Chaffee County Emergency Manager Phil Graham found guilty, resigns
An 11th Judicial District jury found Chaffee County Emergency Manager Phil Graham guilty last week...
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Category: Public Safety & Justice
Man swept away in Arkansas River, drowns in high-water
A man was swept away near the Buena Vista whitewater park on Saturday afternoon, June 29....
Read MoreTrustees approve allocation of funds for BVPD Voice Analyzer and K-9.
Buena Vista Board of Trustees have approved two expenses within the Buena Vista Police Department to further public safety, including vice analyzer and a K-9 unit. There was unanimous approval by the Board of Trustees for a...
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Poncha Springs Selects Sheriff Law Enforcement proposal
The Poncha Springs Board of Trustees met for their monthly meeting on Monday, June 24, 2019. Mayor...
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Thinking Security: Digital news information from whom and where is it sending you?
Do you know where your news information is coming from? Do you know where it is sending you? In...
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High-water impacts on FIBARK, OEM monitoring snow melt, water levels
“This — what we’ve seen so far in river flows — is just a drop in the bucket,” Hammer said. “We’re not close to our peak yet, there’s still a ton of snow up there. This is so not average. This is unbelievable. This is a one in 30-year event.”
Mark Hammer
The Adventure Company
Buena Vista Fire Department scaling services, staff to ‘be there in time of need’
The Buena Vista Fire Department is a mirror image of the growth occurring in Buena Vista and...
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Kaitlin Turner appointed as Interim District Attorney
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has appointed Cañon City Councilwoman Kaitlin Turner as interim District...
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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Colorado Gov. Polis signs nine bills into law in Salida
“SB19-107 is a national model – we already know that it will probably be duplicated – there are a lot of other states with under-served rural populations that have been watching this. It balances the rights of property owners with the needs of the community; so one person can’t hold up broadband deployment that will benefit the whole community.”
Sen. Kerry Donovan
Speaking about SB19-107 – Broadband Infrastructure Installation
‘Ground-breaking approach’ building community-centered Community Wildfire Protection Plan
“The biggest threat to our community is complacency. My job is to prepare the community, but we need your help in that you need to prepare yourselves … It’s important that you know how you’re going to get yourself out of a situation.”
Phil Graham
Director of the Chaffee County Office of Emergency Management
‘Pursue, Protect, Preserve Evidence’, the role of the media in truth-telling
According to the United States Congressional Oversight Manual, ‘…it is the role of the media and Congress to pursue, protect and preserve evidence’ in cases of investigations of potential government...
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