Local News

Headlines:

• Highway 133 opens to two-way traffic for the weekend
• Small victory for opponents of drilling in Thompson Divide
• Ensuring melon safety at Rocky Ford
• If you see a guy in high heels…
• Senate rejects increase in fines for oil and gas industry
• Williams delays plant expansion at leak site
• Take the Delta County Economic Development Broadband Survey
• Western Slope Skies Takes a closer look at our closest celestial neighbor
  

Headlines:

• Legislative roundup
• Greeley Town Council okays 16 gas wells despite opposition from citizens
• Colorado third-graders score poorly on reading tests
• Bears wake up, wander into Telluride
• DMEA candidate frum Wed May 15
  

Headlines:

• Stahl shed burns in Paonia
• State’s fire-fighting fleet is unfunded
• Stoned while driving bill passes, along with other marijuana measures
• Hotchkiss dog trials this weekend
• CHC launches air-monitoring baseline study
• Antero fined by COGCC for Rifle pipeline leak in 2010
  

Headlines:

• Fire Consumes Stahl Orchard shed in Paonia
• McClure Pass closed until Friday
• DMEA feels the pinch from Tri-State Rate Increase
• Earthjustice appeals BLM’s Thompson Divide lease decision
• Late-season storms help the state’s water picture
• U.S. Forest Service adds to air tanker fleet of fire-fighters
  

This just in. There is a sizeable fire burning at Stahl Orchards, located at 631 Stahl Rd in Paonia. 

According to reports from neighbors, there are several fire trucks and many firefighters fighting the blaze that began sometime around 3:30pm today, Monday 5/6/2013. Robert Leuallen and Lynne Anderson report that there have been at least two large holes cut in the building to release heavy smoke.

As of 7pm, there have been no reported injuries. The community has rallied, and the Crawford Ladies Fire Auxiliary is said to be taking meals to the firefighters.

Headlines:

Rock slide closes McClure Pass at Paonia Reservoir

News from the Legislature as the session winds down:

• Elections bill passes, heads to Governor Hickenlooper
• Medicaid Expansion passes both Houses  
• Gray water bill passes

Other News:

• Local farmer Jere Lowe on how marijuana should be regulated
• ISeeChange: Carrots, tulips, cherries, kestrals, the First Red Flag Warning and other signs of spring
  

Headlines:

• Renewable Energy bills for rural electrical associations awaits governor’s signature
• Small plane crash-lands on Highway 50 in North Delta
• Williams cited for leak by state
• NASA and CU invite you to send your name to Mars (find web link below)
• Migratory Bird Day is May 11 (find web link below)
• Legislature to end on a High Note
  

Headlines:

• Chicken Farm Redux: Delta County Commissioners hear more evidence in Western Slope Layers case
• Uranium mines get license from state
• Chesnik pleads guilty to $400,000 theft from Town of Paonia
• Crawford resident Craig Childs wins Orion Book Award
• Cockers choose Teacher of the Year in North Fork