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JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — Delta County’s main operations fund started the 2023 fiscal year with slightly less in reserves than last year, but overall cash assets grew by $7 million, according to the 2022 county audit. Local auditor Read on…
JoAnn Kalenak, Senior Blogger, DCCR — Last evening’s Planning Commission hearing was a tangled mess of missing and conflicting information, but one thing was clear: Many in Delta County still have big problems with how the county approves Confined Animal Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — Does the county have plans for the historic Black Bridge near Paonia? When rumors of right-of-way discussions in the area began to flourish around the North Fork, DCCR filed an open records request seeking Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, SENIOR BLOGGER, DCCR — As of June 1, 2023, citizens and media now must file all requests for open public records from Delta County government via an online form on the county’s website. The county further seems to Read on…
Staff writer, DCCR, June 6, 2023 — After a show cause hearing held on April 11, District Judge Mary Deganhart dismissed a complaint made by Delta County Citizen Report (DCCR) concerning four requests for open records from Delta County government Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — Yesterday, DCCR shared a story from the Crested Butte News — since local media and county officials failed to inform the public — about CDOT’s latest efforts to fix a major road disaster caused Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER – At Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting, Planner Kate Kelly told commissioners that Carl Holm, the county’s Community Development and Natural Resources Director, would leave his position as of June 1, 2023. Holm will continue to Read on…