Lake City Silver World Newspaper
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE TOWN OF LAKE CITY AND HINSDALE COUNTY COLORADO
2016
For the first time since mass resignations occurred earlier this summer, a full complement now exists on the five-member board of directors of Lake Fork Health Service District with the appointment of two new directors — Mike Schell and Janelle Warren — at the board’s meeting Monday morning, August 21. Schell and Warren, both of…
Read More about Business Owners Schell, Warren Named to Health District Board2016
It is by a combination of serendipitous good fortune and the skill of a fireman and his nurse wife, who happened to be in the right place at the right time, that 25-year-old David Smith is alive today. Hiking alone on Wetterhorn Mountain July 25, 2016, Smith was struck by lightning a few feet from…
Read More about Lightning Survivor Returns to Climb Wetterhorn One Year After Accident2016
…An EMT-Intermediate and former businessowner, Campbell joins board at special meeting Local resident Becky Campbell, an EMT-Intermediate and former owner of Hinsdale Title Co., was named as a third member of Hinsdale Health Service District at a special board meeting which was held Thursday morning, August 10. Campbell, whose term extends until May, 2018, joins…
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THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE TAKES CENTER STAGE Lake City Will Have a Partial Eclipse on August 21 For the first time since 1918, a total solar eclipse will be viewed only in the United States. On Monday, August 21, the solar eclipse will start its show of 100% totality in Oregon at 11:20 MST and…
Read More about SKYWATCH By Phillip Virden National Weather Observer for Lake City & Avid Amateur Astronomer with assistance from the National Weather Service, StarDate Magazine, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Earth and Sky, Spaceweather, and the Clear Sky Clock.2016
A record 65 riders and a throng of nearly 200 awed spectators took part in the annual World Championship Stick Horse Show & Rodeo in Lake City Park on August 5. Sponsored by Lake City/Hinsdale County Chamber of Commerce, this year’s judged competition included both costumed and light-hearted entries, such as Celeste Scott and Cindy…
Read More about Annual Stick Horse Show 20172016
Motorists on County Road 30 between its juncture with Highway 149 and Lake San Cristobal were delayed in both directions for several hours late Thursday afternoon, July 27, as the result of a torrential rainstorm which has been described as a microburst. The sudden rainfall cascaded down the slopes of Hotchkiss Mountain into Silver…
Read More about Silver Coin Gulch Deluge Blocks Lake Road July 272016
Described as a “fluid situation” which is changing on a daily, near-hourly basis, the five-member board of directors of Lake Fork Health Service District has now been reduced to two — Shawna Shidler and Jerry Johnson — following the resignations of three embattled directors — Janella Cox, Carole Clauss, and Fred Stapleton — whose resignations…
Read More about Durmon Contract, Director Resignations Mark ‘Fluid Situation’ at Medical Clinic2016
Native Sun Construction’s Kris Bloomer was glimpsed earlier this month intent in his work renovating window openings upstairs at Hinsdale County Courthouse. Native Sun is contractor with Hinsdale County renovating a total of 19 ground floor and upper story windows in the historic building, each of the windows consisting of two six-over-six-pane wood sash which…
Read More about Windows on the Past…2016
Hinsdale County Coroner Jerry Gray is finalizing his report on the county’s third fatality this year, a North Henson Creek camper who was apparently dead for some time prior to the discovery of his body on Saturday, July 22. Hinsdale County Sheriff’s Dept. had observed the parked vehicle with camping equipment for several weeks, although…
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