Preliminary data from the Colorado Department of Transportation’s 2025 Seat Belt Survey shows that Colorado’s seat belt usage rate is 90.7% — the highest ever recorded. This rate is a 2.5% improvement from Colorado’s 2024 seat belt usage rate of 88.2%. The study...
SALIDA, CO— As the City of Salida prepares for the upcoming City Council hearing on October 7, 2025, regarding proposed updates to the City’s Land Use Code and Zoning Map, we want to provide residents with clear and factual information about one specific area of...
Mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures can be expected today with a slight chance of an isolated afternoon thunderstorm. Salida and Buena Vista will see a high of 75. A low of 41. The San Luis Valley can expect a high of 71, a low of 39. ...
On September 25th, 2025, at about 4:00PM the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office and the Salida Police Department were issues a Be On the Look Out for (BOLO) a grey Chevy Silverado pickup that was allegedly driven by Phillip Lee Torres, age 46 from Thornton, CO. As we...
The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) regretfully confirms that the long-standing Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP), operated in partnership with the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), will tentatively conclude at the end of November withthe federal...
On September 26, 2025, at approximately 11:23 p.m., the Conejos County Sheriff’s Office received a call for help from hunters in a remote area of the South San Juan Wilderness. It was reported that CPR was in progress. Sheriff Garth Crowther immediately activated the...
