Delta County Commissioners

Last year the North Fork Valley received about half of Delta County’s lottery-funded Conservation Trust Fund monies. 

Headlines

• Amid Dispute, El Paso Country Sheriff Releases Timeline of Black Forest Fire
• Aspen Airport Reopens as Wreckage From Crash is Removed
• Delta County Commissioners asked to support a Grant for Improved Healthcare Services
• Avalanche Forecaster says Conditions Improving, but Still Dangerous
  

Headline

• Delta County Commissioners adopt 2014 Budget
• Local Grower wants to use Hostetler Hen House
• Sounds of the High Country - Tree Health in the West
• State Loses Personal Information for 18,800 Employees
• Ouray Student Selected as Alternative Delegate to Senate Youth Program
• Over 137,000 Coloradans Signed Up for New Health Exchange So Far
  

This week Delta County commissioners heard a wide ranging assessment of the past year’s activities and a glimpse of the future from Grand Mesa Uncompahgre Gunnison (GMUG) Forest Supervisor Scott Armentrout. 

Delta County Commissioners recently named two historical landmarks, one being the Rogers Mesa Community House, the other the historic Bross Hotel. 

The Bross was built in 1906 and according to early newspapers, was Delta County's first luxury hotel (and early on, its only one.)

Now, after over 100 years and eight different owners, the Bross is a bed & breakfast.

For this episode of Local Motion, Felix Belmont brings us another edition of his Delta County Commissioners' report. 

Today Felix speaks with Delta County Clerk Ann B. Edins about the responsibilities of the clerk's office, changes in the election process over the years and more.

Headlines:

• Colorado’s Health Exchange is generating complaints, too.
• Front Range Floods Lead to Water and Irrigation Systems Damage
• Amendment 66 Opponents Say Funds Would be used for Pensions
• Delta County Hires Denver-Based Attorney for Ongoing Hen House Case
• Ridgway Could Soon See Improved High-Speed Internet
  

The Powell Mesa Hen House dispute has renewed questions about zoning and the "right to farm" in Delta County. Adopted in 1996 by the state of Colorado and the county, the "Right to Farm and Ranch" policy lays out some parts of rural life that residents are expected to accept, including noise from tractors, manure, odor from animal confinement and the use of pesticides.

For some historical context on the policy, KVNF’s Marty Durlin spoke with former Delta County Commissioner Jim Ventrillo about the early days of the right-to-farm policy.  

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel on Saturday reported that the Delta County Farm Bureau will host a fundraiser for the Hostetler family, owners of a Hotchkiss hen house at the center of a years-long legal dispute over whether the facility is compatible with the surrounding Powell Mesa neighborhood.

Headlines:

• Fundraiser for Chicken Farmers’ Legal Defense Renews Questions of Bias
• Right-to-Farm Policy dates to a More Rural Delta County
• State Audit Criticizes Lottery
• Front Range Flooding Leads to Thousands of Students Classified as Homeless
• US Forest Service Entomologist Says Ouray Beetle Infestation is Impossible to Stop