With sunset now before 5 p.m., Akeley business owners are being asked to leave their outside lights on to improve safety in the city until power poles and street lights can be installed.
Westcliffe, Colo., which is home to the Custer County FFA chapter, is sandwiched between the Wet and the Sangre de Cristo Mountain ranges in the Wet Mountain Valley. It is home to vast hay meadows.
An aggressive dog at the Akeley city campground last summer led the council into a discussion of an ordinance and regulations to address it at their Wednesday, Oct. 11 meeting.