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The parking lot on Union Pacific Railroad property at the end of F Street is expected to be open for use by Memorial Day week...
Monarch employees are finally getting back to work as Opening Day is tomorrow. The ski patrol has been preparing the mountain...
16-year-old Chase Abbott of Salida ended the trial dirt bike season on top of his division in the National MotoTrial Champion...
Tonight is the "Whoville Christmas in Salida" Parade of Lights down F Street. Pearl Harbor survivor George Blake wi...
Sunday is Veterans Day and a number of events are planned in the area. The Buena Vista American Legion Post 55 invites all Ve...
The Salida mountain bike team finished the season this past weekend with a fifth-place finish in the race and the season over...
Chaffee County commissioners unanimously voted to prepare a resolution for a special land use permit to install a communicati...
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area will celebrate National Public Lands Day Saturday by building a fishing access trail alon...
Two girls on the Salida Racing mountain bike team finished in the varsity top 10 at the Chalk Creek Challenge Sunday in Nathr...
Christo announced yesterday that he is delaying construction of his proposed "Over the River" art project until pen...
Different road closures will occur during the 3-day Salida Classic cycling event tomorrow through Sunday. The 8-mile time tri...
Quiet Use Coalition members will lead a guided hike on a little known section of the Continental Divide Trail beginning at 8 ...
Chaffee County Commissioners will consider an ordinance regarding opening certain roads for off-highway vehicle use during th...
The 8th annual Salida Classic bike race is coming up July 27-29 and volunteers are needed. Most shifts are 5-6 hours long and...
Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil was arrested Saturday night in Miami Beach, on suspicion of aggravated assault with a fi...
Salida Parks and Recreation special events coordinator Kristy Falcon is asking entrants to preregister for FIBArk land events...
Habitat for Humanity will hold volunteer workdays at its newest build site in Johnson Village from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Wed...
Howard Fire Chief Dan Ogden presented the Citizen of the Year award to Mark and Carla Gillespie yesterday during the 29th ann...
Mountain Bike racing returns to Salida with the second annual Riverside Rampage Saturday and Sunday. The Riverside Rampage is...
Monarch Mountain has broken ground on a lodge expansion project. The $2.2 million project will add 16,000 square feet to ...
Monarch Mountain announced yesterday the U.S. Forest Service approved the resort's lodge expansion project. Monarch Marke...
The Tenderfoot Cancer Climb fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society begins at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning at Riverside Park. ...
The Lady Spartan golf team finished fifth and Brianna Rose took fourth in individual play with a 92 in the Salida Invitationa...
The Town of Buena Vista Planning and Zoning commissioners will host a discussion about proposed street projects May 2nd in th...
Lack of significant snow at higher elevations and warm spring temperatures mean Chaffee County officials may open Cottonwood ...
The Rocky Mountain Council of Boy Scouts of America presented its Citizen's Good Turn Award to Rep. Tom Massey of Poncha ...
The Lady Spartan soccer team lost to the defending state champs TCA yesterday 7-1 at Ben Oswald Field. The Lady Spartans are ...
Salida officials led Great Outdoors Colorado representatives on a site tour of the proposed Salida Siding Trail on Friday. Ci...
Senator Mark Udall will attend a roundtable meeting regarding the proposed Browns Canyon national monument and wilderness pla...
Fremont County Commissioners unanimously approved yesterday the temporary use permit application submitted by the Over the Ri...
The El Paso Coroner's office has completed the autopsy report on John Salazar and has given it to the Monte Vista Police ...
Salida Recreation Director Theresa Casey is proposing a five-day bicycle festival to be held in September. Casey said she rec...
A limited number of plots are available for the 2012 growing season in the Salida Community Garden. Each plot is 10 feet by 2...
Debit cards issued to provide assistance to Colorado welfare recipients have been used to withdraw cash at ATM's in strip...
Race the Divide, a climb-up and ski-down race and part of the Colorado Ski Mountaineering Cup Series, will start at 8a.m. Sun...
Chaffee County Commissioners committed to provide $100,000 of county conservation trust fund money to the Salida Siding T...
Two people were murdered in Monte Vista yesterday. Monte Vista police said gunfire was reported and when officers responded t...
