Category: Chaffee County
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
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.
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Nine land use topics identified with the Health Disparities grant
During the Buena Vista Board of Trustees meeting last week, Andrea Carlstrom, Director of Chaffee...
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Cottonwood Pass opens after long wait, described as – “one amazingly beautiful road”
“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
BV is one step closer to having a modular home manufacturing plant
Buena Vista is one step closer to having a large modular home manufacturing plant built. During...
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Chaffee commissioners schedule special meeting on Health Disparities Grant event contract
The Chaffee Board of County Commissioners, convened as the Board of Health, has scheduled a rare...
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6th Annual BV Strong Dinner
“It’s really about celebrating each other. Sitting down at one table and celebrating what we have in common.”
Amy Lively
BV Strong Planning Committee member
The Office Wave closed for maintenance Sept. 23
The City of Salida has announced that the most upstream whitewater feature, known as “The Office Wave”, will be closed for maintenance from Sept. 23 until Oct.18.
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Sept. 20 the cut-off for public comment on BLM proposed roll back of conservation protections in Eastern Colorado
We took off on a calm, clear morning, heading east out of Harriet Alexander Field at Salida...
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Wednesday drying trend expected to increase Decker Fire behavior, public meeting set for Sept. 19
With dry conditions increasing, BLM Front Range Fire and Aviation Management Unit Incident...
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Salida’s E Street slated for water and street reconstruction; F Street closure
The City of Salida has contracted with Y&K Excavation, Inc. to continue water and street reconstruction of E Street from Sackett St. to 1st. Street.
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HRRMC expands regional psychiatry service capacity
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center (HRRMC) has announced an expansion of psychiatry...
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Pueblo Board of Water Works seeks exchanges of the Bessemer Ditch shares in case to be considered by Chaffee Commissioners
The Front Range continues to be hungry for water. The Chaffee County Board of County Commissioners...
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