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Snowdown is on, at least for now, despite COVID surge ... and there are wristbands

Some venues to require proof of full vaccination or negative test results

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdown to require COVID-19 vaccination or negative test for some events

Organizers ask attendees to adhere to federal, state and local mandates

DATE: Dec 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Poster for ‘Magical Mystical Snowdown 2022’ is revealed

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 pandemic forces Durango’s Snowdown 2021 to cancel

Event organizers say popular winter festival could not be held responsibly with virus

DATE: Aug 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango police log more than 240 calls over Snowdown weekend

Annual event’s raucous behavior puts officers on high alert

DATE: Feb 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdown’s Sunday beat slows, brings show to an end

Winter carnival comes to a close with a clean report from DPD

DATE: Feb 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdown Saturday

Durango's week-long party rocked and rolled into the weekend starting early on Saturday. With the Light Parade in the rear view, A Rockin' Snowdown continued with heavy lifting, a big bowl of chili, a show for the dogs and, of course, some alcohol to wash it all down.

DATE: Feb 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Beers slide down tables and into gullets at Snowdown Quaffing Competition

Chili made with peanut butter? Chef unveils concoction at Chili Cook-off

DATE: Feb 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdown Friday events

Snowdown's annual drag show was a big hit this year in Durango.

DATE: Feb 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Faces of Snowdown

DATE: Feb 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Can Durango rock any harder? In all likelihood, yeah, we can

Snowdown pulls off drag show, bed races, sexy car wash, Light Parade

DATE: Feb 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Police prepare for thousands at Snowdown Light Parade

Video surveillance system will keep eyes on crowd

DATE: Jan 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Montezuma County DA Christian Hatfield charged with DWICharges come 16 weeks after crash near Farmington, New MexicoMontezuma County District Attorney Christian Hatfield was charged Friday with driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs 16 weeks after he crashed his SUV on U.S. Highway 64 outside Bloomfield.The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office charged Hatfield, 59, with petty misdemeanor charge of DWI and an open container in connection to the Aug. 30 single-car crash.The charges come after results from a blood test by the New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory showed alcohol and a drug in Hatfield’s body after the crash.

“The results show that at the time of the blood draw, which was approximately eleven hours after the time of the crash due to medical issues, were 0.05 g/100 ml of Ethanol and 0.04 mg/L of Zolpidem (Ambien). Both Ethanol and Ambien are Central Nervous System Depressants,” the law enforcement report states.Two vials of blood were taken from Hatfield at 1:33 p.m. Aug. 30, which was more than 12 hours after the crash occurred about 1 a.m. Those vials were received by the New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory at 10:26 a.m. Oct. 11, which was six weeks after the crash, according to records from the lab.An investigation into the blood warrant by The Journal newspaper in Cortez, Colorado, showed that the blood sample sat in a refrigerator at the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office until Oct. 3, because paperwork to send it to the state laboratory was not processed.“I think it’s a non-prosecutable case because of all the errors made by law enforcement,” said Arlon Stoker, a high-profile defense attorney secured by Hatfield to fight the charges.

The charges made by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office are “based on the observations made by law enforcement officers on scene and the presence of intoxicating drugs and liquors in Christian's blood,” according to the report that was given to The Journal by the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government.Amanda Lavin, legal director for NMFOG, assisted The Journal in accessing public records from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office in Aztec. The records had been redacted, leaving out Hatfield’s name and information about the blood warrant filed in San Juan County Magistrate Court.Public records requests by The Journal and the Tri-City Record went unresolved for 14 weeks.The Journal requested body camera footage and lapel camera video on Sept. 3.The Tri-City Record requested any and all warrants, investigative reports and laboratory reports as well as photos, lapel cam videos and dash cam videos on Oct. 23.On Dec. 9, Lavin made the same requests.

The Journal received access to photos and videos in an email on Dec. 19, and Lavin, after making a legal argument for unredacted information, received the full report Dec. 19 and was advised that charges would be forthcoming.The report detailing the crash states that Hatfield was found “unresponsive and barely able to stand” about 1 a.m. Aug. 30 near the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and County Road 5099.Investigators and medics noted a “pungent” odor of alcohol coming from Hatfield, and investigators found “an open 12-ounce can of Mexican Lager with residual liquid inside,” an “empty wine glass,” and a “bottle of Ambien prescribed to Christian,” according to the report.The affidavit for search warrant for blood submitted by sheriff’s deputy Avery Killifer states he had an “opinion that the defendant was driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance.” The deputy “placed the defendant under arrest” at the time, but Hatfield was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center, because of “extensive injuries.”A summons was issued for Hatfield, and an arraignment is set for 8:30 a.m. Jan. 8 in Aztec Magistrate Court.

Charges come 16 weeks after crash near Farmington, New Mexico

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Snowdown is on, at least for now, despite COVID surge ... and there are wristbands

Snowdown to require COVID-19 vaccination or negative test for some events

Photos: Poster for ‘Magical Mystical Snowdown 2022’ is revealed

COVID-19 pandemic forces Durango’s Snowdown 2021 to cancel

Durango police log more than 240 calls over Snowdown weekend

Snowdown’s Sunday beat slows, brings show to an end

Snowdown Saturday

Beers slide down tables and into gullets at Snowdown Quaffing Competition

Snowdown Friday events

Faces of Snowdown

Can Durango rock any harder? In all likelihood, yeah, we can

Police prepare for thousands at Snowdown Light Parade

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