Colorado-based Collegiate Peaks Bank, a division of Glacier Bancorp, is pleased to announce that Joe Smith, the bank’s Mountain Regional President, has been recognized as the “Citizen of the Year” by the Salida Chamber of Commerce. This award is given to recognize a...
A petition to implement a new Bustang route from Colorado Springs to Buena Vista and Salida has been submitted. The petition was created on December 22nd with a goal of getting 1,000 signatures. The petition was created by Adrienne Schwartz of Colorado Springs,...
Ballots will arrive in voters’ mailboxes this week for the March 5th presidential primary. Nine Democrats and seven Republicans will appear on their party’s respective ballots, but many of the candidates on the Republican ticket have already announced they’ve...
Work on the Scout Wave in Salida’s downtown Whitewater Park continues. Work in the river on tailwater, the wave structure, and the trail is about halfway complete. Improvements have been made to the river left concrete wave structure, while tailwater and river left...
Buena Vista Trustees will conduct a regular meeting tonight beginning at 7pm at the Community Center. Under business items, Trustees will consider a resolution approving the Three-Mile Plan, hold a public hearing on adopting the Unified Development Code, vote on...
A woman who is facing accessory charges in connection to the murders of three people in Custer County last November is out of jail. The Custer County Sheriff’s Office says 51-year-old Nancy Medina-Kochis posted a $100,000 cash only bond over the weekend. Medina-Kochis...