Free admission will be offered at Great Sand Dunes and 396 other national parks this weekend to commemorate Martin Luther Kin...
Over The River Corporation is leasing 1.5 acres from Salida to be used as a visitor center location for six weeks of the &quo...
Photographers age 18 and older can win prizes in the "Best of 2011 at Colorado State Parks." Photos should show peo...
The horses at Doolittle Ranch west of Salida get a little extra hay on December 22 with 10-14 inches of snow on the ground.
Deb Pettit, owner of the Sherman Hotel on first street in Salida, no longer wants to make a city pocket park in exchange for ...
Buena Vista Public Works Department is working on a trail to connect Rodeo Road with South Pleasant Avenue. Cost of the trail...
Responding to the Salida school district four-day school week, Option 23, the nonprofit youth organization, is offering a Fri...
Monarch Mountain's master development plan for the ski and snowboard area has been accepted by the U.S. Forest Service. The p...
More than 400 skiers and snowboarders attended opening day at Monarch Mountain and about 150 employees returned to work at th...
Salida will not be included in the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Race officials announced the route yesterday. The 2012 rac...
Christmas officially gets under way tomorrow in Buena Vista. At 2pm it’s the Equine Parade on East Main Street followed...
Access gates in the Fourmile Travel Management Area will be closed for the winter beginning today. The gate closure helps pre...
A crowd estimated at more than 4,000 people joined Santa Claus Friday night in downtown Salida for the Parade of Lights and t...
A new record was set yesterday at the annual community dinner at St. Joseph Church. In less than two hours about 650 Thanksgi...
Monarch Mountain won’t open tomorrow as scheduled due to the lack of snow accumulation. Marketing Director Greg Ralph t...
Pies are needed for the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at St. Joseph Catholic Church. If interested in volunteering,ba...
The “Over the River” temporary art project in Bighorn Sheep Canyon received final approval yesterday with the Bur...
Monarch Mountain and Salida Recreation will co-sponsor additional ski buses and youth skiing programs for 10 Fridays during t...
A lawsuit being filed against Colorado Parks and Wildlife by local activist group Rags Over the Arkansas River is in limbo aw...
Wolf Creek Pass picked up so much snow that Wolf Creek Ski Area says it plans to open for skiing this Saturday and Sunday. W...
The Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011, which would authorize the U.S. Forest Service to permit approp...
An all you can eat Autumn Pancake Breakfast will be served this Saturday morning at the Howard Volunteer Fire Department. Co...
Enforcement for violations of underage drinking and illegal drug use has been made easier sinc the formation in July of the f...
With the official merger of Colorado State Parks and Colorado Division of Wildlife, the new division is seeking public commen...
The Turner Farm, a Buena Vista Heritage property at 829 W. Main Street, will host National Alpaca Farm Day this Saturday from...
Salida volunteers raised about $2,400 for Juvenile Diabetes Research during their first benefit over the weekend.The walk...
A memorandum of understanding for construction and maintenance of Striker Trail at Ben Oswald soccer fields will be discussed...
Poncha Springs trustees will meet at 6:30pm tonight in the town hall. Agenda items include a paving extension request in Lit...
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area manager Rob White is submitting a concept paper for a Great Outdoors Colorado grant to co...
In remembrance of the September 11, 2011, terrorist attacks, a flag will be raised Sunday morning on a memorial pole made fro...
A raft has a hard time getting out of the play hole on the Arkansas River near the F Street Bridge in Salida
Magnesium Chloride will be applied to County Road 175 today and officials advise drivers and bicyclist that the road surface ...
Weighing about 600 pounds, a 9-inch diameter steel cylinder from wreckage of the Twin Towers in New York City arrived this we...
Local sponsors picked up the bill for roughly $60,000 to host the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Stage 1 start from Salida on ...
The Board of Trustees for the town of Buena Vista took action on a number of items at this weeks regular meeting. The board h...
Natural flow in the Arkansas River is higher than usual going into late summer. At this time in a typical year, the flow aver...
A record breaking 72 mountain bikes rode the Continental Divide yesterday during the 13th annual Monarch Crest Crank group ri...
