Butterfly on Tenderfoot Mountain celebrates 80 years for Monarch
The image of an orange butterfly can be seen floating above the city of Salida beginning Monday...
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Redistricting highjinks behind controversial state legislator votes
Over the past several months, state after state with Republican-controlled legislatures have...
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Broadband Infrastructure Installation Bill
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...
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Disconnected from the truth
How many times can someone lie to you before you stop believing what they say? According to The...
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Memorial Day is More than Paddles, Picnics and Popcorn
For most Americans these days, the words ‘Memorial Day’ mark the start of a long...
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At the state house: Colorado Senator Kerry Donovan talks session success
Statehouse Update: I set a district driven agenda for the 2019 legislative session that included...
Read MoreVaccines, an evidence-based public health strategy that keeps us all safer
While the United States has very low rates of vaccine-preventable diseases, this isn’t the case throughout the world, and we are certainly not naturally immune to them. Contrary to the myths spread by anti-vaccine individuals,...
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: What happened to community solar?
Thanks 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 MoreGuest Opinion: NAMI Chaffee County to observe Mental Health Month
This May, NAMI Chaffee County, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will participate in Mental Health Month to raise awareness of mental illness. More than 40 million people in the U.S. face the...
Read MoreSaluting all involved in the Salida Sunrise Rotary 2019 Home & Garden Show
Dear 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 MoreLetter to the Editor: Water belongs to all of us
“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 MoreGuest Opinion: What the 2020 Census means to rural Colorado
The 2020 Census determines our state’s voice in Washington By U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet April is a busy time for rural Coloradans. Planting season is here, ditches are running, and the end of school is around the corner. A...
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