Buena Vista food, fun and parade – no fireworks necessary
Regardless of the fire ban and lack of patriotic fireworks, the Fourth of July holiday events went...
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Month: July 2018
Vely objections to Brown building permit contain discrepancies
Ark Valley Voice has received documentation showing that Chris Vely sent emails to Chaffee County Commissioners beginning in August 2016 requesting that the county not issue a building permit for Alison Brown to build her...
Read MoreWater Talks: Managing Water During Drought
by Terry Scanga, general manager, and Chelsey Nutter, projects manager Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District Excluding the Northwest, lands of the United States west of the 100th meridian have often been coined the “Great...
Read MoreCounty suffers setback in Vely v. Brown case
An order by the 11th District Court issued July 3 rejected Chaffee County Planning Manager Jon Roorda’s interpretation of the word “parcel” in the definition of “kennel” in the Chaffee County Land Use Code. The definition,...
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Transportation’s economic impact
Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director Michael Lewis spent a day in Chaffee...
Read More2018 Primary Election Analysis
Unaffiliated voters comprise the largest percentage of registered voters in the state, at about 38 percent, but the final turnout of those registered as unaffiliated was still small – about 20 percent.
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Spring Creek Fire spawns 300 foot flames
The Spring Creek fire burning in Costilla and Huerfano counties in south-central Colorado, 17...
Read MoreVerizon, Charter communications restored following criticism from sheriff
Verizon and Charter Spectrum communications services came back online intermittently in Chaffee County Tuesday, July 3, and improved overnight following an extended service outage. Company officials reported that technicians...
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Salida honors Chief Clark
Salida Mayor P.T. Wood signed a proclamation honoring retiring Police Chief Terry Clark and...
Read MoreDrought taking toll on local agriculture
Severe to extreme drought conditions in Central and Southern Colorado are affecting local farmers and ranchers, with effects rippling to other residents like horse owners. Hay – grass and alfalfa – constitutes the area’s primary...
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