River conditions are beginning to rise, though flows remain relatively low, creating what guides describe as fun and technical rapids throughout the region. Current river flows include: Pine Creek Numbers — 233 cubic feet per second (CFS) Browns Canyon — 305 CFS Royal...
History was preserved last week as volunteers from the Salida Regional Library and the Salida Museum joined Steve Chapman of Salida Walking Tours to move 76 years of newspaper archives, dating through 1956, into permanent storage. The effort came after The Mountain...
A statewide seatbelt enforcement crackdown is now underway through the end of the month as law enforcement agencies ramp up patrols for the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign. During the enforcement period, officers will focus on issuing citations to drivers and...
The City of Salida is inviting qualified developers and homebuilders to participate in Phase 1 of the South Ark Neighborhood, a new mixed-income housing development planned on 12 acres of city-owned land. City officials say the South Ark Neighborhood project is aimed...
Beginning today, Highway 291 will be fully closed between 3rd Street and M Street for most of the summer as crews complete utility and surface improvement work in the area. Detours have been established to help direct traffic around the construction zone, Motorists...
The Salida City Council last week declined to repeal the existing R-32 zoning designation for the proposed 5-H LLC housing development. The decision follows efforts by a group opposing the zoning approval for the planned 72-unit housing project. Opponents filed a...
