Archives for December 2019

Lake City/Hinsdale County Chamber of Commerce is hosting this year’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display. Rather than Water Tower Hill, this year’s eight to nine-minute pyrotechnics display starts at 9 p.m. on Tuesday and is tentatively scheduled to be based in Memorial Park, pending authorization from Town Trustees at a special meeting which was planned

Hinsdale County Commissioners were in jubilant spirits at their meeting Wednesday morning, December 18, as they took decisive action appointing Undersheriff Chris Kambish to replace resigning Hinsdale County Sheriff Justin Casey and named Buffy Witt as the new full-time Director of Hinsdale County Emergency Services. Hinsdale Commissioners Susan Thompson, Kristie Borchers, and Sarah Gutterman extended

Stunned silence and tears greeted Hinsdale County Sheriff Justin Casey’s surprise resignation at Hinsdale Commissioners’ meeting Wednesday morning, December 11. Commissioners Thompson, Borchers and Gutterman were openly emotional as the sheriff read from a prepared letter announcing his resignation effective January 15, 2020. Tears also streamed from Casey’s eyes in making the announcement. His resignation