Jan Wondra, Author at Ark Valley Voice

The COVID-19 Vaccines Are Coming — But Not Yet

Posted by Jan Wondra | Dec 2, 2020

In what will be the first step in taking back our world from the coronavirus known as COVID-19,...

Today is Giving NewsDay, and the start of the Ark Valley Voice NewsMatch Grant Challenge

Posted by Jan Wondra | Dec 1, 2020

Today, Tuesday Dec. 1, is Giving NewsDay nationwide — the day to consider a donation to the...

Chaffee County Moves to COVID-19 Orange on Friday

Posted by Jan Wondra | Dec 1, 2020

It is no longer avoidable. At 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4 Chaffee County will be moved to the...

The 2020 Word is in — and it’s “Pandemic”

Posted by Jan Wondra | Nov 30, 2020

With 11 months of the year already behind us, and one month remaining, the Merriam-Webster...

Colorado Legislators Assemble for Special Session to Focus on COVID-19 Economic Relief

Posted by Jan Wondra | Nov 30, 2020

Governor Jared Polis Calls General Assembly to Return for Special Session to Help Coloradans and...

Our Voice: COVID-19, Freedom and the ‘We’ of Responsibility

Posted by Jan Wondra | Nov 28, 2020

I was struck this past week by a breaking news notice from the Vail Daily. To save the 2020-2021...

Salida & Buena Vista Chambers of Commerce’s Selling 14er Art This Holiday Season

Posted by Jan Wondra | Nov 27, 2020

This holiday season Salida & Buena Vista Chambers of Commerce are selling a very special piece...

“Together Chaffee” Comp Plan Looks at Current and Future Land Use

Posted by Jan Wondra | Nov 24, 2020

The work of developing Chaffee County’s first new Comprehensive “Comp” Plan...

Urgent Message from Chaffee Leadership as COVID-19 Surges; If it isn’t Necessary, Don’t do it

Posted by Jan Wondra | Nov 23, 2020

As Chaffee County heads into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, there is an urgent message from our county leaders of public health, before you do anything, think; ‘Is this thing I”m thinking of doing really necessary’? If it isn’t — says county leaders — don’t do it.

Purple is the New Red: De-ciphering the Colorado COVID-19 Dial

Posted by Jan Wondra | Nov 21, 2020

This morning 15 more Colorado counties moved into the ‘Red’ zone on the state’s...

Our Voice: This is How Far We Are From the Gettysburg Address

Posted by Jan Wondra | Nov 19, 2020

In a mere 257 words, Lincoln delivered the case for the preservation of the union, the sacred trust that is our democracy and the responsibility that each of us carry to defend and pledge allegiance to the Constitution of what from that moment on came to be called THE United States of America.