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By Anna Lea Martellaro

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chaffee County will open the doors to the public and host a ribbon cutting and grand opening that’s nearly a year overdue Saturday.

The Salida Hospital District Board of Directors heard a presentation May 18 on a new program designed to assist those with lingering effects from COVID-19.The Post COVID Rehab Clinic is

‘Healing’ crystals are having a pandemic moment. But science says they’re just pretty stones. Amanda McCracken © The Washington Post/iStock When my friend, a massage therapist, learned I was pregnant last winter, he gifted me a stunning large, clear piece of quartz he had bought during a recent crystal-foraging trip to Brazil. I welcomed the gift and the positive protective energy my friend said he could feel with his hands. I even placed it on the dinner table the nig...

When my friend, a massage therapist, learned I was pregnant last winter, he gifted me a stunning large, clear piece of quartz he had bought during a recent crystal-foraging trip

March 16th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Abigail Eisenstadt Dom Pedro aquamarine was cut from a 100-pound crystal that was mined in the late 1980s. It weighs around 4.6 pounds, making it one of the largest aquamarine gemstones in the world. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian) For those who study what happens when magma and crust collide, igneous rocks like pegmatites are a welcome sight. But in addition to holding clues about Earth’s mineral and geologic processes, pegmatites dep...

Mail News Editor Commissioners voted unanimously to extend the Nestlé Waters North America 1041 permit to Aug. 4 while Chaffee County awaits release and review of the economic impact report. In addition the county OKd a contract with Harvey Economics for the economic impact report and continued the 1041 permit hearing until Jan. 19. County attorney Jennifer Davis said Nestlé had engaged their own economic expert to review the report from Harvey Economics, which will be available in about ...