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A rescue mission was called off Thursday after a snowboarder injured in the backcountry near Molas Pass refused care. Jim Donovan, director of San Juan County’s Office of Emergency Management, said...
DATE: April 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Authorities have identified the female driver who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a high-speed car chase early Tuesday on U.S. Highway 550, just south of Silverton. Amanda Christine...
DATE: April 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A high-speed car chase that started in La Plata County ended early Tuesday with a woman’s death, according to the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office posted to its Facebook page...
DATE: April 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The entire town of Silverton lost power for nearly five hours Thursday. Alex Shelley, spokesman for the San Miguel Power Association , said all 692 meters in Silverton lost power around 11 a.m....
DATE: March 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The town of Silverton and San Juan County have closed all travel on county roads because of high avalanche danger and are strongly encouraging people to avoid recreating in the backcountry. In a...
DATE: March 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Avalanches are coming down at a historic rate across Colorado. In Southwest Colorado alone, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center has recorded nearly 170 slides since Dec. 1 – and that’s just...
DATE: March 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Snow is expected to return this week to the high country of the San Juan Mountains. Megan Stackhouse, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction , said a cold front is...
DATE: Oct. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
A man involved in a hiking accident died Tuesday in the Lower Ice Lake Basin. Robert Rader, a 72-year-old from Dallas, Texas, was hiking with family and friends when he tripped and fell 100 to 150...
DATE: Aug. 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
San Juan County has received a state grant for about $20,000 to help small businesses in Silverton. The Blueprint 2.0 grant will be used to create a Certified Small Business Community in...
DATE: July 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business
A truck driver who crashed into Cement Creek while contracted by the Environmental Protection Agency to haul sludge from the Gold King Mine was cited Monday with careless driving. Colorado State...
DATE: July 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Could the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to haul waste from the Gold King Mine to the banks of the upper Animas River put undue stress on a fishery already struggling to survive? That’s the...
DATE: July 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
A truck hauling sludge from the Environmental Protection Agency’s water-treatment plant for the Gold King Mine went off the road Monday and crashed into Cement Creek. Colorado State Patrol Capt....
DATE: July 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
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