In Salida it’s the Riverside Fine Arts Festival in Riverside Park Saturday and Sunday. In Buena Vista it’s the an...
Mountain Biker Kevin Thomas of Salida won the Colorado Trail Race early Saturday morning after racing from Denver to Durango ...
Congratulations to Wendy Rombold of Salida after sinking a hole-in-one on No. 3 at the Salida Golf Club.Club pro Dow Stewart ...
It’s Kids Day at the Chaffee County Fair all day today.Kids activities will be in the exhibition hall. Tonight will fea...
Opponents of Christo’s plan to drape miles of fabric over the Arkansas River have sued the Colorado Parks and Wildlife ...
Mexican free-tailed bats have returned to the Orient Mine east of Villa Grove, creating one of the largest bat out-flights in...
Searchers continued efforts yesterday to find two hikers reported missing Tuesday after what was planned as a day-trip on Mis...
Monarch Mountain unveiled its master development plan last night during an open house in the Salida SteamPlant Ballroom. Repr...
The 26th annual Denver Post Ride the Rockies bicycle tour will be hosted by Buena Vista Sunday.BV will accommodate more than ...
Chaffee County road crews were able to clear the rocks and boulders that had been blocking a section of County Road 295 about...
Rocks and boulders buried a remote section of County Road 295 about 2 miles south of St. Elmo when a large vertical slab brok...
KSBV's Dan R and wife Carrie compete in theChili Cookoff to benifit the Howard Volunteer Fire Department. They pickedup the 2...
Cottonwood Pass opened Saturday after a three-week battle with Chaffee and Gunnison county road crews and 15-foot drifts on t...
The 28th annual Howard Chili Cook-off with green and red chili, horseshoe pitching, motorcycle show, craft and flea market ta...
A westbound tractor-trailer carrying 60,000 pounds of gravel rolled onto its side yesterday morning eight miles east of Salid...
The kickoff party for the Buena Vista Relay for Life is tonight at the Eddyline Brewery from 5:30pm-7pm.The Big Cheese here a...
Volunteers are needed to participate in the first Buna Vista trail work day on the Barbara Whipple trail this Saturday. Parti...
Several hundred four-wheel-drive vehicles from throughout the nation will arrive in Chaffee County July 30 through August 6 f...
The Fallen Bikers Memorial Rally will take place at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds beginning today and continuing through Mon...
Surviving veterans of the 10th Mountain Division will conduct their 57th annual service for fallen World War II comrades at t...
The VFW will conduct their annual Memorial Day remembrance at 11am Monday at the Chaffee County Veterans Memorial in Poncha S...
Spring snow and cold weather have hindered Chaffee County road crews from opening Cottonwood Pass for the Memorial Day weeken...
Representatives from the U.S. Forest Service and Monarch Mountain met with community leaders this week to present the 2011 Mo...
Representatives from the U.S. Forest Service and Monarch Mountain met with community leaders this week to present the 2011 Mo...
The mysterious black substance discovered in the Salida Hot Springs Pool during the annual cleaning last week has been identi...
The Cleanup/Greenup event for the Arkansas River is tomorrow and will celebrate 20 years of collecting trash along the river....
Chaffee County road and bridge supervisor Joe Nelson inspected Cottonwood Pass this week by snowmobile and despite 6-8 inches...
The planned unit development in Johnson Village by Chaffee County Habitat for Humanity was approved by Chaffee County Commiss...
Chaffee County Commissioners will receive recommendations from the planning commission with regards to Chaffee County Habitat...
All outstanding liens against the recently completed and opened Hampton Inn on Hwy 50 in Salida have been paid and settled ac...
The American Cancer Society’s Tenderfoot Climb to Conquer Cancer is this Saturday at Riverside Park in Salida. Registra...
Monarch Mountain is reporting an 8.4 percent decrease in skier visits this season from the all-time high recorded last year. ...
After 31 years on the hill, 80-year-old Ray Glaser of Salida, retired from Monarch Mountain at the end of the season, where h...
Registration for the annual Salida Pole, Pedal, Paddle race is open and available online for the Sunday race from the Contine...
Renovations at Hecla Junction are complete and both the site and County Road 194 are open to the public.
