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Groundwork begins on EV charging stations at Durango Public Library

Location seen as ideal for accommodating many who need a charge

DATE: Nov 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Open records requests streamlined at Durango City Hall

Tech upgrades include self-help kiosk, electronic business license renewal

DATE: Nov 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Computer, cellphone repair shop celebrates fifth year in Durango with new location

Owner started business with $1,000 loan and is now hiring his own employees

DATE: Oct 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango prosecutor seeks to reduce time it takes to resolve criminal cases

Data dashboard allows public to view local judicial trends

DATE: Sep 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

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City consumed 275,051 gallons of fuel last year

DATE: Sep 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango-based company empowers women to learn coding

GeekPack offers online courses and support in web development

DATE: Jul 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Fireworks display canceled for third year in a row because of drought conditions

DATE: Jun 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Artificial intelligence tapped to fight Western wildfires

Lockheed Martin Space is working to generate on-the-ground conditions more quickly to predict a fire’s path

DATE: May 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango police have a new tool, and it’s already helped catch two suspects

$5,000-plus drone has a loud speaker, search light and thermal-imaging camera

DATE: Apr 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County settles on location for radar

Equipment will likely look like a four-legged water tower with large golf ball on top

DATE: Feb 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mapmakers combine science and art to show us the world

Using data and creativity, cartographers create vital tools

DATE: Jan 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

With e-bikes booming in popularity, will Durango allow them on soft-surface trails?

A trial period came to an end this week; results to be analyzed

DATE: Dec 1, 2021 | 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

Groundwork begins on EV charging stations at Durango Public Library

Open records requests streamlined at Durango City Hall

Computer, cellphone repair shop celebrates fifth year in Durango with new location

Durango prosecutor seeks to reduce time it takes to resolve criminal cases

Durango revs up to explore phase-in to electric vehicles

Durango-based company empowers women to learn coding

Drone show scheduled for Fourth of July weekend in Durango

Artificial intelligence tapped to fight Western wildfires

Durango police have a new tool, and it’s already helped catch two suspects

La Plata County settles on location for radar

Mapmakers combine science and art to show us the world

With e-bikes booming in popularity, will Durango allow them on soft-surface trails?

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