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Advocacy journalism that promotes community engagement in local governance.
Delta County Independent reporter Lisa Young interviewed Carl Holm, the county’s new Community and Natural Resource Director. The Q&A formatted article revealed Holm’s extensive planning background, current focus and future goals for the county’s planning department. “Definitely the implementation Read on…
ALEX ZORN/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel — An ethics complaint filed against Delta County Administrator Robbie LeValley was deemed non-frivolous by The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission this week. LeValley will now have 30 days from Feb. 11 to respond. The complaint, filed Read on…
Quote from story: “Gerren Anderson, a former North Fork coal miner, fossil fuels aren’t the answer. Anderson was laid off in 2015 when the Bowie #2 mine closed and today lives on disability benefit. The decades underground left him with Read on…
DENNIS WEBB/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel — A Delta County judge has doubled down on a previous judgment against an energy firm in its suit against a Paonia activist, declaring that the suit is frivolous and was filed to retaliate against Read on…
ERIN McINTYRE/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel — A recent waste audit showed 63 percent of trash taken to Delta County’s landfill was compostable or recyclable. READ MORE.
PHIL CASTLE, The Business Times — “Seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates rose in neighboring Western Colorado counties in October: up a tenth of a point to: 3 percent in Garfield County and 3.2 percent in Montrose County, up two-tenths to 3.4 percent Read on…
Jeffrey A. Roberts/CFOIC Executive Director — An obscure provision in the Colorado Open Records Act allows a government records custodian to initiate legal action against a requester if he or she is unable, in good faith, to determine whether documents are Read on…