Chaffee County News

Try as I might, it's been hard to ignore the news that escapes from Iran, where a potential rebellion has apparently been quashed.

Thousands of dollars for business lending soon could be available locally if a grant request approved Tuesday by the Fremont County Commissioners is funded through the Community Development Block Grant program.

Two summer trials were vacated from District Judge Julie Marshall's docket Friday.

Chaffee County commissioners have delayed voting on Nestle's plan to draw and ship water from along the Arkansas River because the food and beverage giant hasn't paid its bills.

A hiker is safe on Tuesday, two days after going missing, thanks to assistance from the Colorado National Guard.

Jun 12, 2009 11:01 am US/Mountain Written by Shaun Boyd Reporting Shaun Boyd SALIDA, Colo.

Jaclyn Allen , 7NEWS Reporter POSTED: 10:09 pm MDT June 11, 2009 UPDATED: 10:46 pm MDT June 11, 2009 At first, Nancy Mason's parents thought their daughter's death was an accident, that she fell off a cliff while fishing in Chaffee County five years ago.

The Chaffee County prosecutor, citing a lack of evidence, says he will not formally charge two men suspected in the death of a Highlands Ranch woman.

Jun 9, 2009 5:24 pm US/Mountain Written by Andrea Lopez Reporting Andrea Lopez MT.

A murder warrant has been issued against two men following a coroner's inquest into the suspicious death of a Highlands Ranch woman on a mountain river five years ago.

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles based on Rick Spitzer's book, 'Colorado Mountain Passes: the States Most Accessible High Country Roadways,' which we'll be serializing in the Vail Daily every Sunday this summer.

A coroner's inquest has been scheduled for Tuesday in Chaffee County to determine whether the death of a woman who fell from a 10-foot cliff into a stream was accidental.

A murder trial will remain in Canon City this summer, despite defense arguments that it would be more convenient for the majority of witnesses if the proceedings were held in Salida.

SALIDA ? The name Nestle conjures images of chocolate. But many in Chaffee County say there is nothing sweet about a proposal by the world's largest food and beverage company to draw spring water from along the Arkansas River, build a pipeline and ... Click here to continue to the story your ad here Resource guide

A new newspaper has just started up here in Chaffee County Colorado called the Ark Valley Voice and it will compete with the vanilla Chaffee County Times.

Nestle Waters North America is on the verge of tapping into an aquifer it calls plentiful.

The Aurora City Council has approved a 10-year lease of water rights to Nestle Waters North America.

Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien today praised the funding of 23 community service providers that will hold enrollment fairs across the state in order to get children qualified for basic health care.

One person has been taken to a Salida hospital after colliding head-on with a Colorado State Patrol vehicle.

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