In Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem “As Kingfishers Catch Fire” he explores an idea that elsewhere he names “inscape.” Inscape is ...

The wind blew so hard even the birds were walking. Great clouds of dust swirled up off the road and peppered against whatever ...

It is probably an annual occurrence, but there seems to have been many lost pets this past summer, some from visiting ...

I reviewed the county website and found a Nov. 7, 2024, letter from Alex Lunsford. He wrote to the commissioners urging them ...

P.T. Wood, incumbent candidate for Chaffee County commissioner, reflected on his nearly 20-year career in Salida’s local ...

As part of the only all-female team competing in the 2026 Baja 400 motorcycle race in Mexico, Salidan Emma Dunn said she ...

The Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy student writing contests have a unique theme this year ...

Dear Editor: Voters should vote no on 5-H zoning. Salida already has more homes approved than it says it needs. A preliminary ...

In 2024, Chaffee Housing Authority’s then-director called it a crisis of “unprecedented proportions.” CHA later reported that ...

Chaffee County faces difficult times and complex challenges. We need a county commissioner who is experienced and a person ...

Donna Jean McClure, 97, formerly of Salida, passed away peacefully on Sept. 30, 2026, at Pathways Hospice Facility in Fort Collins. Donna was born on Feb. 2, 1929, in Walsenburg to Richard and Deborah ...

Through a collaboration with Highland Electric Fleets and a $1.4 million grant from Xcel Energy, the new buses arrived in ...