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The Colorado Department of Education has awarded the Cotopaxi School a prestigeous Award of Distinction for ranking in the to...
The Salida Police Department concluded its investigation into a "Kill List" discovered at Salida Middle School. Sal...
The Salida Police Department is investigating a "kill list" taken to Salida Middle School by a student. District su...
Salida school district staff, emergency management and law enforcement officials discussed current and future school security...
In wake of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Salida school officials, parents and police met last night and t...
Officials say that the Salida School District's efforts to secure facilities and offer support to students and staff have...
Officials said at the Salida School Board meeting this week that the Salida school district ranked 23rd out of Colorado's...
Buena Vista High School and Avery-Parsons Elementary School were placed on lockout Friday afternoon after two high school stu...
The Salida High School swimmer finished first in every individual event in which the team competed at their first meet of the...
High School winter athletics begin this weekend as the Salida swim team travels to Gunnison today to compete in the first mee...
The Bruins of Cedaredge topped the Buena Vista Demons in the 1A State Championship game on Saturday, the Demons fell 18-16. T...
Salida High School junior Mason Dotter shot a 91 in his first round at the State High School Golf Tournament at Pinehurst Cou...
The Salida City Council unanimously approved initiating the process for adoption of a home-rule charter, setting the election...
Salida school board members voted unanimously for a November election to issue a bond serving as a match for a Building Excel...
More than 500 people attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Salida High School on Friday. State legislators and sch...
Salida School board members unanimously passed a motion to place a bond issue on the November ballot. The bond issue would se...
Calhan head basketball coach Rick Carothers will coach a boys' and girls' basketball camp at Salida Middle School Jul...
Demolition of the Salida High School building will begin today. It will take two weeks to sort through the rubble and separat...
Because the network for the old Salida High School was taken down yesterday, school district phones will be out of service un...
Buena Vista School District directors approved a change to the district's policy on drug and alcohol use by students at t...
Three Spartan baseball players accepted Academic All State awards during the Saldia High School baseball end of season awards...
Knowledge bowl teammates from Salida High School will leave this afternoon for their trip to the national competition in Wash...
Salida school district officials invite students, parents and community members to fill out a survey about the impact of the ...
In a split vote, Salida school board members voted not to hire a new physical education teacher. Board members Albert Lionell...
Salida school board members decided to pay a combined total of $10,050 to cover travel expenses for district students par...
A Florida teacher and 2002 Salida High School graduate, 28-year-old Kacy Christine Wilson was arrested at her parents home in...
A group of Buena Vista High School cheerleaders, coaches and parents came to the Buena Vista school board meeting May 7th to ...
Adams State is awaiting the governor's signature on a law officially changing the college to a university. The change wil...
The Salida Booster Club for the Arts is presenting "A Tribute Show for John Held Auditorium" tomorrow and Sunday in...
Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas inducted Salida resident Jim Wilson into their Southwestern College Education Hall o...
The Lady Spartans tennis team won all their singles matches at Pueblo West yesterday. The next match will be against the Colo...
The smoke rising from 7120 County Road 110 south of Salida Saturday was more than a controlled burn-- it was a training exerc...
Chaffee County Commissioners approved a request for $5,000 from the general fund for LiveWell Chaffee County's garden...
Republican candidates for Colorado House District 60 and district attorney for the 11th Judicial District have been selected....
Chaffee County Commissioners will meet tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. at the school district office in Buena Vista. Commissioners...
Chaffee County Build A Generation and the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office will sponsor two community forums on drug and a...
Salida school board members will consider the retirement of four employees and the resignation of another at their regular me...
Buena Vista has a new State Champion. 14-year-old Keegan Wentz, an eighth grader at McGinnis Middle School, won the 2012 Stat...
The Salida School District is hosting an open house today to show the community the progress being made on the construction o...
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill co-sponsored by Rep. Tom Massey into law this past week. The Higher Education Prior Lear...
The Lake County School District Board of Directors unanimously voted to offer the superintendent position to Wendy Wyman. Wym...
Ground was broke this week in Buena Vista for a new skatepark at the corner of Cedar and South Main Streets. The project is t...
Demolition of Andreas Field House at Salida High School begins today. Moving of books and supplies out of the old high school...
