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Saturday, February 23, 2013  It happened just after 8:00 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 50 and Purcell Boulevard.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Officials had to transfer 72 large animals to smaller livestock trailers Monday afternoon after the driver tipped the trailer while going around a curve on Highway 50.

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

Sunday, April 29, 2012  Two people were killed in a head-on collision near Salida Saturday afternoon. The Colorado State Patrol said the crash happened around 2:15 p.m. on Highway 50.

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

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

Friday, January 28, 2011  The driver of a semi-tanker died Friday morning when his truck overturned and caught fire on Highway 50 near Salida, Colo.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010  Controversial artist Christo is in Colorado Springs in hopes of drumming up support for his Over The River project.

Monday, May 10, 2010  Christo's visits to Salida on May 18 and Canon City on May 19 will be his first to the area without partner and wife Jeanne-Claude since her death in November. The couple first visited the area in 1997 to tell residents about the proposed exhibit, which would run for two weeks.

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.

Monday, January 11, 2010  A new veterans clinic in Salida will formally open on Friday.

Friday, September 04, 2009  A jury convicted 23-year-old Andrew Tanner Thursday of first-degree murder, kidnapping, conspiracy and violent crime. He faces a mandatory sentence of life without parole.

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

Monday, August 31, 2009  The Bureau of Land Management says the final environmental impact statement for the proposal by husband-and-wife artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude is scheduled for release in January 2011.

Thursday, August 20, 2009  The company will ship the water via pipeline to a plant in Denver to bottle it under its Arrowhead brand.