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Thursday, October 11, 2012  Law enforcement officials arrested 15 people Thursday in connection with a six-month long drug investigation.

Monday, June 25, 2012  Chafee County Sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help find a missing man after a two-day search turned up nothing.

Friday, June 08, 2012  A Chaffee County Sheriff's deputy is being credited with helping Pueblo Police officers find a man who robbed a Safeway store earlier in the week.

Monday, March 12, 2012  The Chaffee County Coroner has identified the body of a man who burned to death in a barn southwest of Buena Vista.

Friday, March 09, 2012  Chaffee County Sheriff's deputies on the hunt for a man who escaped custody ended up finding a body in a burning barn near Buena Vista.

Monday, February 06, 2012  Good news for a Colorado family after a missing 9-year-old girl is found safe and sound.

Friday, December 16, 2011  Chaffee County Sheriff's deputies said the body of a missing Salida woman was found Friday morning sitting against a tree.

Friday, November 11, 2011  One person died after a twin-engine plane crashed two miles south of Alamosa Thursday afternoon.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011  The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office said search and rescue crews located the body of 61-year-old Wayne Kirkbride of Monument Tuesday afternoon on Mount Antero.

Friday, July 01, 2011  Chaffee County authorities say a Denver woman has died after falling while hiking Mount Princeton in south-central Colorado.

Sunday, June 12, 2011  The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash from early Sunday morning.

Thursday, May 05, 2011  The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a head-on crash that killed two people on Highway 24 near mile marker 216 in Chaffee County Wednesday afternoon.

Monday, November 29, 2010  Troopers say a 1999 Saturn SC2 sedan, driven by 16-year-old Michael Dixon, was traveling eastbound on Chaffee County Road 162, when Dixon failed to negotiate a right hand curve.

Friday, March 05, 2010  Michelle Bese and two children, ages 2 and 5, were in the house when the lion entered.  The 2-year -old was asleep in a bedroom, and the 5-year-old and Bese were sitting at the kitchen table when the animal came in the house. There were also four other small dogs in the home.

Wednesday, September 02, 2009  Details on how you can win two weekend getaways to Chaffee County, "The Crossroads of The Rockies."