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A North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?

ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists. That fact was brought home...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Mesa Labs: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Mesa Laboratories Inc. (MLAB) on Tuesday reported a loss of $1.7 million in its fiscal third quarter. The Lakewood, Colorado-based company said ...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

At least 10 killed at adult education center in what officials say is Sweden's worst mass shooting

At least 10 people, including the gunman, were killed Tuesday at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s worst mass shooting. But a final death toll, a...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

US aid freeze puts at risk Ukraine’s wartime help for frontline evacuees

PAVLOHRAD, Ukraine (AP) — In what used to be the concert hall in this town in eastern Ukraine, cots are arranged on stage. Instead of music, the room is filled with the muffled sobs of local...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

RFK Jr. appears on track to become US health secretary as he wins key Republican senator's support

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer, appeared on track to become the nation's health secretary after winning the crucial support of Republica...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Parts of northern Japan have 4 feet of snow and more is falling

TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefect...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

As hundreds of quakes rattle Greek islands, a few brave tourists have Santorini to themselves

SANTORINI, Greece (AP) — The hundreds of earthquakes that have rattled Greek islands on the Aegean Sea are a “seismic swarm" and could continue for weeks before eventually diminishing, the S...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Middle East latest: Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza as talks on ceasefire resume

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that displaced Palestinians be permanently resettled outside Gaza and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area. His remarks drew s...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Air Force faces Nevada, seeks to end 12-game skid

Nevada Wolf Pack (12-10, 4-7 MWC) at Air Force Falcons (3-19, 0-11 MWC) Colorado Springs, Colorado; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wolf Pack -10; over/under is 128.5 BOTTOM...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Clifford and Colorado State host New Mexico

Colorado State Rams (14-7, 8-2 MWC) at New Mexico Lobos (18-4, 10-1 MWC) Albuquerque, New Mexico; Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Colorado State visits New Mexico after Nique Clifford...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Colorado visits Utah, aims to break road skid

Colorado Buffaloes (9-12, 0-11 Big 12) at Utah Utes (12-9, 4-6 Big 12) Salt Lake City; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Colorado visits Utah looking to stop its seven-game road losing stre...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Ronsiek and Colorado State host New Mexico

Colorado State Rams (15-7, 6-3 MWC) at New Mexico Lobos (13-10, 6-4 MWC) Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tuesday, 10:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Colorado State takes on New Mexico after Emma Ronsiek s...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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Snowdown Light Parade can boast another successful yearLights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Bright lights, screaming fire trucks and children bundled up so thoroughly it seemed like an army of Michelin men had taken over downtown Durango. Yep. It’s the much anticipated Snowdown light parade, this year distinguished by a crowd of onlookers peppered with scrabble tiles, Clue characters and playing cards.

Locals flocked to Main Avenue on Friday to get a look (and maybe a Smartie or two) at the floats parading through town on various, creatively decorated vehicles. There were some obvious standouts at this year’s board game-themed parade. After a fire truck’s opening sirens came the Purgatory car, toting a brightly lit ski bum moonlighting as a DJ, likely giving the women of Durango some unpleasant déjà vu. Best dressed had to go to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s bulldozer, wearing the most believable Hungry Hungry Hippos costume seen yet. Biggest crowd pleaser? The dancers boogieing to Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!” while the crowd sang and wiggled along. But what got the biggest rise out of the onlookers was the white plumes of motorcycle exhaust, courtesy of the Harley-Davidson club. The smell of burning octane was a convincing enough reason for people to briefly unclutch the rails and step away from their coveted positions at the front of the fence. Last but not least, another machine spewing its interior into the crowd: a foam cannon, the first one to make an appearance in the history of Snowdown. Much better received than exhaust, it extracted gleeful screams from kids and adults alike. jbowman@durangoherald.com