Chaffee County, CO- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released updated recommendations regarding the COVID annual vaccine for individuals ages 65 and older. In its latest guidance, the CDC advises that even if they got a COVID annual vaccine...
Scholarship applications for Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Auxiliary 2024 renewable four-year scholarship, for $1,500 per year, are being accepted. This scholarship is for 2024 graduating high school seniors residing in Chaffee County or western Fremont...
Chaffee County, CO- Chaffee County Public Health (CCPH) is excited to announce that Stefanie Nelson, CCPH’s Consumer Protection Specialist, recently received her Standardization Certificate from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)....
The Salida School Board voted 5-2 this week to deny long-term leave to a Salida High School teacher diagnosed with breast cancer. The story was published online by the Mountain Mail and it generated several comments critical of the board and Superintendent David...
— Edward Valentin Edmonson was born at Heart of the Rockies Regional MedicalCenter’s Family Birthing Center in Salida on February 21, 2024 at 8:41 p.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 ½ inches long. Edward’s parents are Cecilia Schonewise and Sam...
On February 20, 2024, Rebeca (Becky) Lewis passed away peacefully in her home at Brookdale Assisted Living in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Rebeca was born March 4,1939 to Stuart and Violet Hamley of Meadow Grove, Nebraska where she was raised. Becky earned...
