Nelson Receives Standardization Certificate from Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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)....
Salida School Superintendent David Blackburn Talks with Dan R Concerning the February 27th School Board Meeting
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 comments critical of the board and Superintendent David...
New Arrival: Edward Valentin Edmonson
— 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 inches long. Edward’s parents are Cecilia Schonewise and Sam...
Rebeca Lewis Obituary
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 where she was raised. Becky earned...
Don’t Mail….Drop Off Your Ballots
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, March 5th. While the Colorado Secretary...
San Luis Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Murder
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 of first degree murder. Prosecutors said that...
Demolition of Penrose Funeral Home Delayed…Again
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 preferred landfill’s ‘Certificate of...
Co-owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home Bonds Out of Jail
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 Jon Hallford, the other owner of the funeral home who has been...
Press Release: Artspace and the City of Salida Announce Initial Architectural Design Concepts & Open House for Salida Space to Create: ‘1st & D’ Apartments
Salida, CO – Nonprofit developer Artspace and the City of Salida are pleased to share that the architectural team for the Salida Space to Create: '1st & D' Apartments Project has completed initial concept designs for the site. Cushing Terrell’s architectural team...
Donald Philpott Obituary
Donald (Don) W. Philpott peacefully passed away on February 7, 2024, at the age of 88. He was born July 24, 1935 in Roanoke, Alabama, to Willie and Wilma (Prescott) Philpott, who preceded him in death. In his youth hunting and fishing were his main activities. He ran...
Charles Ward Obituary
Charles Douglas Ward, of Buena Vista, Colorado formerly of Pueblo was born in Van Alstyne, Texas, on October 10, 1933. He passed away February 26, 2024, at the age of 90. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Marybeth; his Daughters: Suzanne (Darrell) Miller and...
Chaffee County Participated in the Point-in-Time Count of Area’s Sheltered Population Experiencing Homelessness
On the night of January 30, 2024, the Chaffee County Continuum of Care conducted a Point-in-Time Count (PIT) of people experiencing homelessness who stay in our emergency shelters and families staying in motels. Chaffee County has emergency nighttime winter shelters...
