OK, so not really. But why are we so addicted to our clothes dryers?
According to ConsumerEnergy.org, “A dryer is typically the second-biggest electricity-using appliance after the refrigerator, costing about $85 to operate annually. Over its expected lifetime of 18 years, the average clothes dryer will cost you approximately $1,530 to operate.”
Especially in a very dry […]

One of this year’s many new acts for the Collegiate Peaks Music Festival is the Afropop band, Mohammed Alidu & The Bizung Family.
The band’s leader, Mohammed Alidu was born in Ghana into a lineage of talking drum chiefs known as the Bizung family. The talking drum, pictured at left, is a traditional West African drum […]

Spring has arrived in full force. The Lilacs are blooming, the snow is melting and the Caddis Fly are hatching in record numbers on the Arkansas River! ESPN covered the hatch a couple years back,
“They come off the river like smoke,” said Bill Edrington, owner of Royal Gorge Anglers
Fishermen are advised to […]

Warm weather means melting snow (finally) means big flows on the Arkansas River means big tricks in the Buena Vista River Park means kayaking pros want to check it out.
“The first annual Buena Vista Pro Rodeo will be held on May 24, 2008 on the new and improved Buena Vista River Park in Buena […]

Bike events abound as we see the second day of Bike to Work Week, enter the second week of National Bike Month and prepare for June, Colorado’s official bike month. Buena Vista citizens are all geared up and rolling into town.
Brian S. writes:
“This annual event is promoted by the League of American Bicyclists, which has […]

In 2006, farmers around the country noticed a significant decline in their honey bee populations.
“Thirty years ago, there were nearly 4 million bee colonies in the U.S. Today, fewer than 2.5 million remain, thanks to a reddish-brown parasite so tiny it could stand on the head of a pin, and to a malady so new […]

Over at YBWhoUR, I was doing some thinking about how goods make their way across the mountains and into our homes and businesses. While contemplating alternative methods of transportation, I started thinking about our existing seemingly abandoned rail infrastructure. With new activity in the valley up at the Climax mine, there was some […]

In the first of many events to come, ChannelBV will host a talk and Q&A session about the joys of sharing your ideas with your community. With freely available and easy to use tools, publishing ideas has never been easier. This Thursday, March 13th at 7pm, ChannelBV invites the public to come out to the […]

Life in the Arkansas River Valley is wonderful. People come to this part of the world seeking adventure and solitude, beauty and community. We are a people bound together by a mutual love of this place and all it offers. But where can we go to discuss what goes on in our […]