Albert Daugherty News Today

John Albert Daugherty of Salida passed away March 4. He was born March 5, 1974, in Lawton, Okla., to James and Linda (Cox) Daugherty. Daugherty moved to the area 6 years ago from Lawton and was employed by the Buena Vista Health Clinic as a nurse practitioner. He has been in nursing since 1994 and a nurse practitioner since 2011. Being a nurse practitioner was his passion and he loved taking care of his patients and they all felt his love and caring. His family said that his family and nursing ...

A Salida man was killed in a head-on collision with a Colorado Department of Transportation snow plow on U.S. 285 Thursday morning at about milemarker 140.