Lijah Sampson is a reporter for the Mountain Mail Newspaper, focusing on local news in Salida, Colorado. With a passion for sports and community events, Lijah covers a range of topics including high school athletics, local businesses, and cultural happenings in the area.
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From left, Sandy Ripsam and Sue Sulley serve pie, and Thor Rittmann, 13, receives a helping from the Shedfest pie contest Oct. 26 in Alpine Park. Sarah Smith won the contest with her grandmother's chicken pot pie recipe.
By: Lijah Sampson
The Salida High School cross-country team is state-bound, with the boys taking first at regionals with 32 points and the girls taking second with 78 points Oct. 24 in Colorado
– Third annual Unexplained Saguache County community storytelling event at the Baca Grande Library, 67581 CR T. This is a public storytelling event and participants are asked to bring their “weirdest and spookiest tales of Saguache County.”
Aaron Sanstad, selling skis and outdoor wear, jokes with Salida High School juniors Margaux Anch and Luke Regan at the Ski and Bike Swap Oct. 26 at Chaffee County Fairgrounds
Salidan Simone Hill, 9, retrieves a pumpkin from the Floating Pumpkin Patch Oct. 25 at Salida Hot Springs Aquatic Center. Simone said she was trying to get the biggest one. More Halloween events are on tap Oct. 31 in Salida and Poncha Springs.
Heart of the Rockies Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Blue Coyote Ranch to its membership with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Ark Valley High Rollers hosted their Halloween Mixer derby Oct. 27 at Chaffee County Fairgrounds, bringing in new faces from surrounding areas to play with.
By: Lijah Sampson
The Salida High School cross-country team “played the patience game” at the state meet Nov. 2., senior Zeke Wilcox said, and it paid off. The boys took home the first-place
From left, Angel Silva, 7, Maya Garcia, 7, and Izaiah Garcia, 11, work on a skull craft at the Día de Los Muertos celebration Nov. 2 at A Church. Izaiah said this is his third time in attendance. To him, Día de Los Muertos is about "getting to remember my dead family members and praying that they're resting in peace," he said. (Photo by Lijah Sampson)
The Salida High School football team concluded their season with a 43-27 loss to the Gunnison Cowboys Nov. 1 on the road.
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