Salida Daily Digest Thursday, November 12, 2026
Ty's Take
The Meadows canceling events after those county hearings tells you something about how fast things move when a community decides it's had enough. Three interconnected public hearings on concert permits sounds like the kind of bureaucratic language people use when they're trying to find the off ramp, and apparently they found it. You can argue whether that's the right call or the wrong one, but what's clear is that Salida's wrestling with what it wants to be as the Front Range keeps discovering us. A thriving music venue and a town that can still sleep at night aren't always the same thing, and figuring out which one we are matters more than most of us probably want to admit.
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Ark Valley Voice
There is No Wrong Kind of American, Veteran Bree Fram Discusses Authentic Leadership
“It is just by showing up and living out loud that we can make change.” Buena Vista (BV) Pride Coalition hosted a talk by retired U.S. Space Force Colonel Bree Fram in early October. Fram’s presentation was the first in the organization’s Pride in Action series. Titled “The Wrong Kind of American,”...
Meadow Creek Applicant Exits Public Hearing, Announces 2027 Concert Season is Canceled The Chaffee Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) held three, consecutive public hearings. The first related to their multi-year permitted summer 2027 concert, and two public hearings recapping the two Meadow...
Facing Realities: How did we get here?!
Series 6.c — Series Exploring Home-grown Extremism in Chaffee County and the Central Colorado Rockies In a little more than five years citizens, visitors, and businesses have seen an armed extremist literally scream through bullhorn at an unarmed counter-protester, “Do you want a mass shooting in...
Laubacher Claims Victory over Boebert
It’s been a week since the November 3 midterm elections, but there remain races across the country to be called. Today it appears that Colorado’s 4th Congressional District is no longer in doubt. Eileen Laubacher, a Democrat who ran in what has been until now considered a safe Republican district,...
Veterans Day Honors Those Who Have served
November 11 is our nation’s Veterans Day; set aside as the official day on which Americans honor the service and sacrifice of those who have served our country in war — and in peace — and occasionally something in between war and peace. That might be called a state of constant vigilance. My...
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The Mountain Mail
Boys & Girls Club breaks ground on Buena Vista facility
Boys & Girls Club of Chaffee County Executive Director Brian Beaulieu speaks with a group of club members at the official groundbreaking of the club's Buena Vista facility, which expects to open next year following over a decade of fundraising. (Photo by Max R. Smith) After years of planning and...
Fashion Show will bring the runway to Salida
The flyer for the Salida Fashion Show, provided by Tina Gramann. Designers will have the opportunity to display their work at the Salida Fashion Show on Nov. 13 at Salida SteamPlant, 220 W. Sackett Ave. Featuring upcycled designs as well as thrifted and handmade pieces, the runway show will provide...
Meadows cancels events following county permitting hearings
Editor's Note: This story was updated at 1:45 p.m. Nov. 11. The Meadow Creek music venue has canceled its 2027 events following a more than four-hour set of hearings, deliberations and an executive session concerning permitting for the venue at the Nov. 10 meeting of the Chaffee County Board of...
Su Casa is Sustainable Salida Business of the Year
Jaymie Fullmer, operations "rock star," and Nicole Balaun, owner, sit on a couch inside Su Casa Furniture & Sleep Shop Nov. 10. Su Casa is the 2026 Sustainable Salida Business of the Year. (Photo by Cailey McDermott) Su Casa Furniture & Sleep Shop is the 2026 Sustainable Salida Business of the...
Salida Board of Education approves higher student fees, discusses post-election funding
School funding, particularly after the midterm elections, and Crest Academy enrollment access took center stage at the Nov. 10 Salida Board of Education meeting. During the four-hour meeting, school board members approved the student fee changes discussed last month , went over potential impacts of...
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LES first-graders perform “BINGO”
First-graders at Longfellow Elementary School perform BINGO Nov. 5. Directed by Jennifer Giangiulio, the farm-yard theme had singing, dancing and jokes. (Photos by Cailey McDermott) All comments must include your full name - no anonymity posting allowed. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar,...
Halloween events abound in Salida, with elaborate costumes, dedicated actors
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