CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Salida, Colorado PRESS RELEASE June 29, 2017 Due to the continuing dry conditions in Chaffee County combined with the continued windy conditions the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service has begun to look closely at the increased fire danger throughout our area. Although we do not […]

June 28, 2017 The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office has identified the boater who died on the Arkansas River yesterday, June 27, 2017, as Mark L Wier, age 64, from the Lafayette, Colorado area. Wier was on a private raft trip on the Arkansas River in Browns Canyon, which is in Chaffee County, Colorado, approximately 14 […]

On 06/27/17 at 2:27 pm the Chaffee County Communications Center was contacted in regards to a male who had fallen from a raft in Browns Canyon on the Arkansas River. According to the caller the male had been retrieved from the river in the area of the Widow maker rapids, a class 3 section of […]

The Pueblo Interagency Fire Dispatch Center in Pueblo, Colorado advised that the smoke that has filtered into Chaffee County today, June 22, 2017 is from the Brianhead Fire that is burning in Utah. There are NO fires burning in our County. As always, if you see active smoke or flames in the area do not hesitate to call the Chaffee County […]