State official to discuss water administration changes today in Salida
Rachel Zancanella with the Colorado Division of Water Resources will lead an educational meeting today at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds to discuss changes to the way some water is administered in parts the Arkansas River Basin. As the division engineer for the Ark...
Salida Boys Basketball Falls to Forge Christian 59-50 in the Great 8 of the CHSAA State Basketball Tournament.
After a rough 1st quarter the Salida Spartans fall to the Forge Christain Fury 59-50. The Spartans trailed 16-4 early in the 1st and couldn't recover. The Spartans finish the season 20-5 overall. Check out highlights from the game here......
HRRMC Hall of Fame Nominations Open
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Foundation is requesting Hall of Famenominations from the community by April 15, 2024. The HRRMC Foundation Hall of Fame is an honor that recognizes an individual or individuals who have made outstanding, lasting, and...
Poncha Boulevard Project Picks Back Up
The Salida Public Works Department is working on the completion of the Poncha Boulevard improvement project. In April, the remaining work at the Holman Avenue intersection is slated to begin with completion expected in May. This work includes sidewalk,...
Salida’s F Street to now Close for the Summer
The Salida City Council this week directed City staff to draft a resolution to reinstate the F Street closure with the lowest financial impacts from Sackett Avenue to 2nd Street and to identify additional ADA parking spots that are lost as part of the...
New Arrival: Ashyr Alexander Towns
— Ashyr Alexander Towns was born at Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center’sFamily Birthing Center in Salida on March 4, 2024 at 8:06 a.m. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 20 inches long. Ashyr’s parents are Andrya and Eric Towns of Salida.Ashyr has...
Chaffee Democrats to Hold Caucus, Convention this Saturday
Chaffee County Democrats will hold their Democratic Caucus, Assembly and Convention this Saturday at 1pm at the Salida Middle School. Check-in and registration is at 12 noon. Preregistration can be completed by going to the website chaffeecountydemocrats.org.
Return to Nature Funeral Home Owner Misses Court Ordered Sobriety Appointment
Carie Hallford, one of the co-owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, will return to court next week after failing to appear at a court ordered sobriety monitoring appointment. Carie and her husband Jon are facing hundreds of charges related to the...
James McPhetres Obituary
March 25, 1940 ~ February 16, 2024 (age 83) James “Jim” M. McPhetres, 83, of Salida, died Feb. 16, 2024. He was born March 25, 1940, to Munro and Hazel (Mader) McPhetres at the D&RG Hospital in Salida. His family moved to Boulder in 1944, and he...
Rep. Pettersen Secures More Than $1.5 Million for Chaffee County Projects to Increase and Improve Affordable Housing, Child Care
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first of the appropriations government funding packages for Fiscal Year 2024, which includes $12,602,446 for 14 community projects secured by Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) that span Colorado’s...
Video of Buena Vista Trustee Candidate Forum Available
The Chaffee County League of Women Voters held a Buena Vista Candidate forum last night. The program included introduction of candidates, a lightning round of questions, followed by questions from media then Candidating, where each candidate went from table to table...
Monarch to Add ‘No Name Basin’
Monarch Mountain’s plan for expansion is moving forward. The U.S. Forest Service conducted an environmental assessment for the proposed expansion into No Name Basin, which would add 377 acres of lift serviced skiing to the area. The assessment found no...
