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735 Martha Rose Street is for sale through the Silverton Housing Authority's Waitlist Application. The house was built by 9318 Contracting and completed in January 2025. Photo credit Silverton Housing Authority

735 Martha Rose Street is for sale through the Silverton Housing Authority's Waitlist Application. The house was built by 9318 Contracting and completed in January 2025. Photo credit Silverton Housing Authority

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Silverton Housing Authority Opens Applications for Affordable Homeownership Opportunity

Submitted By Anne Chase Of The Silverton Housing
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Silverton Housing Authority invites low-income households interested in purchasing a home at 735 Martha Rose Street to apply for the Waitlist Drawing by 11:59 pm on March 11th.

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Silverton Adopts EQR-Based Utility Billing

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Silverton has adopted an Equivalent Residential Unit (EQR) utility rate system under Resolution 2024-29 to fairly distribute water and sewer service costs. What is EQR? • A single-family home is assigned a base rate of 1.0 EQR. • Other properties (e.g.
Photo credit Maddie Moser A group of Silverton Locals showed up to support DeAna the former Silverton Post Master at the Ouray Elks Club last Saturday night. (L to R back row): Maddie Moser, LaDonna Jaramillo, Dee Jaramillo, Bruce Conrad, DeAna Scott, Shelly Kuhlman, David Breed, Kelli Fries, Billy Fries, Becky Rhoades, Speedy Scott, Kenny Jenkins Front row left to right: Rylan Jaramillo, Deanna Jaramillo, Krissy Rhoades

Photo credit Maddie Moser A group of Silverton Locals showed up to support DeAna the former Silverton Post Master at the Ouray Elks Club last Saturday night. (L to R back row): Maddie Moser, LaDonna Jaramillo, Dee Jaramillo, Bruce Conrad, DeAna Scott, Shelly Kuhlman, David Breed, Kelli Fries, Billy Fries, Becky Rhoades, Speedy Scott, Kenny Jenkins Front row left to right: Rylan Jaramillo, Deanna Jaramillo, Krissy Rhoades

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Photo credit Maddie Moser A group of Silverton Locals showed up to support DeAna the former Silverton Post Master at the Ouray Elks Club last Saturday night. (L to R back row): Maddie Moser, LaDonna Jaramillo, Dee Jaramillo, Bruce Conrad, DeAna Scott, She

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

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And The Heavens Opened Up

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
September 1970, almost cost Silverton its railroad. A cloud hung over Silverton for a couple of days, and dropped hundreds of billions of gallons of rain water on the Town.

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Looking Back!

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
February 16, 1995 The Silverton Handcrafters and Artists Guild held annual elections last Friday. Kyle Roberts was elected president, Mike Geryak vice-president, Nancy Norman treasurer, Judy Fischer secretary, and Jack Stern, member at large.
Way Back!

Way Back!

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Way Back!

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
70 Years Ago From the February 25,1955 edition of the Silverton Standard & the Miner: BUS HIT BY SLIDE. ‘THIS IS AS FAR AS WE GO.
Ash Hall, NP Agnes, and Public Health Director Becky Joyce on Agnes’s last day at the Silverton Clinic. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

Ash Hall, NP Agnes, and Public Health Director Becky Joyce on Agnes’s last day at the Silverton Clinic. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

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Nurse Practitioner Agnes Eytchison moves on from Silverton Clinic

Deanne Gallegos
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Mercy Regional Medical Center’s Nurse Practitioner, Agnes Eytchison, has moved on from the Silverton Clinic after ten years and nine months of a weekly commute up to Silverton.
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