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Bayfield preschool buys land for future expansion

Nonprofit plans to expand child care access in La Plata County

DATE: Jan 29, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield girls basketball’s rally not enough in Ouray

Miss at buzzer finalizes 27-25 road loss

DATE: Jan 29, 2026 | CATEGORY: Sports

Local sports schedule for upcoming week

Fort Lewis College basketball, Durango High School wrestling are home

DATE: Jan 28, 2026 | CATEGORY: Sports

Bobcats girls wrestling finishes fifth at Butch Melton Invitational

Durango girls third, Bayfield sixth at Ignacio meet on Saturday

DATE: Jan 27, 2026 | CATEGORY: Sports

DeKay leads Bobcat boys to seventh place at Butch Melton

Wolverine boys sixth at weather-altered event

DATE: Jan 27, 2026 | CATEGORY: Sports

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Friday, Jan, 23-Sunday, Feb. 1 47th annual Snowdown celebration, various times and venues. Details: Visit https://snowdown.org. Wednesday, Jan. 28 Donny Johnson, 6 p.m., Diamond Bell...

DATE: Jan 27, 2026 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

BHS downs Panthers, pressures Miners

Successes mark Senior Night triangular

DATE: Jan 24, 2026 | CATEGORY: Sports

Bobcats girls basketball defends their den, 50-36

Anderson’s efforts not enough for Bayfield in Ignacio

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Sports

Martinez-led Wolverines boys basketball outguns Bobcats

Bayfield wins 58-42 in Ignacio on Thursday night

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Sports

Photos: Taking on a challenge

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Property in Bayfield scheduled for foreclosure sale

Company defaulted on loan for nonpayment

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Wednesday, Jan. 21 Durango Daybreak Rotary Talk, 7 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Free. Dan Parkinson, volunteer observer and advocate, Southwest Colorado BHA will tal...

DATE: Jan 20, 2026 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

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150-200 demonstrators made their way from DHS to Buckley Park

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

Bayfield preschool buys land for future expansion

Bayfield girls basketball’s rally not enough in Ouray

Local sports schedule for upcoming week

Bobcats girls wrestling finishes fifth at Butch Melton Invitational

DeKay leads Bobcat boys to seventh place at Butch Melton

Durango Events Calendar

BHS downs Panthers, pressures Miners

Bobcats girls basketball defends their den, 50-36

Martinez-led Wolverines boys basketball outguns Bobcats

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Property in Bayfield scheduled for foreclosure sale

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