATE: Jan 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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