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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 were the best parts of his life. Daugherty enjoyed hiking, being in the outdoors, going for walks wi...

John Albert Daugherty, 46, a nurse practitioner at the Buena Vista Health Clinic, died Thursday morning, March 4, on his way to work from Salida in a head-on collision with a Colorado Department of Transportation snowplow. “We are completely saddened and mourning our co-worker and friend John Daugherty,” said Thomas White, the medical director at the Buena Vista Health Clinic. “John was a compassionate healer who cared deeply for his patients and colleagues.” Daugherty joined the staff at Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, of which the BV clinic is a part, in No...

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.