Chase Olivarius-McAllister

Position: Herald Staff Writer

Is Silverton ready for a cleanup?

All around Silverton, where a series of mines – once lucrative, now abandoned – pock the earth like gaping, oozing wounds, the waters course with poison. Silverton resident Melody Skinner said her...

DATE: Feb. 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Head honcho behind dino mystery revealed

Last week, the dinosaur head that mysteriously appeared atop the Arc of History sculpture on Halloween only to be heisted just days later by teen bandits has escaped from the Durango Police...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Silverton's heroic Clark Kent

SILVERTON - Mark Esper, editor and publisher of the Silverton Standard & the Miner, used to report in war-torn Bosnia and Northern Ireland. "It was good preparation for Silverton," he said....

DATE: Nov. 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - Living

Silverton’s heroic Clark Kent

SILVERTON – Mark Esper, editor and publisher of the Silverton Standard & the Miner, used to report in war-torn Bosnia and Northern Ireland. “It was good preparation for Silverton,” he said....

DATE: Nov. 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Mind, matter and multiple sclerosis

Have you seen my keys? This bedeviling question will strike many healthy, college-educated, home-owning adults as altogether too familiar – especially when you’re late for work. But to some...

DATE: Sept. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Living

Sand Dunes quarter to be released

Coin collectors, rejoice: Thursday, the United States Mint unveiled a new quarter – the Great Sand Dunes National Park quarter – at a commemorative celebration at the Great Sand Dunes National Park...

DATE: Sept. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sand Dunes quarter to be released

Coin collectors, rejoice: Today, the United States Mint will unveil a new quarter - the Great Sand Dunes National Park quarter - at a commemorative celebration at the Great Sand Dunes National Park...

DATE: Sept. 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Prairie dogs may be source of area plague

Since a woman in La Plata County tested positive for bubonic plague last week, the San Juan Basin Health Department investigators has raced to identify the origin of her disease. The Health...

DATE: Aug. 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Prairie dogs may be source of area plague

Since a woman in La Plata County tested positive for bubonic plague last week, San Juan Basin Health Department investigators have raced to identify the origin of her disease. The Health Department...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local bubonic plague case confirmed

A woman living in La Plata County tested positive for bubonic plague on Friday. It's the first case of bubonic plague in the county since 2006, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

DATE: Aug. 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Local bubonic plague case confirmed

A woman living in La Plata County tested positive for bubonic plague on Friday. It’s the first case of bubonic plague in the county since 2006, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

DATE: Aug. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Biologist: Climate spells grim fate for state’s trees

In the context of climate change, much is depressing. Despite decades of increasingly urgent warnings from scientists about human-caused global warming and overwhelming evidence that...

DATE: June 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

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