The first official day of summer is almost here and heat is in the forecast.

The draft Chaffee Recreation Plan will be available for public feedback until June 20. The Chaffee Recreation Council offers opportunity for the public to review elements of the plan and provide comments on the Envision Chaffee County website.

A new law awaiting the governor’s signature will require retailers in Colorado to stop using plastic bags beginning in late 2022. 

In the two weeks since the state of Colorado launched its Colorado Jumpstart Initiative, thousands of people have taken the $1,200 to $1,600 offer to return to the workforce amid the labor shortage.   

Envision Forest Health Council partners will treat the overgrown forest above the Arkansas River north of Buena Vista to improve wildlife habitat and reduce risk of wildfire and its potential effects on area residents and infrastructure.

Colorado’s drought situation continues to be a tale of two halves of the state, with the eastern half nearly entirely drought free as of the week and the western half under moderate-to-exceptional drought conditions.