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Durangoans take to the streets to protest Kavanaugh nomination

Residents line Camino del Rio at rush hour

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81

Senator made campaign stop in Durango in 2008.

DATE: Aug 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sen. Cory Gardner questions former colleague in confirmation hearing for secretary of state

Pompeo says war should be a last resort

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sex trafficking bill heads to president’s desk

New law targets websites for knowingly hosting illicit activity

DATE: Mar 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

CHIP, immigration priorities for politicians

Tipton, Gardner, Bennet look ahead

DATE: Jan 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fiery former sheriff from Arizona Arpaio will run for Senate

Flake believes Arpaio will change his mind

DATE: Jan 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Franken announces he will resign from the Senate

Lawmaker accused of sexually harassing women

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump offers full support for embattled Republican Roy Moore

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump formally endorsed embattled Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race on Monday, looking past sexual misconduct allegations against the GOP candidat...

DATE: Dec 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Flake will retire, citing direction of GOP under Trump

‘I rise to say enough’ senator tells colleagues

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cochran’s illness shows risks to GOP leaders of aging Senate

WASHINGTON – Top Republicans coping with a razor-thin majority in the Senate as they try pushing a partisan agenda are running smack into another complication – the sheer age and health issu...

DATE: Oct 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Governors call for non-partisan approach on health care system

They ask to be involved in drafting of new legislation

DATE: Jul 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

More hurdles as Senate again delays vote on GOP health bill

WASHINGTON – The Senate delayed a highly anticipated vote this coming week to repeal and replace the nation’s health care law after Sen. John McCain’s announced absence due to surgery, an en...

DATE: Jul 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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

Durangoans take to the streets to protest Kavanaugh nomination

John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81

Sen. Cory Gardner questions former colleague in confirmation hearing for secretary of state

Sex trafficking bill heads to president’s desk

CHIP, immigration priorities for politicians

Fiery former sheriff from Arizona Arpaio will run for Senate

Franken announces he will resign from the Senate

Trump offers full support for embattled Republican Roy Moore

Flake will retire, citing direction of GOP under Trump

Cochran’s illness shows risks to GOP leaders of aging Senate

Governors call for non-partisan approach on health care system

More hurdles as Senate again delays vote on GOP health bill

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