Monarch Mountain will close for the 2024–2025 season this Sunday, with the annual Gunbarrel Challenge as the final celebration. Participants hike up and ski or ride down the Gunbarrel trail, with the fastest competitor earning the Golden Boot. Registration is free but...
The last Salida Rotary Club Friday Fish Fry of the season takes place tonight at the Salida Community Center. Fish dinners with all the fixings will be served curbside from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. A suggested donation of $15 is appreciated. The community center is located...
Central Colorado Conservancy’s Hands for Lands program will kick off its annual ditch cleaning work parties this Saturday, with volunteer efforts continuing through the end of April. The program helps local ranchers and landowners prepare irrigation ditches for the...
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is expected to announce his candidacy for governor of Colorado today. Bennet joins Attorney General Phil Weiser in the Democratic primary to succeed Governor Jared Polis, who is term-limited and cannot run again in 2026. Bennet has served...
A federal jury has awarded $4 million to the estate of Jackson Maes, a detainee who died by suicide in the Saguache County Jail in 2019. The verdict was issued this week in U.S. District Court, according to The Mountain Mail. Maes’ mother, Sarah Leiberenz, filed the...
SALIDA, Colo.— A collection of original, abstract, impressionist paintings from Salida artist Patricia Aguilar are on display at Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center (HRRMC) now through June 30 of this year. Aguilar created the collection on exhibit by...