Tag: chaffee county
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Body of turkey hunter, missing more than a week, found in Chaffee County
Searchers have recovered the body of a Salida man who had been missing for more than a week, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office. Kaden Sites, 27, was found by volunteer searchers in the wilderness near Tabeguache Creek, about 1.5 miles from where his truck was found on April 15, the last day he…
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10th Circuit upholds dismissal of Barry Morphew’s civil lawsuit against prosecutors, investigators
The Denver-based federal appeals court agreed on Monday that Barry Morphew, who now stands accused for a second time of murdering his wife, failed to state viable claims against the government officials involved in his first, unsuccessful prosecution. Morphew was arrested in May 2021, almost a year after his wife, Suzanne Morphew, disappeared. State prosecutors…
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New International Dark Sky Park in Colorado
Colorado has a new International Dark Sky Park. That’s an exclusive, metrics-driven designation by DarkSky International, the organization raising awareness around light pollution and adding protections and inspiring tourism to certain parts of the world. Now that includes Browns Canyon National Monument. Popular for whitewater rafting and camping, the Arkansas River-cut canyon encompasses nearly 22,000…
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Colorado Supreme Court to examine whether portion of anti-SLAPP law is unconstitutional
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will address whether lawmakers inadvertently violated the state constitution by creating a unique pathway for appeals under a law designed to shield First Amendment conduct from lawsuits. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a case on appeal. The justices also accepted…
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Fall colors off the beaten path in Colorado: 6 off-highway drives
To witness some of Colorado’s best fall color displays, you have to get off the busy highways. Where the roads start to rumble, spirits come alive in vast, golden arrays. These are some of the finest off-highway destinations in the state. Alpine Loop: First, pick your base camp: Lake City, Ouray or Silverton. Then decide…
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Another ‘milestone’ for new trail being built on Colorado 14er
The nonprofit builder of a new trail on a 14,000-foot mountain in Colorado is celebrating a “significant milestone” of a multi-year effort. That was the word from Colorado Fourteeners Initiative in a social media post announcing the opening of a second “bypass” on the lower slopes of Mount Shavano in Chaffee County. The first bypass…
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Decision on former Morphew prosecutor’s fate delayed
The arm of the Colorado Supreme Court that oversees the state’s attorneys has pushed back Friday’s deadline to decide the fate of the embattled former prosecutor in the Morphew case. Linda Stanley, the sitting 11th Judicial District Attorney, could be disbarred, publicly or privately censured, or acquitted. She is accused of professional misconduct associated with…
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Colorado ski area gains approval to grow lift-served terrain
After years of dreaming and more years of government review, Monarch Mountain is officially expanding its lift-served ski terrain. “We’re ecstatic,” Bob Nicolls said Tuesday, soon after his ownership group received final approval from the U.S. Forest Service for the Chaffee County ski area to develop the mountain’s backside. Over the west side of the…
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Appeals court splits with itself on statewide noise limits, sets up Supreme Court intervention
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday set the stage for Supreme Court intervention by finding local governments cannot authorize concerts on private, for-profit land to exceed noise limits under state law — three months after another set of appellate judges reached the opposite conclusion. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals concluded the state’s Noise Abatement Act…
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Colorado 14ers to see new trail construction, maintenance this summer
The nonprofit leader in building and maintaining trails on Colorado’s highest peaks enters the field season with plans to progress on an unprecedented project. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative is celebrating 30 years this summer. Mount Shavano represents “the most massive project that CFI has ever undertaken,” the organization’s executive director, Lloyd Athearn, has said. Eight years…