Chaffee County News

Seth Roberts grows organic produce and raises free-range chickens on Weathervane Farms in the Upper Arkansas River Valley.

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET AND SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET.

Chaffee County officials have called off the search for a 40-year-old missing man.

The Colorado National Guard is helping authorities in Chaffee County search for a missing special needs man.

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Wind energy has been a hot commodity in the state for ten years or more now, but a new source of energy -- geothermal -- is about to get a chance to make its mark in the near future.

The Nov. 12 sale of leases to allow industry access to federally owned lands in Colorado will include one, 800-acre parcel for developing geothermal power, the federal Bureau of Land Management said.

Little Ike Leach decided he wasn't going to wait until his parents got to the hospital.

A Denver escapee faces numerous felony charges after authorities said he assaulted a woman and led deputies on a high-speed chase over a winding mountain pass before his vehicle was disabled with tire spikes.

Don Garcia with the Colorado Department of Transportation told FOX21 News the soil keeps sinking and thata s why ita s taking so long to get fixed.

The defense presented the majority of its case Monday morning in the murder trial of Andrew Tanner.

The pioneer families bringing the first quilts to America's shores in the 1700s began a family tradition that has continued in America to the present day.

In the Rockies today, water continues its run at the top of its page. In Colorado, the Chaffee County Commission approved Nestle's application for a 10-year deal to pump groundwater out of a riverside aquifer and ship it to its Denver bottling plant.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Colorado county commission OKs Nestle's water request The Chaffee County Commission approved Nestle's application to use 200 acre-feet of water - about 65 million gallons -- annually from an aquifer near Buena Vista for its bottled water facility in Denver, and the Colorado county commission ...

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April Prout from the Chaffee County Visitors Bureau stopped by FOX21 Morning News on ThursdayA to showcase some of the natural beauty and adventure you can experience in Colorado's Collegiate Peaks -- including Mt.

There were two cases of Hantavirus in July and August in Buena Vista. A Buena Vista boy, hospitalized in Denver after being infected with Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in July is recovering at home.

Chaffee County is giving away 3 great prize packages! A Enter to win 3 days and 2 nights of the following: Salida Weekend Adventure for 4A -- Enter A August 3 - August 12 A Mt.

SALIDA For the third time in as many months, Chaffee County Commissioners on Wednesday delayed a decision on a controversial plan by the world's largest food and beverage maker to tap springs along the Arkansas River.

SALIDA For the third time in as many months, Chaffee County Commissioners on Wednesday delayed a decision on a controversial plan by the world's largest food and beverage maker to tap springs along the Arkansas River.