Local and regional news for Salida and Chaffee County, Colorado.
It’s a pattern in many Western communities. For people who think government has a role in protecting viewsheds and aesthetics, billboards are like unsightly weeds popping up in the cracks of land-use regulations.
We’re slowly forming a strong community of skaters here and Frantz Lake has been great this year. We have a set of ground rules that everyone pitches in on ice maintenance, shoveling when finished, and folks that go out after dark to flood the surface. We had 20+ on sunday and the facebook page is popular.
Next time you hike up frontside ask yourself what you’d pay if that trail did not exist, then consider dropping some greenbacks into Mr. Donation Tube Guy’s hungry mouth.
Pridemore Construction will have G St from Third St to Fourth St closed from February 1st-February 2nd for construction on a new sewer service line. If any concerns arise please call Public Works at 719-539-6257. Thank you for your patiences.
On Wednesday, February 8, the Greater Arkansas River Nature Association (GARNA) will host a program on bats following their annual association meeting. This year’s program will be led by GARNA Board Member Dr. Paul Robertson. The fact that 2011-12 has been declared the European and International Year of the Bat by the International Union for [...]
The Office of Emergency Management is pleased to announce that it will be hosting Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training in Salida on February 21, 23, 28 and March 1, 2012.
Our school is working to pass an ordinance that would place a 5-10 cent fee on plastic bags in Salida stores. Consumers would have the choice to bring their own reusable bags (for free of course!) or pay a fee for each plastic or paper bag used.
We have had some inquiries about commercial and home recycling services in the valley. Please tell us, and your neighbors what you know. Our goal is to gather general information and an inventory of costs, options and a rundown of what happens to the waste once it leaves our sight. The latter is important as we have had inquiries recently that make it clear most folks don’t know where our valley’s recycling ends up. Please help contribute to The Citizen’s knowledge base. Thanks!
Wastewater Treatment Plant construction began September 28, 2011 with mobilization, excavation and demolition of old equipment. During the last four months, 40,000 yards of earth have been removed from the site and stored on property owned by Larry Hughes to use for future backfilling around the new treatment system.
I just received a mailing from your office and would like to express my opinion on a couple of subjects. I noticed that the mailing was “prepared, paid for and published at taxpayer expense.”
Grammy Award-winning bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart will perform with Valerie June at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Jan.27, at the SteamPlant Event Center. Described as a musician’s musician, Hart has garnered praise from the likes of Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton. Legendary bluesman Taj Mahal once said of Hart, “The boy has got thunder in his hands.”
It began quietly, as an email to 40 friends. But when a steady stream of customers began coming through the door before the family-owned Chagrin Hardware had even opened for the day on Saturday, it was clear that it had turned into much more than that.
Good morning, Salida!
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