Buena Vista High School alumnus Mason Finley will compete in the qualifying round of the discus event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Thursday evening.

Sick and dying birds have been reported in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife is watching for any signs of similar concerns in Colorado.

Against roughly 100 competitors from around the country, Buena Vista resident Cindy Newell claimed a victory at the AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships in Guthrie, Okla.

Dean Zenoni, a retired U.S. Marine Corps master sergeant, rode through Buena Vista on Monday for the middle leg of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route.

For members of Trout Unlimited, resource conservation comes first.

A new Chaffee Rec Adopters program that enables public lands stewardship begins this month.

Volunteers are needed to use a newly developed mobile app to inventory dispersed campsites at twice monthly meet-up and training events. Adopters also can inventory sites on their own and take actions in areas important to them, once they receive a short training.

The Central Colorado Unmanned Aircraft Systems Club invited Chaffee County SWAT and Buena Vista school district representatives to their drone park Tuesday for a flight demonstration and presentation.

The return of the Mountain Mania Car Show drew 126 entrants to East Main Street July 10.

Buena Vista resident Max Champie took home the Grand Champion award with his orange 1969 Chevy Camaro.

Zaila Smith took first in the women’s and second overall in the Independence Day Freedom 5k with a time of 20 minutes, 14 seconds.

The event drew 154 participants, making it the second-largest competitor pool in the race’s history.

The Lady Demons brought home a seventh-place team finish including a state champion from 46 teams competing at the Class 2A state track and field championships at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood last weekend.

First teammers Luke Reavis and Seth Moss led eight Demons on the Season C all-state football team.

Rally racer Andy Kingsley is gearing up for his fifth year running in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb June 27.

The Buena Vista girls placed fourth of 13 teams while the boys finished 10th place at the Tri-Peaks League conference track meet in Salida June 19.

 The Chaffee Recreation Council is providing a draft of the Chaffee Recreation Plan for community feedback. The plan’s goals are to protect natural resources, maintain exceptional outdoor experiences and sustain the economic benefits of recreation tourism.

The centennial edition Collegiate Peaks Stampede Rodeo that took place last weekend. The event was attended by at least 1,500 people and was characterized by good stock and good contestants.

The girls won the 14-team meet and the boys took fifth of 15 as the Buena Vista track teams competed in a twilight meet at Del Norte High School June 11.

Chaffee County will apply DuraBlend on multiple county roads for dust mitigation starting Monday.

The Friends of Browns Canyon is seeking volunteers for a work project to build buck and rail fence at the north end of Browns Canyon National Monument.

The Collegiate Peaks Stampede Rodeo will continue a 100-year-long tradition on June 12-13. Events will include bull and bronc riding, steer wrestling, mutton bustin’, multiple roping events, a ladies barrel race and a calf scramble.

The Buena Vista Demons made it a clean sweep in the past week by winning two games over Centauri and then a nine-inning affair at Hotchkiss. The Demons improved to 9-1 on the season.

The Buena Vista Public Library hosted representatives from the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative and Chaffee County Search & Rescue–North for a talk with a crowd of about twenty hiking enthusiasts at McPhelemy park on Friday.

In the final week of school filled with all the usual activities including exams, final projects, graduation, prom and others, the Buena Vista Demon baseball team went 4-for-5 this week.

CKS Paddlefest’s Spirit Trail Race drew 177 runners who completed a trio of competitions Sunday.

The event included three distances: 8 kilometer, half-marathon (13 miles) and full marathon (26 miles) through the trail system east of the Arkansas River atop Midland Hill.

Competitors came from all over the state, as well as a few from farther afield, from places like Austin, Texas, and West Palm Beach, Fla.

A couple years ago I was visiting a loved one at a nursing home when I heard a quiet voice whispering “help me.”

The Chaffee Recreation Council offers opportunity for the public to review elements of the Chaffee Rec Plan starting today on the Envision Chaffee County website.

Both Chaffee, Gunnison sides of the pass to be opened

Buena Vista swept the first two doubleheaders of the spring/summer baseball season.

After wading into the virtual world last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Buena Vista’s summer kickoff – CKS Paddlefest – is back this weekend with live-action river sports fun.

The Greater Arkansas River Nature Association will accept entries from May 22-July 1 for its seventh annual photo contest for Upper Arkansas River Valley nature photos, celebrating the group’s 25 years of nature education and stewardship.

elevateHER, the Chaffee County nonprofit that connects young women with the great outdoors, empowering them and building foundational skills for careers in the outdoor industry, will be hosting its first Climb-a-Thon fundraiser on Friday, May 28.

Join Greater Arkansas River Nature Association executive director Dominique Naccarato for a fun, experiential introduction to birding in the Upper Arkansas Valley from 8:30-10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 8, at Sands Lake in Salida.

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife pathologist found human remains inside the stomachs of a sow and her yearling bear that CPW wildlife officers suspect of killing and eating a 39-year-old woman Friday north of Durango.

Registration is open for the 2021 OHV Color Tour taking riders through the public lands around Buena Vista.