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Lowering the age for Fremont County Sheriffs Office detention deputies to 18 will hopefully "build more successful deputies when they prepare to transition to the patrol division...

For many years, the first full week of April has been celebrated as National Public Health Week and Fremont County is no exception to that rule. What many people may find themselves asking after reading that line is, “What, exactly, does my local public health department do?” Quite a lot, in fact. However, in addition to […]

Individuals wishing to gain employment as a detentions deputy at the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office no longer have to wait until they are 21 to apply. On Tuesday, the Fremont County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution amending the Fremont County Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual with a lower age requirement for detention deputies from […]

“Recovery starts when stigma ends.” That’s the message of a new local public awareness campaign created to dispel stigma around addiction, including opioid use disorder, and to inspire the community to rise together to meet the challenge of this devastating epidemic. The bilingual campaign, a collaborative effort of Chaffee, Custer, Fremont and Park counties, directs […]

Fremont County officials gave the owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home 24 hours within receipt of a public health order to clean up their Penrose property. After failing to do so, it's time for the Environmental Protection Agency to step in and begin the abatement process.

The West Nile Virus has recently experienced a resurgence in Colorado and Fremont County residents already have felt the sting of the illness — few more so than the hardworking owners of High on the Hill Farm, Brad Sherman and Jan Dubois. The married couple moved to Cañon City in 2017 and, just two years […]

Paula Buser knew she wanted Colorado to be her home when a teacher asked her to write down future goals in the sixth grade. “My dream was to live in a cabin in Colorado,” she said, smiling. Though it took a few years, Buser eventually landed exactly where she wanted to be. However, she had […]

In Cañon City School District our vision is “Learning for Life!”. Our school district is built upon four Core Beliefs, and they are aligned with that vision: We meet the social-emotional needs of all students, putting Maslow’s Hierarchy before Bloom’s Taxonomy. We believe learning growth is what matters most, that it requires risk-taking, and the […]