Salida School Board members approved switching to full day kindergarten at Longfellow Elementary for the 2012-13 school year....
True to the typical employment cycle, the Chaffee County unemployment rate increased .9 percent from December to January. Jan...
Buena Vista School District Superintendent Robert Crowther is recovering from emergincy colon surgery at Heart of the Rockies...
Longtime Buena Vista resident Lachlan Clarke is leading a team of 16 dogs in the 40th Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska. This ...
High school basketball is on the air today with the Buena Vista boys and girls in second round district action. First will be...
State Representative Tom Massey and State Senator Gail Schwartz have sponsored a bill that would change the name of Adams Sta...
Founder of the Horizons Exploratory Academy Tom McKee announced last week that he is resigning from the school at the end of ...
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...
It's high school basketball tonight on the River Rat. Buena Vista host Salida with the varsity girls tipping off at 5:30....
Salida School board members will meet Wednesday night at 6p.m. in the district administration office. Agenda items include th...
On behalf of Rags Over the Arkansas River, students at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law plan to file a lawsuit i...
Salida students no longer have to pay transportations fees for trips they take with their classes, groups or teams since the ...
Salida high school wrestlers are on the road tonight for a dual with Manitou Springs.
Salida school board members voted to begin the process of seeking a state grant for construction of a new elementary school d...
The Salida school board this week unanimously adopted the revised 2011-12 budget and appropriated almost $50 million to c...
A Salute to Held Auditorium variety show is planned for April 28, and organizers are seeking historical information and backg...
It's high school basketball tonight on 93.7 The River Rat.The Buena Vista Demons host the Florence Huskiesbeginning at 5:30pm...
Salida school board members will receive an update about the district master plan being drafted in consultation with Blythe G...
Republican Rep. Tom Massey of Poncha Springs was recently named Colorado Politician of 2011 by coloradopols.com for taking on...
According to calculations recently compiled by district business manager Yvonne Little, savings resulting from the Salida sch...
Responding to the Salida school district four-day school week, Option 23, the nonprofit youth organization, is offering a Fri...
Salida school district teachers will receive step and level pay increases this school year.School board members voted this we...
The Colorado Association of School Boards awarded Rep. Tom Massey of Poncha Springs the 2011 Legislative Excellence Award thi...
Buena Vista High School junior Jake Boucher brought home the junior varsity state tile at the Colorado High School Cycling Le...
Spartan cheerleaders take their competition squad on the road today for the Manitou League Invitational at Manitou Springs Hi...
Community use of Salida school district buildings should remain available, school board members agreed during their regular m...
Salida Schools will host the Governor’s Energy Office Sustainable Energy Kick-Off celebration tomorrow at the High Scho...
The Buena Vista Demons ended the regular football season with a 7-3 record and a 4-2 league record. The Demons ended up in a ...
Buena Vista High School gymnasts will travel to Thornton High School this weekend to compete in the Colorado State Gymnastics...
Founded upon “Americanism” in the 1930’s, the 62nd Colorado American Legion Boys State will be held in Pueb...
Soccer playoffs came to an abrupt end for the Spartans yesterday when they lost to the Jefferson High School Saints 3-0 in th...
Senior Justin Giorno broke the Salida High School record for most goals in a season during the Spartans 4-0 win yesterday aga...
Boys in the 1st through 5th grades are invited to join the Cub Scouts with a sign up tonight at 6:30pm at Avery-Parsons Eleme...
About 34 percent of the Salida High School construction project has been awarded to local companies, and more opportunities f...
High school volleyball tonight at Salida High School as the Spartans host Manitou Springs at 6pm.
Salida school board members will hold a work session today at 5:30pm, followed by a brief special meeting. The sole item on ...
High School football begins tonight with the Salida Spartans hosting the Summit Tigers.Kickoff is scheduled for 7pm andyou ca...
Construction of the new Salida High School is continuing. Precast panels forming the wall of the gymnasium started to go up t...
Buena Vista school district is seeking nominations for four school board members for positions to be on the November ballot. ...
Salida school district fourth-through-eighth grade students scored above average “across the board” in the Colora...
