Yesterday at the Chaffee County courthouse focus groups who have worked over the past year to reshape the county zoning plan met and watched as Marjo Curgus of the Sonoran Institute and her team presented a “stab in the dark” of a plan that was based on the information gathered from previous meetings. It provided […]

KRCC out of Colorado Springs posted this radio report featuring Aurielle Anhara of the San Luis Valley who discusses the potential of natural gas drilling in the Baca National Wildlife Refuge. Anhara recently filmed a documentary entitled Rural Impact which explores some of the impacts to rural Colorado communities that have come of by way […]

Leadville city officials are staging snow and strawbales close to downtown in preparation for the town’s preeminent sporting event, Ski Joring. Drawing spectators from hundreds of miles away, this could be called the iconic sport for the winter west. Blending person, horse, skis and snow into fifteen seconds of flying snow, pounding hooves, […]

For Immediate Release:
Colorado Kayak Supply claims national award for Retailer of the Year 2007
Buena Vista local shop, Colorado Kayak Supply, won top honors at the 19th annual Canoe & Kayak Paddlesports Industry Awards, announced at C&K’s Outdoor Retailer Awards Ceremony in Salt Lake City Utah. This is the second time that CKS has received this […]

In the coming years, water usage will likely become an increasingly important issue. In heavy snow years such as this one, it is easy to take for granted the role it plays in our communities. Chaffee County in some respects has a great responsibility when it comes to water. Because we live at the source, […]

I had the opportunity to join in with a group of Salidans and Buena Vistans who recently began the Choices for Sustainable Living discussion course developed by the Northwest Earth Institute out of Portland, Oregon and sponsored by GARNA. Due to the fact that the group is larger than the recommended number of participants, the […]

It is estimated that up to 1.5 billion gallons of water contaminated by heavy metals is trapped in the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel due to a collapse that occurred in the tunnel years ago. Because of the high snow pack this year, it is thought that the rising water table is building up pressure in […]

I really enjoyed going over to the BV - Salida basketball games on Tuesday and getting some photos. The Demons are such a great rallying point for our community and the coverage of the Demons by the Chaffee County Times has always been excellent. I was wondering if there is anyone else online writing/blogging about […]

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1. Open a Blogging account. All of these services are excellent and free. A number of people who blog @ ChannelBV use Wordpress as their platform of choice. Since tens of millions of people use each of the services listed here, you really […]

I am willing to bet that the first time you heard the word ‘Blog’, you said, ‘Excuse me, What did you just say?’ That is certainly what I said. I thought the person had sneezed! The word blog is so completely inelegant as to […]