Dear Editor: A barrier to economic growth in Chaffee County was removed when Gov. Jared Polis signed the Broadband Infrastructure Installation Bill into law on Monday. The bill, now a law, allows utility easements to be used...
Read MoreThanks to Sangre de Cristo Electric Association (SDCEA) for building Trout Creek Solar, a two-megawatt solar farm on Colorado Department of Corrections land in Johnson’s Village. SDCEA is to be applauded for completing and...
Read MoreDear fellow and past Salida Sunrise Rotarians, Our 2019 Home & Garden Show was a huge success! We set several new records, including a net income of $30,000, increasing Luck Ducky Race ticket sales by over 60 percent, and...
Read More“The water of every natural stream is declared to be the property of the public.” That text is from Article 16, Section 5 of the Colorado Constitution. In the article by Terry Scanga, general manager of the Upper Arkansas Water...
Read MoreDear Editor, We should all be extremely proud of Commissioners Felt and Baker for not embroiling County government in the symbolic declaration of “Second Amendment Sanctuary” in Chaffee County. If Dave Williams’ suggestion that...
Read MoreI have been a gun owner for 58 years, essentially all my life: target, skeet, birding and game. I’ve enjoyed them all. And like many Colorado gun owners, I’ve also believed that not everyone should have a gun, certainly not...
Read More“I’m against the bill, it doesn’t pertain to the mentally ill, it doesn’t help them . . . . ” Commissioner Randy Granzella, April 9, 2019 We are disheartened by Commissioner Randy Granzella’s statement in the...
Read MoreDear Editor: Sheriff Spezze concludes HB19-1177 “…clearly violates their constitutional rights…” and “…we have no right to carry out this law…” He urges our county commissioners to consider becoming a...
Read MoreA letter to the community, Across time and land, agriculture is sown into the history and soil of Colorado. From plowing up square miles of land to grow sugar beets, to farming an acre of mixed greens, or maintaining a couple...
Read MoreDear Commissioners, I am a new resident of Chaffee County, having purchased a home and nine acres in Nathrop last December. I have found Chaffee County to be both beautiful, welcoming and I am very happy that I decided to live...
Read MoreNews of the Mueller Report (what we know so far anyway) is exactly as I predicted: Bob Mueller and his team of top-notch attorneys failed to find clear and convincing evidence that Donald Trump worked closely with Vladimir Putin...
Read MoreThe Ark Valley Voice recently reported on a cease and desist order sent to Jed Selby, the owner of the Meadows, demanding that he stop renting his property for use as a wedding venue....
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