Chaffee County, CO- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released updated recommendations regarding the COVID annual vaccine for individuals ages 65 and older. In its latest guidance, the CDC advises that even…
Scholarship applications for Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Auxiliary 2024 renewable four-year scholarship, for $1,500 per year, are being accepted. This scholarship is for 2024 graduating high school seniors residing in Chaffee County…
Chaffee County, CO- Chaffee County Public Health (CCPH) is excited to announce that Stefanie Nelson, CCPH’s Consumer Protection Specialist, recently received her Standardization Certificate from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Standardization…
The Salida School Board voted 5-2 this week to deny long-term leave to a Salida High School teacher diagnosed with breast cancer. The story was published online by the Mountain Mail and it generated several…
Mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures can be expected again today and into the weekend. Salida and Buena Vista will see a high of 55. A low of 31. The San Luis Valley…
— Edward Valentin Edmonson was born at Heart of the Rockies Regional MedicalCenter’s Family Birthing Center in Salida on February 21, 2024 at 8:41 p.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 ½…
On February 20, 2024, Rebeca (Becky) Lewis passed away peacefully in her home at Brookdale Assisted Living in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Rebeca was born March 4,1939 to Stuart and Violet Hamley of Meadow Grove, Nebraska…
The deadline to mail-in ballots for the Super Tuesday presidential primary has passed but there are still options for voters who need to get their ballots in. The Super Tuesday presidential primary is next Tuesday,…
A man has pleaded guilty to killing five people in the San Luis Valley in 2020. 29-year-old Adre Baroz nicknamed “Psycho,” pleaded guilty this week in an Alamosa courtroom to 13 charges, including five counts…
The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that the demolition of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose has not started due to issues regarding landfill access. The EPA is waiting on modification to the…
Carie Hallford, one of the co-owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home where 190 decomposing bodies were improperly stored bonded out of the El Paso County Jail last night. Carie is the wife of…
Mostly sunny skies and milder temperatures can be expected today and into the weekend. Salida and Buena Vista will see a high of 51. A low of 23. The San Luis Valley can…