The Nuggets beat the Kings last night 104-90 making it 10 home wins in a row.Denver remains in the 5th spot in the playoff hu...
Because of the bridge replacement at South Cottonwood Creek, a portion of County Road 361 will be closed until April 15. Deto...
A snow slide closed Monarch Pass for more than an hour yesterday and many more wet bank-slips delayed traffic on Hwy. 50. The...
Three young people present their case to the Salida City Council for smoke free parks, playgrounds and walking trails.
Information about unlawful entry and theft from a home on Silverheels Road near Salida is sought by Chaffee County Crime Stop...
Monarch Ski Patrol will host the 26th annual Ski Patrol Party tomorrow night at the Boathouse. The party will feature the Den...
(February 9, 2011)The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposed mountain bike race near Salida.The a...
(February 8, 2011)Ride the Rockies selected Buena Vista as one of six host communities for it 2011 tour, which will more than...
(February 2, 2011) A business-to-business vendor fair encompassing five counties will be hosted Feb. 9 at Copper Mountain by ...
(February 2, 2011)A business-to-business vendor fair encompassing five counties will be hosted Feb. 9 at Copper Mountain by C...
(January 20, 2011) Salida has been selected as one of 20 towns in a Budget Travel search for America’s Coolest Small To...
(January 7, 2011) The first Salida Mountain Trails shindig of the year will follow a workday starting at 9am Saturday on the ...
(January 3, 2011) A 38-year-old Centennial man was killed Sunday when he skied into a tree at Keystone Ski Resort in Summit C...
(December 28, 2010) The Red Wings took a 4-3 overtime win over the Avalanche last night at the Pepsi Center.
(December 27, 2010)The community Christmas dinner at First United Methodist Church served 570 meals on Saturday setting a rec...
(December 24, 2010) The free community Christmas dinner at United Methodist Church at 4th and D streets will take place Chris...
(December 10 2010) Bar patrons in Leadville had two less establishments to choose from this past week as both the Silver Doll...
(December 9, 2010) Salida area Parks Open-space and trails along with Salida Mountain Trails announced the grand opening of t...
(December 2, 2010) Fremont County will receive a $400,000 grant from Colorado Gaming Impact Funds for additional improvements...
(November 29, 2010) Monarch Mountain reported an “above average” opening day on Friday as about 1,400 skiers and ...
(November 26, 2010) Volunteers fed about 500 people Thanksgiving dinner yesterday at Saint Josephs Church in Salida. More tha...
(November 25, 2010) The Avalanche dropped the opener of its two game Canadian road trip last night, losing to Vancouver 4-2.
Nov 23 2010 Can DoIf you are contributing food items to a food drive for the needy, do not use it as an opportunity to clean ...
The Gate WaitIn the crowded gate area in the airline terminal there are few empty seats. A tiny woman with dark hair places h...
(November 16, 2010) FIBArk has a new commodore.Mike Harvey will takes over the commodore duties from P.T. Wood. Harvey arrive...
(November 16, 2010) Fremont County Commissioners are soliciting letters of interest from residents seeking appointments to fi...
(November 12, 2010) 3E Geothermal, the company that acquired the Mount Princeton geothermal lease, is a wholly owned subsidia...
(November 11, 2010) American Legion Post 55 in Buena Vista is serving free breakfast from 7am to 11am and dinner starting at ...
(November 8, 2010) Preparation for the November 26 official lighting of Christmas Mountain began Saturday as 32 volunteers st...
(November 5, 2010) After several notifications to people illegally living in recreational vehicles such as fifth wheels, city...
(November 5, 2010) Salida has won it’s bid for the first stage of the Quiznos Pro Challenge cycling tour of 120 worldwi...
(November 4, 2010) Christo will return to Colorado for a public lecture tomorrow night at the Museum of Contemporary Art in D...
(October 26, 2010) One person is dead and at least two others injured in a head on collision last night near the west side su...
(October 25, 2010) On the bright side of the weather, Colorado’s new ski season got under way yesterday with the openin...
(October 8, 2010) Pike’s route could gain official designation as a national historic trail if U.S. Senator Michael Ben...
(October 5, 2010) Seventeen World War II veterans from Chaffee County are boarding a plane today in Grand Junction bound for ...
