It is with sadness, that I write to you one last time. I am here for the month of August to say goodbye to all my Lake City friends. Unfortunately, I can no longer breathe without oxygen.Alan is not with me, for the last year has been in memory care.

I have been honored to work with my team of EMS people for 7 years, since I became a volunteer in 2019. When Director Buffy Witt hired me as EMS Coordinator in January of 2023, I learned much from her about what it takes to keep an ambulance service running.

Here we are in the midst of another election season, and once again, we the people have the choice to decide who will lead us. This is an enormously unusual privilege in a world that is largely governed by pure power, family dynasties, or corruption. We, the voters, need to

I believe the greatest resource in our community is our community. Lake City has always been a place where neighbors know one another, care for on another, and show up for one another. That’s why I’m starting Neighbor to Neighbor Conversations as a simple effort to continue and strengthen that

Wow! Even with a fire on the mountain, a neighborhood evacuated, many Pioneer Jubilee Women’s Club members, donors and supporters gone due to the fire, and a few more bumps in the road, our 2026 Toast to the Mountains was our most successful to date!At a time when our community

Thank you for the “spot on” covering of the Hinsdale County Search and Rescue side by side that the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office and Hinsdale Search and Rescue recovered from Lake San Cristobal on April 27, 2026.We appreciate the community support and the hospitality that we received in Lake City