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"One missed step can be your last": Hiker dead after 600-foot-fall in Colorado
A Fourth of July fall during a hike in the rugged terrain of Colorado's San Juan County left an out-of-stater dead. According to Silverton Medical Rescue, a group of six – three males and three females – embarked on a day hike from Andrew's Lake, seeking to reach the top of Snowdon Mountain Peak. This peak is located about 11 miles southwest of the town of Silverton. At about 4:09...
Hiker dies after falling off cliff at Snowdon Peak on Fourth of July
A 25-year-old man from Tennessee died after falling Thursday from Snowdon Peak, southwest of Silverton. The man was part of a group of three men and three women that hiked to the top of Snowdon Peak on July 4, according to the San Juan County Office of Emergency Management. The...
Louie Girodo, SJC Road Supervisor Retires After 47 Years
Louie Girodo, the San Juan County Road Supervisor, is retiring after serving San Juan County for forty-seven years. He was born and raised here in Silverton, and then he joined the San Juan County Roads and Bridge department when he was only 19 years old in September of 1976. His first job for the county road and bridge crews was as a big machine operator running front loaders and tractors…
Planning Commission Approves Plans for Silver Cloud Lodge in Chattanooga
On Tuesday evening, June 18th, the San Juan County Regional Planning Commission held a public hearing and unanimously voted in favor to recommend approval of the preliminary plans for the proposed Silver Cloud Lodge Planned Unit Development (PUD) that will be located off the Chattanooga curve around Highway 550 at Mile Marker 78 which is 8 miles north of town. The San Juan Regional Planning…
Long-haul Mayflower Restoration Continues
The San Juan County Historical Society was recently awarded a significant grant from History Colorado’s State Historic Fund to complete the next phase of restoration work at the Shenandoah-Dives Mill, locally known as the Mayflower Mill. The grant from the Fund totals $200,000 and will supplement an overall project budget of $267,000. The Society Board led by Bev Rich is working to raise a cash…
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