Construction of the new Salida High School has entered Phase Two.Phase Two includes three components: masonry, mechanical and...
Assistance for parents who need school supplies for their children will be available tomorrow from 1-4pm at the Chaffee Count...
The Colorado Association of School Executives recently recognized retired Salida Schools Superintendent Jim Wilson and Rep. T...
Child Support Enforcement is sponsoring a school supply drive through August 18 to assist families to prepare their children ...
Salida School Board members looking into the possibility of applying for a Building Excellent Schools Today grant to repair o...
A work session and special meeting of the Salida school board will be held at 5:30pm tomorrow afternoon at Longfellow Element...
Two education bills were signed into law yesterday afternoon by Gov. John Hickenlooper at the Salida Middle School. Hickenloo...
Governor John Hickenlooper will sign two bills that will lessen the financial burden on state schools this afternoon at the S...
Governor John Hickenlooper will sign two bills that will lessen the financial burden on state schools tomorrow afternoon at t...
Geoff Gerk and Peggy Gerk-Murphy both announced their retirement from the Cotopaxi School District as Superintendent and prin...
Governor John Hickenlooper will be in Salida June 9th to sign into law the school finance bill, putting about $150,000 ba...
Groundbreaking for the new Salida High School was held yesterday where public officials and Salida students had a chance to s...
Salary increases for Salida teachers were not approved by school board members during their regular meeting this week when th...
Two vacancies remain on the Salida School Board and although candidates have announced for District 1, none are seeking the D...
Salida High School senior Riley Johnson qualified for state golf competition during the Southern Colorado regional tournament...
A community ground breaking ceremony and barbecue for the new Salida High School building will be held May 24, the last day o...
A new Salida High School community update meeting will take place tonight from 5-6pm in the Kesner meeting room.
Return of about $22.5 million for financing K-12 education during the 2011-12 school year received initial approval last week...
Cuts to school funding remain in Colorado state legislative negotiations, but Salida school district officials said they won&...
Buena Vista School District superintendent Robert Crowther has set up a committee of building accountability representatives ...
Colorado Mountain College can now offer bachelor’s degrees after receiving approval this week from the Higher Learning ...
The Giants routed the Rockies last night 8-1.Ubaldo Jimenez is expected back on the mound tonight for game 2 of the Rockies 3...
Salida school district officials have tallied the results from the recent survey about whether to take Mondays or Fridays off...
The Salida High School Drama Club presents “Les Miserables” beginning at 7pm tonight in John Held Auditorium.Tick...
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Nearly 150 parents and school district residents met in the Salida school cafeteria last night to exchange ideas about the pr...
Salida school district officials will conduct a public meeting tonight at 6pm in the high school cafeteria to discuss the Mon...
The debate about whether to eliminate Monday or Friday for the Salida school week for the 2011-12 school year will be resolve...
Katie Baldassar is now a member of the Lake County School District Board of Directors.She is filling the position left vacant...
Congressman Doug Lamborn is accepting applications for the summer Congressional Leadership Program in Washington D.C. Open to...
Then there were none.Three Colorado schools made it to the NCAA hockey tournament field of 16- DU, Colorado College and Air F...
The NCAA hockey tournament begins tonight.Three Colorado colleges are in the field.Air Force takes on Yale, DU plays Western ...
The Salida school board approved taking $223,000 from school district reserves, freezing teacher salaries and initiated a fou...
Buena Vista schools are dealing with budget cuts of their own. Major cuts in state funding will mean a $505,000 budget shortf...
The four-day week for the 2011-12 school year was approved with a 5-1 vote by the Salida school board during a special meetin...
The Salida City Council will meet tomorrow afternoon at 5pm for a special meeting. The only item on the agenda is a vote on a...
Salida school district officials will host two public information meetings in the coming week. A budget and four-day-week upd...
Lake County High School graduation rates increased from 59 percent in 2009 to 71 percent in 2010. This is the closest the rat...
A four-day school week is an idea being batted around by school districts all over the state in an attempt to save money. Whi...
Nearly 150 Salida residents met in John Held auditorium last night to discuss the proposed transition to a four-day school we...
The Salida School District is facing an 11 percent decrease in funding from the state for the 2011-12 school year and a four-...
