Colorado Fourteeners Initiative is among 12 trail projects and a state trail program chosen by the Coalition for Recreational Trails as recipients of its 2021 Tom Petri Recreational Trails Program Achievement Awards.

The Buena Vista school board convened Nov. 29 to swear in Lynn Montoya and Nancy Best and say farewell to Erik Phillips and Ken McMurry.

What’s that ring jing jingling? Why it’s Christmas Opening, that time-honored Buena Vista holiday tradition, coming back to town on Dec. 4 and 5.

A new, first-of-its-kind study out of CU Boulder hopes to shed some light on how legal market cannabis impacts the experience of exercise.

Four units are currently vacant at Sunrise Manor Apartments, at 301 Alsina Street in Buena Vista. Sunrise Manor is Section 8 housing, and is designated for elderly or disabled individuals.

A U.S. Forest Service news release has announced the availability of Christmas tree permits for sale through Recreation.gov.

Permits for the Salida and Leadville Ranger Districts are $10 per tree and are not limited by a quota, so will not sell out.

Chaffee County EMS, in partnership with Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center and Chaffee County Public Health will begin offering walk-up monoclonal antibodies treatment (mAb) beginning Sunday, Nov. 28 at 9 a.m.

After 5 years, Central Colorado Conservancy closed on an easement of 598 acres of newly protected lands with the Arrowpoint Cattle Company, which is owned and operated by two sisters in Chaffee County.

The American Refrigerator Transit Company started an ice business in 1925, but before that local men such as Harry Foreman cut ice and delivered it to local households for their ice boxes. 

The Chaffee County Visitors Bureau received the Governor’s Award for Outstanding Sustainable Tourism Initiative at a recent Governor’s Tourism Conference in Pueblo.

Salida nonprofit Colorado Farm to Table announced it donated more than 130,000 pounds of locally grown produce this year at no cost to 109,000 individuals who are struggling with hunger in Chaffee County and across Colorado.

Chaffee County Women Who Care selected Peak to Peak Pickleball Club to receive the group’s donation for this quarter.

Colorado’s independent redistricting commissions have completed their decennial redistricting maps, which were approved by the state supreme court.

The eighth annual Thanksgiving dinner held at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church is supported by a group of volunteers, many helping out since the church’s first Thanksgiving dinner, as well as the community itself.

Four teams entered the Class 1A football semifinals undefeated and only two would remain for the state championship the following weekend.

The Buena Vista Demons were one of the odd-teams-out as Centauri handed the Demons their only loss of the year, 42-6.

A chilly November morning and I was once again on the river. Stark cottonwoods, leafless willows and dry brown grass but the water was glass.

The Greater Arkansas River Nature Association and Antero Outdoors are partnering for the 7th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, presented virtually beginning at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 2

The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct pile burns in nine locations this winter. 

Eight Buena Vista High School students represented Buena Vista at the Tri-Peaks League Honor Band in Manitou Springs Nov. 8-9.

Every semester Buena Vista High School recognizes our outstanding students earning a grade point average of 3.8 or greater in at least five academic classes.

The town of Buena Vista and representatives of the Historic Preservation Commission will present Johnny Hughes a bronze plaque memorializing the second locally landmarked historic structure in Buena Vista on Nov. 18 at 3 p.m.

The town of Wildhorse was located 3 miles north of Buena Vista on the flat before the tunnels.

Former Times reporter Max Smith helps ChooseLifeToymakers craft toys.

Time runs out Saturday, Nov. 20, to order holiday poinsettias and Christmas cacti from the annual sale by the League of Women Voters of Chaffee County.

Buena Vista defeated Meeker for the second time this season with a game-ending play Saturday, but the state quarterfinal playoff game needed extra time to resolve the 22-15 final.

Chaffee County Commissioners shared a consensus opinion at their Nov. 9 meeting that additional precautions are the right measure at this time in light of the surging case numbers, the county stated in a Friday afternoon press release, adding that virtual meetings are an effective tool for public engagement. A recent high of 36 positive COVID cases was identified on Nov. 9, and >220 positive cases have been reported over the past 2 weeks.

The Buena Vista marching band performed at the SoCo (Southern Colorado) Marching Exhibition at the Pueblo County High School stadium Oct. 11.

The Buena Vista Singletrack Coalition is hosting BV’s second annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5k. The race will start on South Main Square (Front Loop Road) at 9 a.m., Thanksgiving day.

Racers and volunteers will receive shirts, but should register by Nov. 14 to ensure they get one.

If you think traffic is bad on U.S. 285 now, it’s been even worse.

Local businesses enthusiastically participated in this year’s annual Scarecrow contest hosted by the Buena Vista Beautification board.

Serving one’s country is a family tradition for many Americans. And so it was for Buena Vista resident Armand Boudreau Jr., who said he represented a third, consecutive, patrilineal generation to enlist.

Frank Martinez was drafted into the Army in April 1968. “That’s what they gave me for my birthday,” he said.

Veteran Art Volk reflects gratefully on his time in the Marine Corps for the honesty, responsibility and other qualities he learned for life outside the military.

Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, Harry “Drew” McFarland graduated from high school in 1978 and worked a short time in the steel mill before the steel industry collapsed. With nowhere else to turn, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as an engineer from 1979 to 1983.

The eighth annual film screening benefit event for Buena Vista’s adaptive skiers and snowboarders will take place Nov. 12 at Surf Hotel’s Ivy Ballroom. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the showing will start at 7 p.m.

The Buena Vista Demons advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Class 1A state football playoffs via a 42-14 home victory over the Gunnison Cowboys.

Buena Vista hosts a rematch of Week 5’s thriller over Meeker.

High Country Fine Arts Association invites audiences to hop into a magical car and take flight on a musical adventure with the upcoming production of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang JR.”

Buena Vista schools are honoring veterans with two events Nov. 11.

Volunteers with Chaffee Recreation Adopters helped collect more than 2,200 campsite surveys this summer using a new mobile app created for stewardship work in Chaffee County.