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Looking Back!

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
25 Years Ago October 19, 2000 Vern Stankewitz, the only sheriff’s candidate on the ballot, and Sue Kurtz, the incumbent and write-in hopeful, expressed their viewpoints last week in a forum ...
The Gold King Mine and boarding house in 1906. San Juan County Historical Society photo

The Gold King Mine and boarding house in 1906. San Juan County Historical Society photo

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Gold King Mine, 1906

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
135 years ago From the October 25, 1890 edition of the Silverton Standard: STANDARD’S BIRTHDAY. Today is the Silverton Standard’s birthday. The Standard is fifty-two weeks old today. It sounds better to say fifty-two weeks than to say a year old, and that is why we make the remark.

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In Brief

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Bear With Us Here at The Silverton Standard and the Miner Newspaper We are putting THE back into the name!
Monday October 20th train was full of passengers. Photo by DeAnne Gallegos

Monday October 20th train was full of passengers. Photo by DeAnne Gallegos

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The Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Train Back on the Tracks

Deanne Gallegos
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Saturday, October 11th, after torrential rains in Silverton and the Southwest Colorado region, the Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Train turned around two out of the three daily scheduled trains at Cascade.
Saturation In The San Juans

Saturation In The San Juans

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Saturation In The San Juans

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
After the most intensely dry summer, how does it feel to be so completely saturated! After all, we are very much part of the realm that surrounds us, so let me know! Freddie loves this fullness following so many months of desert dryness, desiccating us and all of life in our natural world.

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Mountain Happenings

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Thursday, October 16, 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.
What to Expect on Public Lands During the Shutdown

What to Expect on Public Lands During the Shutdown

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What to Expect on Public Lands During the Shutdown

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Article by Stephanie Weber San Juan Mountain Association 'The report of my death was an exaggeration,' is a well-known - and often mis-quoted - remark by Mark Twain. Recently, the San Juan Mountains Association was the subject of a similar misunderstanding.
Shak Powers is thw new Region 9 Deputy Director

Shak Powers is thw new Region 9 Deputy Director

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Shak Powers named Region 9 Economic Development Deputy Director

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Shak Powers, Regional Projects Manager for the Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado (Region 9 EDD) has been promoted to the Deputy Director Position. Powers has been with Region 9 EDD for three years and previously served as the Administrator of Montezuma County.
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