Its time to welcome the 2nd annual Independence Film Festival. This year, the festival’s focus is legendary American film icon, Walter Matthau. Check out the official Independence Film Fest website to get an idea of this year’s schedule and themes. Explore the website as it goes into film descriptions, actor and director resumes and even […]

My Chacos have certainly been around the block. They’ve been down some wild and wooley rivers, been submerged in mud, seen Brown’s Canyon more than a few times, and even been in a wedding or two. They are my favorite summertime shoe when life calls for adventure near, in, and around water. They’ve seen the […]

I have to say that having people run with a passion far enough to make it into a festival is a level of fan devotion that I aspire to.  Not being able to attend this years festival, I had a quick run around the web and found a few fun resources for mushroom hunters in Colorado.  The […]

Alex T writes: “My teaching and traveling this past month has kept me away from the end of summer in BV, but I’ve been excited to stay in touch with local and regional-ness electronically from across the interwebs.  I’ve gathered a few stories from BV and Colorado that you might enjoy:
- Buena Vista bids a […]

A ChannelBV reader submitted this Washington Post article as an interesting comment about the rise of unpleasant interactions out on the trail.
“Federal officials charged with administering public lands say confrontations that erupt into violence on crowded trails in the West remain rare, but they warn that resentful frictions are rising. The region is the fastest-growing […]

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This year’s 3rd Annual Collegiate Peaks Music Festival once again hailed a great turn out of folks from all around the state and a good many wonderful musicians. If you happened to miss the festival this weekend or are already in need of reminiscing, here is a clip that appeared on Denver’s ABC Channel 7 […]

As the summer travel season reaches it’s peak, I was saddened to read about the loss a great monument in Arches National Park.  Wall Arch was a much photographed icon of Utah’s famed park.  From the Associated Press
“Paul Henderson, the park’s chief of interpretation, said Wall Arch collapsed sometime late Monday or early Tuesday (editors […]

ChannelBV reader, Todd H., writes:
Bicyclists know it. Electric car drivers know it, and now thanks to DBC Salida Biodiesel I know it. It’s the warm and fuzzy feeling you get when you travel from point A to point B without consuming a single drop of fossil fuel. But more than just a […]

Well folks, its here. Time to bust out the dancin’ shoes and head down to Buena Vista’s Main Street to hear [FOR FREE] some of Colorado’s hottest bands, enjoy a beer with your friends and relax in the sun.
The folks at the CPMF have done an amazing amount of work making this 3rd festival the […]

In the Buena Vista town trustee debates, it was difficult not to notice the distrust of wind generation as a viable energy solution in town. Wind consistency and strength issues aside, one of the most obvious hurdles would be the noise factor.
Concerns with wind turbine noise are not confined to cities and towns. Search wind […]