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How many were stuffed?

Booty Butt Stuffers fit 20 into the portable toilet

January 31, 2015

Making art out of SPAM

SPAM was the highlight of the Durango Welcome Center’s Steampunk Snowdown event Saturday morning. People checked their creativity into the…

January 31, 2015

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‘It’s awfully dangerous’

Broomball is bruiser on the Chapman Hill ice

January 31, 2015

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On the catwalk

Snowdown Feline Fashion Show walks for the 37th year

January 31, 2015

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Children shake a Steampunk Snowdown leg

Linda and Neil Dolder, parents of Audrey and Kenzie, were happy to bring their children out to enjoy Durango’s winter…

January 31, 2015

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Power restored in Archuleta County

Heavy, wet snow causes power lines to blink and bounce

January 31, 2015

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Weather takes the air out of Snowdown’s balloons

From a frosted field in the Animas Valley, two hot air balloons rose from within a winter fog Saturday morning.…

January 31, 2015

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Ice climber falls to his death near Silverton

Mark Miller, 50, of Ouray, was guiding two European clients up a well-known route called First Gully northeast of Silverton…

January 31, 2015

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Pole dancing reels in the crowds

“(My friends) made me do it,” said Bambi Jeter of Lubbock, Texas, and a senior at Texas Tech, and one…

January 30, 2015

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The ups and downs at Chapman Hill

“The hill doesn’t get any less steep,” said Steve Ilg, who has done the Chapman Challenge Uphill/Downhill Race numerous times…

January 30, 2015

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Twisting the night away

After several rounds, it came down to Beth Reynolds and Madi Hogarth. In the end, Hogarth proved to be the…

January 30, 2015

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Dayplanner Saturday

Free wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., The Wine Merchant, 1514 Main Ave. Arts and Entertainment The MET – Live in HD:…

January 30, 2015

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Wet and wild steampunk

Umbrellas were a popular steampunk accoutrement on one of the wettest Snowdown Fridays in recent memory. But the weather certainly…

January 30, 2015

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The Blotter

Thursday 10:48 p.m. A man was sleeping on a bench near Appaloosa Trading Post, 640 Main Ave.

January 30, 2015

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Cover story, major exhibit

The book Tough Men in Hard Places by Durango author Esther Greenfield and Jay Harrison, executive director at the Center…

January 30, 2015

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Steam from floats, rain from sky

Bryan Dear and the Durango Freestyle Wheelbarrow Team wowed the crowd with their precision stunts Friday evening during the 2015…

January 30, 2015

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Local Briefs

The Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will offer these programs: “Privacy and the Internet” will take place at 1…

January 30, 2015

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Rate hike on tap for city water, sewer fees

February’s increase just the beginning

January 30, 2015

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Steamy swimsuits heat up Rochester

Friday’s chilly, wet weather wasn’t ideal for a swimsuit contest, but in the end, a lineup of five participants –…

January 30, 2015

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Flour, marshmallows and Spam

help from FLC, Bed Rally returns

January 30, 2015

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New fat tire race in town

10-hour event comes to Snowscape

January 30, 2015

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Ore House wins top honors at Waiter-Waitress Race

It was the result of a throw from a teammate who just had to hit somewhere on her body. “We…

January 30, 2015

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Semitrailer tips over snowplow

taken to hospital as precaution

January 30, 2015

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This zipline could happen

3,800-foot ride would end at Mayflower Mill

January 30, 2015