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Way Back!

Way Back!

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Way Back!

News Staff
Thursday, February 19, 2026
135 YEARS AGO From the February 21, 1891 edition of the Silverton Standard: FOUR MEN BURIED IN A SNOWSLIDE AT THE BELCHER MINE — ONLY ONE GETS OUT ALIVE.
Pet Obituaries

Pet Obituaries

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Pet Obituaries

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Thursday, December 18, 2025
Our good boy. Our big knucklehead. He filled our home with presence, warmth, and a love so steady we felt it in every room. He met the world with curiosity, courage, and joy, and he taught us more about living and loving than we ever expected a dog could.
Amethyst Winter table took second place in the table decorating contest Photo by Wendy Polly

Amethyst Winter table took second place in the table decorating contest Photo by Wendy Polly

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Silverton Holiday Season Has Begun

Deanne Gallegos
Thursday, December 18, 2025
This past weekend was full of fun Holiday events all around town throughout the weekend kicking off the Silverton Holiday Season.
EPA Holds an Open House at Kendall Mountain Community Center

EPA Holds an Open House at Kendall Mountain Community Center

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EPA Holds an Open House at Kendall Mountain Community Center

Deanne Gallegos
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Last Wednesday evening, the Environmental Protection Agency Bonita Peak Mining District team and the Mountain Studies Institute held an open house at the Kendall Mountain Community Center to a standing- room-only crowd.

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Looking Back!

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
20 Years Ago December 16, 2005 If the size of the field running for appointment to town board’s vacant seat is any indication, there could be a large crop of candidates in next April’s municipal election.
Silverton, November 1940 Greene Street in November 1940, looking north from the corner of 11th and Greene/

Silverton, November 1940 Greene Street in November 1940, looking north from the corner of 11th and Greene/

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Way Back!

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Thursday, December 18, 2025
115 years ago From the December 24, 1910 edition of the Silverton Standard: SILVERTON TURNS INTO A METRO MINING CAMP. Silverton will erect a $60,000 school house next summer.
Local massage therapist Cara Pellowski had a massage chair at the event photo by Haley Jones

Local massage therapist Cara Pellowski had a massage chair at the event photo by Haley Jones

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Local massage therapist Cara Pellowski

News Staff
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Local massage therapist Cara Pellowski had a massage chair at the event
Comedian Paula Poundstone

Comedian Paula Poundstone

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Legendary Comedian Paula Poundstone Returns to the Stage in Durango

News Staff
Thursday, September 25, 2025
DURANGO, CO – The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College hosts the smart, spontaneous, and hilariously unpredictable Paula Poundstone on Thursday, October 2, at 7:30 p.m. Paula’s razor-sharp wit and spontaneous banter turn everyday moments into laugh-out-loud moments.
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