- Despite rains, extreme drought persists; Paonia, Crawford and Hotchkiss still under water restrictions
- Town of Paonia comments on Delta County draft land use plan
- One of the last natural gas companies in the Piceance Basin has filed for bankruptcy
- Wolves spotted in northwest Colorado last winter may have been killed in Wyoming
- Six states that rely on the Colorado River have issues with proposed Utah pipeline
- Warming climate causes toxic algae outbreaks in local lakes and rivers
- COVID-19 testing widely available in Delta County
Jodi Peterson grew up on Colorado’s Front Range and attended Colorado State University, earning a B.A. in English and an M.A. in communication development. She spent 16 years working as a technical communicator with computer company Hewlett-Packard, then made a career shift to journalism. In 2005, she became news editor for the award-winning nonprofit newsmagazine High Country News; later she served as its managing editor for five years. In 2017, she went part-time as a contributing editor. Jodi was hired as KVNF’s news director in April 2019, and shifted to the news editor role in November 2020, before going freelance in January 2021.