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Delta County Election Candidate Forum - Senate District 5 & House District 54

This program features excerpts from the Delta County Election Candidate Forum. The forum, organized by Delta's Republican and Democratic party leaders, was held in Delta in October and moderated by KVNF's Eric Goold. Senate District 5 Candidates Republican Olen Lund and Democratic incumbent Kerry Donovan and House District 54 candidates, Republican Matt Soper and Independent Thea Chase are featured in this episode.

Western Slope Skies - The Galactic Menagerie Overhead

Talkin Music: Son Little

Delta County Commissioners Report: Doug Atchley

By Ali Lightfoot • Oct 19, 2018

KVNF's Felix Belmont and Eric Goold speak with District 1 Commissioner Doug Atchley, whose term ends this year. Atchley talks about his experience serving as commissioner, the local economy and his hopes for the future of Delta County.

A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

By Kirk Siegler • Oct 19, 2018

To explain why folks in rural Delta County, Colo. are feeling a lot less anxious than they were a couple years ago, consider the story of Johnny Olivas.

He's digging a line down a steep, dirt driveway, where he'll lay fiber optic cable into a home. His company, Lightworks Fiber, has begun installing badly needed broadband to this remote valley of deserts and aspen-cloaked mesas.

"I didn't know anything about fiber optic, but you catch on pretty quick," Olivas says during a break. "It's a hell of a lot easier than coal mining."

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Oct. 16th

By Jeff Reynolds • Oct 16, 2018

With the first hard freeze behind us, host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart discuss late fall gardening topics and take calls from listeners.

KVNF Regional Newscast: October 16, 2018

By Eric Goold • Oct 16, 2018

Huge illegal pot grow in Delta busted, eight arrests, over 800 pounds seized
New police chief in Montrose named, starts on November 2nd
Democratic congressional candidate Diane Mitsch Bush visits Carbondale

KVNF Regional Newscast: October 15, 2018

By Eric Goold • Oct 15, 2018

Delta County Sheriff Fred McKee issues press release
Mentally ill patient at Delta jail can't find a bed; service providers won't take him
McKee one of five county sheriffs in 7th Judicial District who will step down
Despite conservation agreement, water tensions between Western Slope and Front Range

KVNF Regional Newscast: October 12, 2018

By Eric Goold • Oct 12, 2018

The Purple State Update with the Colorado Sun
Conservation plan calls for water to be taken from Blue Mesa Reservoir
Lake Powell near disastrous low level; contingency plans established
Preview of high school football schedule around listening area

KVNF Regional Newscast: October 11, 2018

By Eric Goold • Oct 11, 2018

Colorado voters looking for specific changes from Governor candidates
Luke Runyon reports on stakes involved with Colorado River conservation
First ski resort in Colorado to open this weekend after snow in mountains

KVNF Regional Newscast: October 10, 2018

By Eric Goold • Oct 10, 2018

7 states tentatively agree on Colorado river conservation, drought mitigation
Biologists have some success in protecting endangered fish in Colorado River
Gunnison Basin hopes for wet weather, prepare for dry winter just in case

As theWorm Turns - Tuesday, Oct. 9th

By Jeff Reynolds • Oct 9, 2018

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Host Jill Spears, gardeners Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart, plus special guest Jere Lowe of Earth Friendly Supply in Paonia have a lively Pledge Drive edition of As the Worm Turns.

KVNF Regional Newscast: October 9, 2018

By Eric Goold • Oct 9, 2018

U.S. Forest Service plans to implement shuttle, fees at Hanging Lake
Bull Draw Fire closure lifted, fire now 95 percent contained
BLM, advocates battle over management of wild horse herds in West

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