It’s hard to say which upcoming vote on Tuesday is the more suspenseful for the residents of Buena Vista: Obama vs. McCain, or the more locally disputed, Meadows annexation vs. no Meadows annexation. Certainly all four scenarios carry with them the potential of having tremendous impacts on the lives of us here in BV.

VALUES: Residents of Chaffee County and Buena Vista cherish our Western Mountain Heritage and want to maintain that – small compact towns, working landscapes, and clean air and water.  This has been found in survey after survey, workshop after workshop, charette after charette.
We have to work to maintain these values with inevitable growth.  Our challenge […]

Come join us at the SteamPlant in Salida on Saturday, November 15th from 6 to 9 pm for the “Retro Furrrball”, Ark-Valley Humane Society’s annual holiday gala!
What is “retro”?
It means ‘stylishly dated’, so please come in your best flapper, glam, hippie, groovy, nerdy, geeky funk-wear and strut your stuff on the “cat” walk for great […]

Alex T writes, “I spent the morning getting serious about early voting. Discussing the issues with one of my housemates made for some rather stimulating conversation. As we tried to parse the proposed amendments on the Colorado ballot, those little blue ‘issue guides’ that came in the mail a few weeks ago seemed […]

John and Ann Cogswell purchased the Big Meadow in 1998. When they learned that the town was going to take the water off the land, they embarked on a plan to preserve the meadow and the adjacent land, so that it could be developed in an environmentally sound manner, preserving as much of the natural […]

A locally-elected director from Sangre de recently received the Board Leadership Certificate from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Wes Duran of Twin Lakes, a member of the Sangre De Cristo Electric’s Board of Directors, was recognized at NRECA’s Region VII meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, this October for his commitment to education and the attainment of […]

Alan Robinson, GARNA representative to the Chaffee County Heritage Board, writes:
The Chaffee County Heritage Area Advisory Board is just completing a 2-year effort to develop a Heritage Area Management Plan, and is inviting the public to review the full document. This Plan, which has been developed on a parallel track with the County’s Roundtable […]

Great job tonight, Demons! For those of you who missed the game, BV came back in the fourth quarter from 13 to 36 to tie it up with two minutes left 36 -36. (nice onside kick and conversions). Unfortunately, in those final two minutes, Steamboat Springs scored twice winning 49 to 36. Great game, great […]

Its hard not to feel that autumn may have just come to an abrupt halt this past week as an early season storm brought freezing temperatures and accumulated snow to the streets of Buena Vista. But never fear, with highs in the low 60’s, the forecast for this weekend is looking quite optimistic. A quick […]

The A/U climbing gym will be opening its doors to the public again this winter season. Starting November 4, the gym will be open on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 5:30 to 10pm. Cost is $7 to climb, gear rental is an additional cost.