SILVERTHORNE, Colorado — The gold and silver have mostly played out along the Blue River, where hardscrabble prospectors started digging in the late 19th century. Now, much of the region’s economy is based on the white gold of winter tourism.But Silverthorne is celebrating gold and silver again. Winter Olympic hero and local resident Red Gerard, an Ohio native, brought home a gold medal in slopestyle snowboarding from last month’s games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. [...]
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