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Date High Low Conditions February 18 22 11 Clearly Colder February 19 41 11 Mid Mix February 20 35 4 Virtually Clear February 21 39 6 Blue Bird February 22 46 6 Continuing Clear February 23 50 1 Clear Mix February 24 50 14 Mostly Mids Seasonal snow total 78.7' Water year from Oct 1st 9.68' February snow total 23.8' February water total 1.75'

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

What a wet week followed by a nearly dry week. Wednesday morning, we had four inches of snow with 100th of an inch for water content. Lots of blue sky - more days than not. This made for only Tuesday being below freezing.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Editor 'San Juan County Colorado Sheriff Bruce Conrad' Friends and Citizens of San Juan County, With all of the chaotic political happenings lately I feel it worthwhile to express the San Juan County Sheriff's Office view of matters concerning citizenship and...

We're Open - Here's Hopin!

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We're Open - Here's Hopin!

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

O ur February saw got a jump start on the calendar on January 31st. From then through the 7th of February, we experienced two days in the 50s and six more in the mid-40s. Nights have been mostly in the mid-teens unless we are thoroughly overcast - which made for two nights 10° warmer.

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Editor Editor, You might not know this about me, but I love puzzles. I have a large puzzle board that we keep on the kitchen table to work on over coffee, and we spend (sometimes) months working on.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Dear Editor, One of our Silverton feral kitty residents has been at Riverview Animal Hospital in Durango since Sunday. As I write this he’s still undergoing treatment for a megacolon. So far his bill is almost $3000. Any donation will be greatly appreciated.

Arctic January

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Karen Ruth Cerniway

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Karen Ruth Cerniway, 92, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 11, 2025 at Fountain Hill Assisted Living in Albuquerque, NM. Karen was born in Farmington, NM at her Grandparents home on June 22, 1932, the eldest daughter of Kenneth Kermit Waggoner and Freda Woods Waggoner.

Date High Low Conditions January 21 37 22 Virtually Clear January 22 26 14 Bluebird January 23 19 14 Completely Clear January 24 39 13 Faint Cast January 25 39 1 Mids Return January 26 37 8 Arctic Again January 27 36 8 Almost Clear Seasonal Snow Total 51.3' January Snow Total 8.7' Water Year Since Oct 1st 7.71' January Water Content .56'

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Arctic January

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Twenty nine consecutive days below zero is the longest arctic air stretch that your correspondent can recall up here in the polar hamlet. That has been our reality since the last two days of December. So far, all of us mountain folk are holding up surprisingly well.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

From The Standard Mail Car Editor, My wife Roz and I congratulate you on your purchase of the Silverton Standard & The Miner.

Reach Out!

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Reach Out!

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

We have now experienced 22 days, which were below zero in succession. We are not nearly out of the deep freeze quite yet! Even so, we have seen two days which reached above 40 this January, and there just might could be some more - so take heart!