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FLOOD OF 1970

FLOOD OF 1970

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FLOOD OF 1970

News Staff
Thursday, September 11, 2025
135 YEARS AGO From the Sept. 13, 1890 edition of the Silverton Standard: COUNTY ROAD ADVANCES UP SOUTH MINERAL CREEK. Ben Harwood is working hard upon the new county road up South Mineral creek and is doing an excellent piece of work. Commissioner T. A.

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Looking Back!

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Thursday, September 11, 2025
10 years Ago September 9, 2005 4 Killed in Plane Crash ‘It pretty much hit the side of the mountain’ Jim Donovan, San Juan County Search & Rescue captain. The wreckage of a small plane that crashed Sunday afternoon, Sept.

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In Brief

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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Bear With Us Here at The Silverton Standard and the Miner Newspaper We are putting THE back into the name!
Lucas Anderson and Kelly Weakley with the Silverton Medical Rescue Team. Photo by DeAnne Gallegos

Lucas Anderson and Kelly Weakley with the Silverton Medical Rescue Team. Photo by DeAnne Gallegos

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Silverton Medical Rescue Team Delivers Baby in Ambulance

Deanne Gallegos
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Last month, on August 6th, around 11 pm that Wednesday night, the Silverton Medical Rescue Team received a 911 call from a family coming off the Ice Lakes Trail who were parked at the intersection of the South Mineral Campground dirt road and Highway 550.

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Mountain Happenings

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Ongoing • Move Yoga Schedule Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 pm Gym Hours: 5:30 am- 9pm, 7 days a week (closed during yoga class).Please reach out to move. silverton@gmail.com. if you would like to join the Silverton’s community gym space.

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CDOT TRAVEL ALERT | US 550 SCHEDULED CLOSURE

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Beginning next Tuesday (9/2/25), travelers will encounter 5-hour full road closures on US 550 Red Mountain Pass, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, from September 2 to 18, to allow for electrical power line work. San Miguel Power Association will require the closures, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Stoner Mesa Fire area closure size reduced

Stoner Mesa Fire area closure size reduced

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Stoner Mesa Fire area closure size reduced

News Staff
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Colorado Game Unit 71 hunters could be impacted by the Stoner Mesa Fire closure on the San Juan NF Dolores, Colo., Aug.
Photo by Katherine Quintana The Rendezvous Circa 1880 restaurant is now open for dinners starting at 6 pm. Located on the side of the blue building on 13th & Greene by Katherine Quintana

Photo by Katherine Quintana The Rendezvous Circa 1880 restaurant is now open for dinners starting at 6 pm. Located on the side of the blue building on 13th & Greene by Katherine Quintana

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SILVERTON SOCIETY

News Staff
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Have a Birthday, anniversary, milestone, engagement, marriage or even a divorce to celebrate? Send us your Silverton Society news and photos to editor@thesilvertonstandard.com. Luis Rivera, Dave, and Shane Romero are out scouting for this hunting season.
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