BLM seeks public input on routes in Fremont County
The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office is seeking public input on a recent survey of routes in northwest Fremont County. This cataloguing effort will be used to ensure existing routes are identified and to plan future management of the area. “An...
Summer Traffic Season Begins
The Colorado Department of Transportation is reminding drivers to expect additional traffic in many areas of the state for the Memorial Day weekend as the summer travel season gets underway. Heavy traffic is anticipated along the Front Range and mountain highways,...
Chaffee County Public Health Announces New Home Share Coordinator
Chaffee County Public Health is pleased to welcome Janice Brunner to the position of Home Share Coordinator. Janice is a graduate of University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Gerontology. She brings over 20 years of experience working with older adults from...
Water Talks: The Colorado River and the Hydrologic Reality of the Great American Desert
It was a consequential event when the Feds recently announced they would deal with the over-appropriation of water by the Lower Colorado River Basin States (California, Nevada and Arizona) by paying them $1.2 billion to reduce water usage by 2026 by 3 million...
Lower Colorado River Basin states offer to temporarily reduce water use … at a price
As we’ve mentioned before, the Colorado River crisis concerns us here in the Arkansas River Basin because as much as 23% of our river flows are imported from the Colorado River Basin each year. Monday, the Associated Press hailed a “breakthrough proposal” by...
Buena Vista Board of Trustees to Consider Moratorium on New Subdivision Applications
The Buena Vista Board of Trustees will conduct a regular meeting tonight, May 23rd, beginning at 7 pm. The board will consider adopting an ordinance which would implement a 120-day moratorium on the acceptance and processing of new subdivision applications. The board...
Air Quality Alerts in Effect Due to Smoke from Canadian Wildfires
Air quality alerts remain if effect as Colorado will see another day of hazy skies and poor visibility... all because of wildfire smoke from Canada drifting south into Colorado. The air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Symptoms of eye irritation, runny nose...
Vehicles Can Now Only Idle for 15 Minutes in Salida
The Salida City Council has approved an ordinance to limit excessive idling of vehicles to no more than fifteen minutes on first reading and set the second reading and public hearing for June 6th. The ordinance would provide for a fifteen-minute time limit on vehicle...
Leave Your Mark at the Iron Chest Steakhouse
The Iron Chest Steakhouse in Poncha Springs is hosting a branding party on May 24th from 4 to 8 pm! They want local ranchers to bring in their cattle brands and brand their bar! Owner Chris Tracy, who has also owned Currents in downtown Salida for over a decade,...
Crest Academy Awarded ‘John Irwin Award’ and Longfellow Elementary Receives ‘Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award’
On May 18th, 2023, Salida Superintendent David Blackburn represented the Salida School District at the Colorado State Capital to accept two very exciting awards for the District. The Crest Academy was honored with the John Irwin Award which is based on high...
Salida Ranger District accepting applications for 2023 Artist in Residence Program
The Salida Ranger District of the Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands is accepting applications for the district’s annual Artist in Residence program until June 15, 2023.
Smoke from Canadian Fires is Drifting Into Colorado
Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada has drifted south into Colorado, resulting in dense smoke throughout the eastern half of the state. More than one million acres have already burned in Canada with almost 30,000 people forced to evacuate. There are 223...
