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Silverton Standard Is Hiring!
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Excellent pay and lots of independence. See details in the help wanted section on page 6! Talent Show A Theater Group presents a talent show! Friday, Feb 9, Silverton School Preforming Arts Area, 6-7:30 pm. Acts of all ages are welcome.
Grady Ham at Silverton Mountain. Photo credit Marc Kloster

Grady Ham at Silverton Mountain. Photo credit Marc Kloster

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Grady Ham Retires From Silverton Mountain After 13 Years

■ By Deanne Gallegos
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Grady Ham came to Silverton in June of 2001 to help Aaron Brill install the one and only chairlift at Silverton Mountain and stayed until the project was done in January 2002 but then moved on until he returned in 2010 to become the Vice President of Operations for the mountain.

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Mountain Happenings

News Staff
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Ongoing • Move Winter Yoga schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 5:30PM Wednesdays @ 6:30AM Gym hours: 5:30AM-9PM (7days a week) Gym Hours: 5:30 am- 9pm, 7 days a week (closed during yoga class).Please reach out to move. silverton@gmail.com.

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1.22.24 Regular Meeting Recap*

News Staff
Thursday, January 25, 2024
4a. Resolution 2024-01 A Resolution authorizing the Town of Silverton to join with other local governments as a Participant in the Colorado Local Government Liquid Asset Trust (the Trust) to pool funds for investment Adopted 6-0, 1 absent 4b.
Good dogs in training on a San Juan County ski tour. Photo credit Kelly Fetch

Good dogs in training on a San Juan County ski tour. Photo credit Kelly Fetch

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Good dogs

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Good dogs

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Eight Trustee and Three Mayor Petitions for April Ballot

■ By Deanne Gallegos
Thursday, January 25, 2024
During the last trustee meeting, many updates were given, like the fact that eight trustee petitions and three mayor petitions were turned in for the April 2024 election. There will be four trustee seats and the mayor’s seat opening up, while only two trustee seats will remain the same.
Silverton Townhall. Photo credit Scott Fetchenhier

Silverton Townhall. Photo credit Scott Fetchenhier

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Silverton Townhall

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Silverton Townhall
A couple of bull moose out feeding after the storm. Photo credit Wesley Berg

A couple of bull moose out feeding after the storm. Photo credit Wesley Berg

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A couple of bull moose

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
A couple of bull moose
A porcupine in the snow trying to hide behind the bare aspen trees. Photo credit Wesley Berg

A porcupine in the snow trying to hide behind the bare aspen trees. Photo credit Wesley Berg

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A porcupine in the snow

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
A porcupine in the snow
EPILOGUE TO OLD Bill WIILIAMS DOUBLECROSSES THE NUCHE – The Mysterious ‘Relative of the Ute Chief Walker’ in the San Luis Valley

EPILOGUE TO OLD Bill WIILIAMS DOUBLECROSSES THE NUCHE – The Mysterious ‘Relative of the Ute Chief Walker’ in the San Luis Valley

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EPILOGUE TO OLD Bill WIILIAMS DOUBLECROSSES THE NUCHE – The Mysterious ‘Relative of the Ute Chief Walker’ in the San Luis Valley

■ Carlos Phillipe Pitts, M.a
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Improbably, a close reading of secondary sources sheds light on how Old Bill Williams achieved the final honorific of a ‘chief’s burial’ by his erstwhile adoptive Nuche relatives. Williams biographer Alpheus Favour notes that John C. Fremont, trailing in the wake of the William’s relief party, “...
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