Salida Daily Digest Monday, August 17, 2026
Ty's Take
The geothermal project at Monarch Pass keeps hitting speed bumps, which shouldn't surprise anyone who's watched water politics play out in this valley for the last fifty years. Dave Held's been pushing this thing hard, and there's real engineering talent behind it, but the Arkansas doesn't care much about somebody's vision, and neither do the folks downstream who've been managing these flows since before most of us were born. Meanwhile, the arts council's bringing "Dog Days" to town this weekend, which is exactly the kind of thing that keeps Salida feeling like itself even as everything else gets faster and louder. Sometimes the best thing a town can do is remember what made it worth fighting over in the first place.
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The Mountain Mail
Arts council to present ‘Dog Days’ art and fashion event
The local arts council is hosting a 'Dog Days' art and fashion event in the community. Details about the event's date, location, and featured artists or vendors were not provided in the available information.
Geothermal plant hits roadblock, Held determined
A proposed geothermal power plant near Mount Princeton faces legal delays after its lease with the Colorado State Land Board expired, but developer Hank Held remains committed to the project. The 10-megawatt facility along Rodeo Road could eventually power roughly 6,000 homes while generating...
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