Colorado’s law to prevent bullying in schools is getting a new look this year in the legislature.A House committee plan...
Possible flooding has prompted the moving of the new Salida High School from the southeast corner to the southwest corner of ...
Switching to a four-day school week is an option being considered by Salida school district officials as a means of dealing w...
Salida school district accountability committee members will meet from 6-7pm tonight in the Kesner Conference room. Committee...
Three college scholarships are available to students whose major might lead to careers in mine reclamation and the deadline t...
We told you earlier this week about a bottle bill that was initiated by students at Crest Academy in Salida. After more than ...
Graduation rates in area schools were above the state average for the class of 2010, according to information released by the...
(February 22, 2011)Students at Crest Academy will travel to the State Capitol tomorrow to testify in favor of the bottle bill...
Salida High School is hosting the Regional Wrestling Tournament Friday night and Saturday at Andreas Fieldhouse.Colorado Coll...
(February 7, 2011) An early Friday morning school bus accident sent a 15-year-old Florence boy to the hospital with serious i...
(January 27, 2011) Diesslin Structures Inc. of Salida and partner company Haselden Construction of Centennial were hired yest...
(January 20, 2011) Salida School Board members accepted the mid-school year resignation of third-grade teacher Kayla Maddox d...
(January 20, 2011) Three Chaffee County builders, each partnering with a larger, out-of-area firm, will be considered as gene...
(January 4, 2011) Salida High School athletes return to winter schedules this week. Spartan basketball resumes today with bo...
(December 30, 2010) About 40 prospective subcontractors and area residents met this week with representatives of RLH Engineer...
(December 23, 2010) The Nuggets were without Carmelo Anthony last night as Denver lost to San Antonio 109-103. UtahState Univ...
(December 21, 2010) Coordinators of the new Salida High School project will host an open house focusing on local participatio...
(December 21, 2010) The Lake County School District is applying for a Building Excellent Schools Today grant with the state o...
(December 21, 2010) Summit School District Superintendent Millie Hamner was appointed to fill the vacancy being created by de...
(December 16, 2010) In a 5-1 vote this week the Salida school board eliminated Wednesday early release of school beginning in...
(December 15, 2010) Saunders Construction will host a buffet “lunch and listen” at 11am this Friday morning in th...
(December 13, 2010) Construction of the new Salida High School could start as early as April with completion a year later if ...
(November 18, 2010) Buena Vista High School athletic director and head football coach Bob Marken has been named an “IBM...
(November 17, 2010) State Representative Tom Massey will serve as chairman of the House Education Committee in the next two C...
(November 4, 2010) In celebration of the passage of the Salida school bond, students, teachers and local citizens took to the...
(November 3, 2010) The Salida school bond question 3A passed with no problem with 69 percent voting yes. A community “T...
(November 2, 2010) A public hearing regarding the 2011 budget will be held during the regular Salida City Council meeting ton...
(November 1, 2010) Regardless of the outcome of the school bond election in Salida, the Salida School Board will sponsor a &l...
(October 26, 2010) After a split at Minnesota State, Colorado College Hockey stays at #19 in the nation.This weekend the Tige...
(October 22, 2010) In high school football today, Salida travels to Centauri for an afternoon game and Buena Vista is at Alam...
(October 21, 2010) An increase in enrollment means the state’s funding for Buena Vista School District is going to be m...
(October 15, 2010)The Spartan Volleyball team defeated Buena Vista yesterday 3-1. The win improved the Salida Tri-Peaks recor...
(October 15, 2010) House District 60 Rep. Tom Massey accepted the 2010 Champion of Community College award. The crystal star ...
(October 8, 2010) Salida lost 7-0 to visiting Classical Academy on the soccer field yesterday. The Spartans next face Colorad...
(October 7, 2010) Salida High School boys soccer will host The Classical Academy today at Ben Oswald Park. Phillies pitcher R...
(October 7, 2010) A college education may get a little more expensive. Colorado colleges and universities are proposing tuiti...
(October 7, 2010) A public information forum about Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 will be held tonight in the Salid...
(October 7, 2010) Property owners in the Salida School District can calculate their tax share of the proposed $17.9 million s...
