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By Vince Phillips In the spring of 1881, Chaffee County was raw frontier, born of silver and gold strikes that…

By Vince Phillips For more than two years, from February 2024 through the at least March 2026, Salida taxpayers have…

By Vince Phillips Last year I tried to re-watch an old Salida City Council video on YouTube – one containing…

Colorado’s legislative session just ended, and the High Country Advocate has been there every step of the way. This week’s…

By Vince Phillips Salida, Colo. — On Mother’s Day weekend, a small but determined group gathered in the Salida area…

THEY LIVE IN OUR POCKET HEARTS FOREVER By: Jeany Rush, Gammy 5-8-26    For Mother’s Day – Tears Flow! From…

JEANY RUSH  5-11-26 “ After 3 days fish begins to really stink.” PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART…

By Jennifer Earp-Adamson This Mother’s Day was one of the hardest I’ve ever spent. I stood with friends at the…

By Vince Phillips Chaffee County Commissioners are moving fast on Ordinance 2026-01, the so-called “Electric Preferred” amendment to the 2021…

Jerry White Leave it to Lauren Boebert to find a camera in Kentucky. Colorado’s congresswoman headed to Shelby County and…