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San Juan Development goes over goal for town entry way sign fundraiser

San Juan Development goes over goal for town entry way sign fundraiser

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San Juan Development goes over goal for town entry way sign fundraiser

News Staff
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
San Juan Development started a $50,000 fundraising goal last month and not only have they raised the funds, but they raised $51,122! The new Town of Silverton Gateway Entry sign Phase 1 plan will now happen.
photo courtesy of Brian Buerger Brian Buerger has been coaching freeride skiers since 2005.

photo courtesy of Brian Buerger Brian Buerger has been coaching freeride skiers since 2005.

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Brian Buerger steps down as Durango Winter Sports Club freeride ski director

Scout Edmondson Durango Herald Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
(This article originally ran in the Sunday September 14th Durango Herald) For two decades, Brian Buerger has been helping kids get superpowers. But those powers don’t come from some special formula or a radioactive bug bite – they come from skiing.
Photo by DeAnne Gallegos Silverton Baby Katrina celebrates her first Silverton fall season with her mom, Meah Mordeci, by wearing a little unicorn hat and a fall sweater.

Photo by DeAnne Gallegos Silverton Baby Katrina celebrates her first Silverton fall season with her mom, Meah Mordeci, by wearing a little unicorn hat and a fall sweater.

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SILVERTON SOCIETY

News Staff
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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Way Back!

Way Back!

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Way Back!

News Staff
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
From the September 19, 1975 edition of the Silverton Standard & the Miner: 50 Years Ago DEPOT BOMBED! INVESTIGATORS SIFT THROUGH CLUES.

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Looking Back!

News Staff
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
25 Years Ago September 21, 2000 What was that in the eastern sky Wednesday morning? A bird? A plane? A UFO? Superman? No, it was a NASA weather balloon floating some 20 miles in the sky somewhere over Lake City.

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In Brief

News Staff
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Bear With Us Here at The Silverton Standard and the Miner Newspaper We are putting THE back into the name!
Little Giant Basin Road project is completed. photo by Rusty Melcher

Little Giant Basin Road project is completed. photo by Rusty Melcher

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SJC Roads & Bridge Crew Made Major Repairs to County Road

Deanne Gallegos
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
The San Juan County Roads and Bridge crew undertook a road rebuild on Arrastra Gulch off SJC Road 52, also known as Little Giant Basin Road (SJC Road 21A). Little Giant Basin Road is a narrow, rocky former mule trail for the mines.
Mornings with frost have started

Mornings with frost have started

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Mornings with frost have started

News Staff
Thursday, September 11, 2025
September is off to a very different pattern than we have seen previously. Seasonal adjustment is now with us in the high country. Wednesday, Thursday, and again on Monday and Tuesday, we experienced frost.
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