Chaffee County
OHV meeting Wednesday, February 8th at 1pm(2)
There will be a public input meeting regarding OHV use on 17 county roads this Wednesday Feb 8 at 1 p.m. in the Commissioner Meeting room of the County Courthouse on Crestone Ave. in Salida. Anyone is welcome to comment in general or with specific reasons why specific routes should or should not be opened.
Non-Violent Communication course helps Chaffee County Detention Center inmates(0)
Since March, Patty LaTaille, a professional mediator and executive director of Restorative Justice, has taught Intro to NVC to men and women at CCDC in separate weekly classes. Eight of the male inmates who participated in the 12-week course were awarded with a Certificate of Completion in a graduation ceremony attended by 11th Judicial District Chief Judge Charles Barton.
Missing Salida resident found deceased(0)
The body of Sue Johnson, 55, the Salida resident who was the subject of an extensive two-day search in the Brown’s Creek area in Chaffee County, was discovered this morning at about 11:30am by a search dog and handler from the Buena Vista Correctional Facility.
VonGortler estate donates to Search and Rescue Team(0)
A check in the amount of $10,000 was presented recently to the Chaffee County Search and Rescue North Team by the estate of Dr. Robert Michael vonGortler.
Salida Christmas Bird Count date has been set(0)
The Salida CBC will be Sunday, December 18th, 7am, starting at the Division of Wildlife Office on Route 50 in Salida. The DOW is providing pizza again for lunch. Thank you DOW, or should I say Parks and Wildlife.
Browns Canyon Deserves Protection According to DOI Report(1)
The Department of the Interior recently released a report identifying BLM lands in the Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area (WSA) in Chaffee County as deserving of immediate congressional action to further protect this area.
Open letter to mayors and councils from Sheriff Peter Palmer(1)
As a longtime public sector manager, I’ve learned that cooperation, even among people with widely disparate views, invariably works better in achieving common goals than assuming an adversarial stance. That’s why I’m disappointed in reading and hearing about disparaging public comments by some of our elected municipal officials in response to our county commissioners’ efforts to address the County’s budget crisis.
Why should we care about high-speed broadband in Chaffee County?(1)
ChaffeeConnect needs your help with a county-wide broadband survey. The Chaffee County Economic Development Corporation staff will develop a county-wide plan that identifies broadband demand, pinpoints gaps and works with service providers to lay out steps for implementing the infrastructure we need in Chaffee County.
Nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, November 9 at noon.(0)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The national test will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 12:00 PM local time and will last 30 seconds.
Happy Food Day! Protest McDonalds or buy an apple?(1)
In recognition of Food Day, Corporate Accountability International members and activists are turning up the heat on McDonald’s to end its harmful marketing of junk food to kids.
Fall in Salida(7)
The rainbow images earlier this week were so well received, we thought you might enjoy these shots from from our local lake.
Good policy and good intentions won’t stop big wildfires(1)
Southwestern wildfires are known to be fast-moving and destructive, but this summer’s conflagrations astonished even veteran observers.
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