Jan Wondra, Author at Ark Valley Voice

America’s Vaping crisis comes home to Colorado, six cases of vaping-related lung illness reported in the state and 44 percent of Chaffee County youth report vaping

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 21, 2019

As alarming as the diseases being reported are, the prevelance of vaping behavior is even more shocking. According to the 2017 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, 27 percent of Colorado teens report vaping behavior, which is the highest vaping rate in the nation. Chaffee County youth vaping rates are even higher – 44 percent of Chaffee County youth report that they have tried or are vaping.

Cottonwood Pass opens after long wait, described as – “one amazingly beautiful road”

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 20, 2019

“The Central Federal Lands Highway Division is proud to be party of such an amazing and beautiful project. The partnership of the counties, the Forest Service, and the Dept. of Transportation has been a great example of what we can do together, to achieve a project that is going to benefit not just the counties, but the entire country.”
Renee Sigel,
Director
Central Federal Lands Division

Chaffee commissioners schedule special meeting on Health Disparities Grant event contract

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 20, 2019

The Chaffee Board of County Commissioners, convened as the Board of Health, has scheduled a rare...

Bennet, Gardner join forces to call for full, permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 19, 2019

Sept. 2019 marks 55 years since the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) was created. A milestone that Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) have marked by a collaborative effort to secure future...

Sept. 20 the cut-off for public comment on BLM proposed roll back of conservation protections in Eastern Colorado

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 18, 2019

We took off on a calm, clear morning, heading east out of Harriet Alexander Field at Salida...

Wednesday drying trend expected to increase Decker Fire behavior, public meeting set for Sept. 19

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 18, 2019

With dry conditions increasing, BLM Front Range Fire and Aviation Management Unit Incident...

Local business leader to testify on the Hill on Innovation and Small Business

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 18, 2019

Dr. Alison Brown, CEO of Navsys Corporation and a resident of Salida, will be testifying on Capitol Hill this week, before the Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Innovation and Workforce Development. The session,...

Pueblo Board of Water Works seeks exchanges of the Bessemer Ditch shares in case to be considered by Chaffee Commissioners

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 16, 2019

The Front Range continues to be hungry for water. The Chaffee County Board of County Commissioners...

Chaffee and State Ballot Issues finalized

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 13, 2019

The State of Colorado and Chaffee County have finalized the ballot questions that will appear on...

Captain Zipline Aerial Adventure Park offers world-class ropes adventures, fund-raiser for Calliope

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 12, 2019

Many who come to the Arkansas River Valley for rafting, hiking, or biking, may not know that it is...

Central Mountain Small Business Development Center opens in Salida

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 12, 2019

Marking its fifteenth full-time center, the Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network has announced the establishment of the Central Mountain Small Business Development Center, headquartered in Salida, CO. The...

BV School Board decides on resolution to “opt-out” of comprehensive sex education

Posted by Jan Wondra | Sep 11, 2019

“Without the resolution we can’t teach any [sex ed] or we have to teach comprehensive sex ed. I am not prepared to lead this district into offering comprehensive sex education to students here.”
Lisa Yates
Superintendant
Buena Vista School District

Author: Jan Wondra

America’s Vaping crisis comes home to Colorado, six cases of vaping-related lung illness reported in the state and 44 percent of Chaffee County youth report vaping

Cottonwood Pass opens after long wait, described as – “one amazingly beautiful road”

Chaffee commissioners schedule special meeting on Health Disparities Grant event contract

Bennet, Gardner join forces to call for full, permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund

Sept. 20 the cut-off for public comment on BLM proposed roll back of conservation protections in Eastern Colorado

Wednesday drying trend expected to increase Decker Fire behavior, public meeting set for Sept. 19

Local business leader to testify on the Hill on Innovation and Small Business

Pueblo Board of Water Works seeks exchanges of the Bessemer Ditch shares in case to be considered by Chaffee Commissioners

Chaffee and State Ballot Issues finalized

Captain Zipline Aerial Adventure Park offers world-class ropes adventures, fund-raiser for Calliope

Central Mountain Small Business Development Center opens in Salida

BV School Board decides on resolution to “opt-out” of comprehensive sex education

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