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JoAnn Kalenak, Senior Blogger, DCCR — The Library District told the public in this morning’s KVNF newscast that a $536,000 unbudgeted expense to build a hastily planned new branch in Delta isn’t the cause for their current fiscal woes. Instead, Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, SENIOR BLOGGER/DCCR — Our hospital is in trouble — and the Delta Health Board of Directors is leaving no stone unturned to find ways to get out of the financial crisis in which they find themselves. On January Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, SENIOR BLOGGER/DCCR — In his latest editorial column, DCI publisher Dennis Anderson sounds like a mouthpiece for county government. After I read his commentary on the July 20 Independent Ethics Commission hearing concerning a complaint I’d filed in Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, SENIOR BLOGGER, DCCR — Delta County School board members wasted no time putting Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education (CHSE) back on the agenda — only slightly more transparently, this time — in response to DCCR’s complaint that they Read on…
JoAnn Kalenak, DCCR Senior Blogger — With all levels of government working to do more with less, you’d expect a heightened interest in improving cooperation among government organizations. It stands to reason that better cooperation and savvy negotiation, could provide Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — As elected officials, I’m sure the current COVID crisis has been an unexpected challenge that County Commissioners were not fully prepared to take on. And who could blame them? Who would have thought that Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — Delta County Ballot Issue 1A, commonly know as “Back the Badge,” lost by a little over 200 votes this past Nov. 5. The narrow margin, while a loss, showed how important public safety is even Read on…