Homeowners in the Chalk Creek drainage created more than 160 piles of slash in preparation for the Chaffee Chips neighborhood fire mitigation event taking place this weekend.

Expressing concern over “alarming” upward trends in Coronavirus transmission in the state and county, Chaffee County Public Health will host a virtual town hall on Facebook Live and Zoom on Friday, Oct. 23 to discuss the state of COVID-19 in the area.

During the past 20 plus years I have written many articles on water rights and water allocation in Colorado.

This photo from Buena Vista Heritage, taken in 1897, shows the power plant on the Arkansas River located by the Barbara Whipple Bridge.

The power plant provided electricity to Buena Vista beginning in 1888. 

The Buena Vista school district is working with the town on plans for the annual Halloween Parade down East Main Street later this month.

Per the guidance of Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chaffee County Public Health asks residents to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 while celebrating Halloween.

Per the guidance of Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chaffee County Public Health asks residents to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 while celebrating Halloween.

This month, a local circle of philanthropists is celebrating 2 years of supporting charitable organizations in Chaffee County with gifts totaling more than $70,000.

The Chaffee County Community Foundation, together with the city of Salida, Board of Chaffee County commissioners and the town of Buena Vista, is announcing a new funding program for Chaffee nonprofits and community designed to provide financial relief to organizations and address youth progr…

Chaffee County Public Health is calling for support for isolation and quarantine for those who are ill.

CCPH said in a press release they are two of the basic tenets of controlling disease transmission.

Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick.

Quarantine separates and restricts the movements of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick.

In an effort to reinforce the requirement that local businesses adhere to the statewide mask mandate and public health orders, Chaffee County Public Health has established a clear protocol to establish expectations when the mandate is not followed.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chaffee County are putting a new spin on their annual Boots & Bolos fundraiser.

Envision Chaffee County is hosting a resident and visitor survey to identify perceptions about outdoor recreation in Chaffee County. Go to http://bit.ly/CRS-2020 to take the 10-minute, online survey.

The Chaffee County Community Foundation announced important changes in a press release to its Emergency Response Fund by pausing its acceptance of individual requests for COVID assistance over the coming weeks as it seeks to bolster the ERF with additional donations.

The Collegiate Peaks Forum Series will present “The End of Time?,” a lecture with Ben Ehrenreich, journalist, novelist, and columnist for The Nation, via Zoom video conferencing at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17.

The Buena Vista Rotary and Salida Sunrise Rotary are celebrating five years of sponsoring Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in the county this year.

The program, which has spread from Parton’s home of Sevier County, Tenn., across the country, provides children ages 0-5 with a new, free book each month.

A 14-stop rally tour by the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association will be coming to Salida next Wednesday, Sept. 9.

The Chaffee County Community Foundation is excited to share a successful report from its PIVOT2020, a virtual conference for local nonprofits, which unfolded over four weeks ending Aug. 20.

CONCERT IN THE PARK

The Buena Vista Pregnancy Center’s main fundraiser each year, Celebrate Life, had to take a new form for 2020.

Envision Chaffee County is hosting a resident and visitor survey to identify perceptions about outdoor recreation in Chaffee County.

For those of you who often find themselves trying to help others in need but don’t have the money, there is a source of funding that may be helpful. 

Last week was pleasantly rewarding for 13 local businesses as the town of Buena Vista Beautification Advisory Board handed out its 2020 Curb Appeal awards.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture has received numerous reports from across the state of people receiving unsolicited packages of seeds in the mail that appear to have originated from China and other countries and labeled as containing jewelry or other items.

TOGETHER CHAFFEE, a collaborative effort to update the county’s comprehensive Plan, has released a revised draft comprehensive plan.

Since December, the Chaffee County Planning Commission and Cushing Terrell, the consultant, have been meeting with county boards, nonprofits, and community groups to refine the first draft that came out in December 2019.

Motorists will encounter minor travel impacts at two locations in Chaffee County next week, Aug. 12 and 13.

Two separate striping projects will take place, one project on U.S. Highway 285 south of Nathrop and the other on U.S. 50 in Poncha Springs.

Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Foundation recently awarded two $5,000 scholarships to local residents with EMS certifications currently pursuing nursing degrees.