by Mr. Leadville | Oct 23, 2021 | Leadville News
The city of Colorado Springs is planning to spend about $25.6 million more on salaries and benefits in 2022 compared to this year as it combats a competitive hiring environment and works to retain employees. The proposed increase is part of a $916 million budget...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 23, 2021 | Leadville News
Four Shooting Stars Ranch spreads over 653± acres. It includes a 5-1/2± acre spring-fed pond and an off-grid, unique oversized custom cabin built with historic timbers from a bygone West Virginian church and an antique country cabin. The land is varied, with rolling...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 23, 2021 | Leadville News
MINTURN • Rebecca Callender says hello to a friend. The friend has a question.“Are you coming to the meeting tonight?”It’s a town meeting about a proposal to transform a historic property into a bathhouse, fit for some religious ritual. It seems a surprising...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 23, 2021 | Leadville News
Outside, the temperature in the North Fork Valley is quickly dropping, while inside a 94-year-old cellar tucked into the mountains around Paonia, the air stays cool and constant. Palms open, Brandt Thibodeaux “punches down” grapes as their natural yeasts get to work...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 23, 2021 | Leadville News
At 10,000 feet above sea level, near the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains, the mining town of Leadville, Colorado, was founded in the late 1870s. Leadville’s striking scenery and historic mining structures, like a massive wooden headframe that is still standing...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 23, 2021 | Leadville News
Since June, Ron and Melanie Chaffin’s intellectually disabled son has lived in seven different places in Colorado, passed from agency to agency because of his high level of need. After the constant shuffle, the Chaffins were hopeful when their 21-year-old son Owen,...
