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The final two bills of the Democrats' gun package passed the House early Monday, marking another chapter in one of the mo...
Citizen Center filed an election contest yesterday as a co-plaintiff seeking to set aside the March 19 Center, Colorado, spec...
Chaffee County Clerk Joyce Reno reports that more than 6,000 Chaffee County residents have already voted in the general elect...
Early voting begins today and continues through November 2. The county clerk's office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ...
Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler yesterday adopted an emergency rule to bar counties from printing November election...
Mark Arnold of Buena Vista said he found a way to trace a ballot to it's voter in the Chaffee County 2012 Republican prim...
In Primary elections yesterday, Salidan Jim Wilson earned the Republican nomination for District 60 state representative. Wil...
Today is election day. Voters have until 7 p.m. tonight to return their mail ballots for the primary election. Voting is by m...
Chaffee County Clerk Joyce Reno reminds voters that primary election day in June 26. Voting is by mail ballots and not at vot...
In light of public comments and potential changes in military training requirements, the Air Force this week put on hold--at ...
The Salida City Council voted 4-1 last night to approve a resolution stating council is against opening any of the proposed p...
Mail ballots will be sent to voters beginning today for the June 26 primary election. The primary will be an all mail ballot ...
May 29 is the last day to register to vote in the June 26 mail ballot primary election. Registration is available at any Chaf...
May 8 is Election Day in the Salida Hospital Disrict. Eight candidates are running for the two open seats.
The House Franking Commission announced yesterday that it has dismissed Robert Blaha's complaint against Rep. Doug Lambor...
The Democratic Party State Assembly was held recently with Chaffee County sending 14 delegates. During the assembly the party...
Republican candidates for Colorado House District 60 and district attorney for the 11th Judicial District have been selected....
Republican candidate for the Colorado 5th Congressional District Robert Blaha announced yesterday that his campaign attorneys...
Unofficial results of the Poncha Springs election indicate residents elected Richard Furton as the new town mayor yesterday. ...
Unofficial results of the Poncha Springs election indicate residents elected Richard Furton as the new town mayor yesterday. ...
Proposals by Senator Mark Udall to create a Browns Canyon national monument and wilderness area received endorsements from Mo...
Ninety-six Chaffee County Democrats attended caucuses in Salida and Buena Vista yesterday. Chaffee County Democratic Party Ce...
Kathryn Wadsworth has announced her candidacy for Chaffee County Commissioner District 2, challenging Republican incumbent Fr...
Chaffee County Democratic Precinct Caucuses will be held March 6 beginning at 6p.m. at the Salida and Buena Vista High School...
The Colorado House of Representatives passed House Bill 1072 allowing it to move into the Senate. The bill would grant studen...
Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District of the U.S. House of Representatives Robert Blaha was in Salida yeste...
Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress Robert Blaha will host a meet and greet today at Wallbangers on Hwy. 50 in Salida ...
The Chaffee County Republicans caucus attracted 323 registered voters last night initiating the political process leading to ...
Colorado Republicans will conduct precinct caucuses today. Chaffee County will meet at the Salida Middle School and in Buena ...
The campaign behind a measure to legalize limited possession of marijuana in Colorado will learn today whether it has enough ...
Republican Precinct Caucus Day will be held at 7pm February 7 in the south and north ends of Chaffee County. The caucus locat...
Chaffee County Republicans precinct caucuses will start at 7pm February 7th at the Salida Middle School and the Congregationa...
Rep. Doug Lamborn announced Saturday that he will seek another term in the United States House of Representatives. Lamborn re...
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.Schools are closed, along with government offices and most banks.
Republican Rep. Tom Massey of Poncha Springs was recently named Colorado Politician of 2011 by coloradopols.com for taking on...
Fremont County Commissioner Ed Norden announced his intention to run for re-election as a Republican candidate for District 3...
Breckenridge legend and former mayor Bernie McMenamy died this past Friday of a heart attack at his home in Salida. The 82-ye...
Colorado Reapportionment Commissioners voted 6-5 this week, in a party line split, to approve new Democrat-drawn maps for red...
There will be two different precinct caucus days this year to get ready for the November 6, 2012 Presidential Election. The R...
A public hearing about the proposed 2012 budget will be conducted during the Salida City Council meeting tomorrow night at 6p...
Today is Election Day.Ballots must be turned in by 7pm tonight
Ballots for the 2012 Election are due in the Chaffee County Clerk’s office by 7pm tomorrow night. If you haven’t ...
Presidential candidate hopeful John Davis of Grand Junction stopped in Salida yesterday on his way to visiting every U.S. cou...
The regular Chaffee County Commissioners’ meeting set for today has been cancelled because of insufficient agenda items...
Memorial services will be held all over the nation this Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A ...
Revenue-generating measures will be the topic of a special meeting of the Chaffee County Commissioners today at the courthous...
Positions for three Salida council seats and the mayor will need to be filled in the November election and petitions can be p...
A new poll released yesterday showed Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper holding a high approval rating, even among Republicans a...
According to U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, the U.S. Government spent $118,236,000 in Chaffee County in 2009, an annual exp...
Homeowners facing threat of foreclosure have until July 22 to apply for financial aid through the $1 billion federal gove...
