Chaffee County Deputy Director of General Administration Beth Helmke was appointed as the county alternate to the Chaffee Housing Authority at the commissioner’s meeting Tuesday.
Born of a COVID-19 romance, Blue Coyote Ranch, purchased by Sara and Mike Duffin, opened in December 2020 as an inn and will soon debut as a wedding venue.
A “banana belt” is a geographic area that experiences warmer weather than the surrounding region. Salida is one such location, and it’s home to the annual Banana Belt Bike Race,