Short Features

Delta county athletes set four records Saturday at the annual Frank Woodburn Invitational track and field meet in Grand Junction .

Track

Cedaredge's Reid Gates cleared 6 feet, 8 inches, to claim the meet high jump record, and sailed 21 feet, 9 and a quarter inches to reset the record in the long jump. Teammate Austin Williams fell short of a meet record in the shot put, but jumped to the top of the 3A state rankings in the event with a winning throw of 51 feet, 2 inches.

Headlines:

• Judge rules against industry trade group in local suit against BLM
• Stricter reporting of gas and oil spills clears committee
• Williams says failed pressure gauge is the source of Parachute leak
• Half of state’s sheriffs consider legal challenge to gun restrictions
• Why are the deer in your yard? They may be starving.
• Delta County athletes keep records falling; double-header doubles as fundraiser

Listen to Western Slope Skies, a report on the heavens from the Black Canyon Astronomical Society.

Listen to Western Slope Skies, an astronomical report created by the Black Canyon Astronomical Society.

Headlines:

• Early and Severe Fire Season Forecast For West Slope
• Four BLM Controlled Burns Planned for Grand Mesa Area
• Driving While Stoned Bill Passes State House
• Western Slope Skies From Black Canyon Astronomical Society
• KVNF Comment Line
  

IN BASEBALL- 

After giving away a run in the top of the first and allowing a second run in the top of the second, Paonia got down to business Tuesday night. The Eagles hit three homeruns and 12 RBIs to defeat visiting Nucla, 16-5, in game one of a non-conference double header.

Headlines:

• State lawmakers begin budget debate
• BLM grants West Elk lease modifications to expand
• Autopsy released following gunfight in Crawford
• Lund vs. Marston for District 3 DMEA board position
• Hunters boycotting Colorado due to new gun laws
• Local prep sports report

Headlines:

• Gov Signs Gun Bills, Opponents Vow Political Revenge
• Doctors Refuse Fracking Fluid Confidentiality
• Child Poverty in Colorado Growing
• Residents Return Home After Grand Junction Gas Explosion
• KVNF Sports Report with Tamie Meck
  

March 20th is the March equinox, one of four important days in the year that define the relation between the sun and the Earth.