Chaffee County Democrats will hold their annual barbecue fundraiser at the Buena Vista Community Center this Saturday from 5:...
Americans for Prosperity Colorado recently formed a new chapter for the Collegiate Peaks area and Hal Brown of Salida was nam...
With a bid of just over $47,000, American Drilling Services of Howard was awarded the job for exploratory thermal drillin...
Colorado is back in the presidential race spotlight for 2012 with Vice President Joe Biden hosting the first major fundraiser...
Three Salida Council seats in addition to the mayoral position will be open in the November election. Councilmen Keith Baker ...
The annual election of Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center board officers will tonight at 6pm during their regular m...
Saguache County clerk and recorder Melinda Myers is arguing in a court filing that voted ballots should be kept secret, secur...
A state House committee last night killed a civil-unions bill that would have given gay couples in Colorado many of the right...
The Chaffee County Democrats are meeting tomorrow morning in Buena Vista and the State GOP Officer Candidate Forum will take ...
Monarch Ski Patrol will host the 26th annual Ski Patrol Party tomorrow night at the Boathouse. The party will feature the Den...
Chaffee County Republicans will host a forum for candidates running for state GOP offices March 5 at Mount Princeton Hot Spri...
Saying that just cutting spending wasn’t the answer to Colorado’s budget problems, a Democratic state senator yes...
(February 22, 2011)New directors for the Salida Community Center recently took office, with Elaine Allemang as president, She...
(February 16, 2011)Spending on K-12 education would take the biggest hit in state history, colleges would get less money, sta...
(February 14, 2011) Chaffee County Republican Central Committee members recently elected leaders to serve on the executive co...
(February 10, 2011) Governor John Hickenlooper ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff on all state and federal buildings t...
(February 4, 2011) Ken and Darlene Sustrich of Industrial Leasing Partnership recently filed a protest with the Government Ac...
(February 3, 2011)Fifth District Congressman Doug Lamborn talked about his proposals for reducing federal spending and addres...
(February 1, 2011) Colorado State Senator Ted Harvey of Highlands Ranch has announced his intention to run for Chairman of th...
(January 28, 2011) A state Senate committee will be appointed to investigate the behavior of Rep. David Balmer during a discu...
(January 27, 2011) Lake County government officials are denying the allegations of sheriff’s deputies that they were no...
(January 19, 2011) The CodeRED emergency notification system for use in the event of countywide disasters will be tested tomo...
(January 14, 2011) Leadville’s next mayor will be earning the highest salary of any Leadville mayor. The city council a...
(January 11, 2011) In accordance with the proclamation issued by President Obama, Governor Bill Ritter has ordered flags lowe...
(January 11, 2011) It’s going to be cold when Governor-elect John Hickenlooper takes his oath of office today. Tempera...
(January 10, 2011) Chaffee County Commissioner-elect Dave Potts and Sheriff-elect Pete Palmer will receive their oaths of off...
(January 3, 2011) Chaffee County Sheriff elect Pete Palmer is taking office January 11 and his bringing with him a new unders...
(December 30, 2010) John Salazar may not have much of a break from government. The San Luis Valley rancher who concluded thre...
(December 29, 2010) Colorado minimum-wage workers will see an increase of 11 cents an hour starting Saturday. The increase is...
(December 23, 2010) An avalanche on Wolf Creek yesterday closed the mountain early, but it appears that no one was injured. I...
(December 6, 2010) Congressman Doug Lamborn’s district representative will hold a meeting for constituents to bring the...
(November 25, 2010) Poncha Springs Mayor Mark Thonhoff agreed this week to write a letter supporting Chaffee Ice Coalition pl...
(November 17, 2010) State Representative Tom Massey will serve as chairman of the House Education Committee in the next two C...
Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and outfielder Carlos Gonzales have been presented with their first Gold Glove awa...
(November 8, 2010) To honor U.S. military veterans, free admission to regional parks and public land will be offered this wee...
(November 4, 2010) Ballot measure 4A that would remove term limits for the District Attorney was rejected yesterday by voters...
(November 3, 2010) Tom Massey will hold on to his State House seat with 67 percent of the vote. The race for State Senate Dis...
(November 2, 2010) Today was Election Day.Polls were open from 7am-7pm.Mail-in ballots also needed to be returned by 7pm. One...
(November 1, 2010) The general election is tomorrow from 7am to 7pm for voters who didn’t participate in early or mail-...
(October 28, 2010) Colorado gubernatorial candidate and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper visited Salida yesterday speaking to s...
(October 25, 2010) As of Friday, the Chaffee County Clerk’s Office had 1,996 mail-in ballots returned out of 7,203 that...
(October 22, 2010) U.S. Congressman Doug Lamborn yesterday endorsed Tom Tancredo for Colorado Governor at a joint news confer...
(October 20, 2010) Signature cards were mailed yesterday to voters who did not apply for a mail-in ballot by October 15. The ...
(October 14, 2010) The three men vying to become Colorado’s next governor spent much of an hour-long debate last night ...
(October 5, 2010) Colorado’s U.S. Senate race ranks first in the country for attracting outside money-most of it paying...
