Fatal Accident Reported on Highway 285 The Colorado State Patrol has confirmed the death of a 63-year-old woman from Shawnee, Park County, in a head-on collision on Highway 285 near Conifer last Friday night. According to officials, the woman was driving southbound...
Chaffee County Public Health has released findings from its Access to Healthcare Survey, conducted in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Chaffee County. The survey, which ran from May to July, aimed to assess local healthcare strengths and identify areas...
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), required annually for students seeking federal and other financial aid, is facing another delay. Typically available on October 1st, the FAFSA for the 2025-26 academic year will open on December 1st this year....
Chaffee Chips has concluded its fifth year of wildfire mitigation efforts by clearing nearly 500 slash piles from Granite Parkway, northwest of Poncha Springs. This year, four events were held across the county, covering areas from Game Trail to Chalk Creek and Poncha...
“I am lucky to have live the life of my dreams”, Jane Surber died Nov. 21st, 2024, peacefully home in Salida. She was born Jan. 19, 1935, in Port St. Joe, FL. to Wilber Wells and Inez (Williams) A courteous young Jane alerted her father of submarines visiting her on...
Jon and Carie Hallford, the husband-and-wife owners of a Penrose funeral home, pleaded guilty Friday to 191 counts of abuse of a corpse. The charges stem from their operation of a facility where nearly 190 bodies were left to decay in a room-temperature building, and...
