From the League of Women Voters of Chaffee County blog:
In January, four League of Women Voters meetings will focus on water development. On January 5 and January 12, the documentary movie “The Flow” will be screened. On January 14 and January 15, a representative of the Nestle Corporation will discuss the proposed water development in […]

This post, written by David Lynch, comes from the relatively new Guidestone blog. He writes:
As a recent resident farmer to the central Colorado mountain community, it has become painfully clear the challenges of preserving the region’s agricultural resources for local food production. How quickly have valuable agricultural lands given way to sprawling development and high-end […]

The NY Times has just published their annual ‘Year in Ideas’ Feature.  I’ve really enjoyed becoming acquainted and re-acquainted with the ideas they’ve collected here.  For instance, consider the awkwardly named but delightful concept of the  ‘Locavestor’:
“Perhaps you’ve heard of locavores: people who eat only foods that have been produced within a 100-mile radius.  Now […]

A CBV reader passed along this recent NPR story about the desprawlification of Tyson, VA. In relation to our situation locally, our reader writes:
Don’t forget to read the comments. Let’s learn from others, bypass their mistakes, and go straight to the better ways. We aren’t Tysons, nor are we as close to the Front […]

As fans of science fiction the world over know, there is a little pang of delight when something read in a novel ten or twenty years ago shows up on the news or in radio shack.But when a pop song’s chorus comes true, well, it’s tough to know what to think.
A couple of researchers have […]

I filled up our Subaru today and noticed that I payed less than half price for a full tank than I did a year ago. Gas in Buena Vista is around 1.69 for regular unleaded! I definitely have mixed feelings on this issue.
From a financial standpoint, I feel happy that I can allocate more of […]

Today’s post comes to us as an opinion essay submitted by CBV reader and local farmer, Eric Belsey:
What About Fear?
Where do you fall on the spectrum that runs from optimism to pessimism? What time of day is it? Can you yoke optimism and pessimism to your wagon and ride off into the sunset?
Take for […]

“By the time he got a clear shot near tree line at 12,000 feet, Bobby had been running with the herd for five miles. He had picked them up low—below the south ridge of Mt. Columbia, 10-15 miles northwest of Buena Vista—and climbed 3,000 feet with them, working hard to get ahead of the elk […]

Recent local news includes the probability that Climax Mine will hold off for another little while before opening fully again, and as a company, who wouldn’t. Like all other commodities as of recent, Molybdenum has experienced an incredible run up and a terrifying drop over the past couple of months. Just look at […]

Alex T writes, “I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out what to talk about today and I’m coming up blank.  Not, mind you, for a lack of fascinating and scintillating local and national issues to hash or re-hash or re-re-hash.  But having spent the last series of months or years in impassioned debates […]