Chaffee County Commissioners are meeting today and tomorrow at 8am in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room at the courthouse, 104 Crestone Ave., Salida. The lone agenda item is Budget Hearings. Meetings are in person and available via zoom at...
NEWS
Roads Closed in Howard Due to Flash Flooding
Flooding over the weekend caused damage all across our area. Howard was hit especially hard with flood waters. The Arkansas River saw a 100-yard debris field of mostly downed trees below Lower Browns Canyon. Fremont Count Roads 45 and 47 in Howard are closed due to...
Fire Restrictions Still in Effect
Chaffee County, along with Custer County and the U.S. Forest Service are in Stage 1 restrictions. Campfires can be made, but only inside permanent, agency-provided metal or concrete fire grates within developed campgrounds. Rock rings or makeshift fire pits are...
Scam Alert
Scammers are posing as Park County deputies and calling residents, claiming they have a warrant for their arrest for missing jury duty. The caller may appear to be calling from the Park County Sheriff’s Office phone number giving a fake deputy’s name and sometimes...
Record Human Contact With Bears for 2026
Four bear attacks happened in the last week in Colorado, the latest sent a Jefferson County man to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries on Friday. A female bear knocked over a fisherman and bit his legs late Friday evening near the confluence of the...
Broncos Updates
The Broncos lost to Green Bay 33-13 on Friday night in their second preseason game of the season. Denver will wrap up the preseason this Friday night at 7pm. when they host Minnesota.
