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The Blotter, Jan. 23-28

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Friday 2:52 p.m. Someone called deputies to inform them that their neighbor’s ex-boyfriend was doing burnouts in their car out front of their house on H...

DATE: Jan 28, 2026 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Jan. 2-12

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Jan. 2 3:18 p.m. A woman was reportedly trying to hit another person’s car with her car on County Road 228. 5:21 p.m. Someone’s cat was meowing “for...

DATE: Jan 14, 2026 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Dec. 30 - Jan. 2

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday 3:07 a.m. A man called deputies to threaten them that he would take drugs on Antelope Drive. 8:38 p.m. Someone reported that a neighb...

DATE: Jan 5, 2026 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Dec. 26-29

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Friday 7:43 a.m. A man was walking around another person’s property and barn in a suspicious manner on U.S. Highway 550. 7 p.m. Four to five black, ...

DATE: Dec 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Dec. 18-26

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Dec. 18 10:26 a.m. Three horses were loose in the middle of East Animas Road (County Road 250). 6:41 p.m. Four to five horses were seen in the middl...

DATE: Dec 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Dec. 19-21

Durango Police Department Sunday 12:30 p.m. A man was yelling and hitting a vehicle with a bat at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. 8:37 p.m. A man was walking ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Dec. 11-16

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 8:37 a.m. Deputies assisted a stranded dog on Animas View Drive. 12:51 p.m. The former owner of a foreclosed property on U.S. Highway 550 b...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Dec. 5-7

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Friday 7:38 p.m. A man was standing on County Road 234 screaming at passing vehicles for over an hour. 10:12 p.m. Someone driving on County Road 246...

DATE: Dec 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Dec. 2-5

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday 12:13 p.m. A man called deputies to report that his fence was damaged on La Posta Road (County Road 213). 5:36 p.m. Deputies responded to se...

DATE: Dec 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Nov. 28-Dec. 2

Durango Police Department Friday 8:50 a.m. A baby on Stewart Street accidentally dialed 911 and was making “baby noises” on the phone to the dispatcher. 12:24 p.m. A man was kicking...

DATE: Dec 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Nov. 19-25

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday 7:02 a.m. A freight truck was crossing lanes and swerving all over La Plata Highway (Colorado Highway 140). 7:40 p.m. A hitchhiker jumped ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, Nov. 13-17

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 7:59 a.m. Four or five vehicles were seen racing each other on County Road 501, driving fast and passing on double yellows. 6:01 p.m. Someo...

DATE: Nov 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional 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 donned 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 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 the 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 years 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 it’s 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 years fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unphased 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

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