Former San Juan 2000 Executive Director Carol Ann King pleaded guilty yet a third time to two felony theft counts, handed over nearly $40,000 in restitution and was sentenced to three years probation on Monday, June 16, capping a drawn out plea arrangement that allowed her to avoid prison.

Silverton will celebrate Fourth of July 2008 with a slew of events throughout the day and weekend. This year’s theme is “Centennial” celebrating the 100th anniversary of Silverton’s Town Hall.

• First Congregational Church celebrates 130th anniversary

• Cemetery cleanup day is Saturday

The cost of fireworks has gone up 25 percent this year, and the budget-strapped Town of Silverton has cut the $4,000 it usually chips in for Silverton’s famous Fourth of July pyrotechnics extravaganza.

Former San Juan 2000 Executive Director Carol Ann King pleaded guilty yet a third time to two felony theft counts, handed over nearly $40,000 in restitution and was sentenced to three years probation on Monday, June 16, capping a drawn out plea arrangement that allowed her to avoid prison.

Nicole Barr, president of the Silverton Jamboree board, couldn’t be happier with how this year’s music festival turned out.

The Town of Silverton has decided to more actively enforce the town codes this summer and is seeking compliance from everyone in a timely manner.

A contract with Brian Fullmer Construction Co. to make improvements on the Molas Lake Dam was approved by the Silverton Town Council on Monday, but it appears the town crew will also have to help out on the project.

Henry Diaz, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Earth Systems Laboratory in Boulder, says don’t be surprised if the climate scientists in town this week may seem a bit worried.

Global warming will require land managers throughout the West to re-examine the way they do business, and next week’s Mountain Climate Conference in Silverton will look at some of the changes in store.

The San Juan County Board of Commissioners agreed last week to apply for a $25,000 grant from the State Historical Fund for a site assessment for the historic Animas Forks ghost town.

More than a dozen bands to play at music festival at Kendall Mountain

The Casey Jones, a rail bus built by Clyde Jones in the Sunnyside Mine shop in Eureka in 1915 or slightly earlier, pulled into Silverton from Durango on Wednesday on its own power.

Members of the Silverton American Legion Post #14 parade down Greene Street after conducting Memorial Day services at Memorial Park on Monday, May 26.

The first reading of an ordinance establishing an Historic District in downtown Silverton was approved by the Silverton Town Council in a 6-1 vote on Tuesday, but not before the the proposed ordinance was modernized.