Delta County School Board bans transgender students from participating in sports that align with their gender identity; Montrose pastor arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse; Taking farmland out of production can impact wildfire mitigation; Flower dyeing at the Mountain Harvest Festival

North Fork Valley Chamber of Commerce Awards; Paonia residents could soon have free curbside recycling; The case for proposed Montrose City Charter amendments

Pediatric care on the Western Slope does not match demand; Montrose Regional Health CEO answers questions from Montrose City Council; Saturday in Montrose: No Kings, Flag Rally, and Powwow

Valley Symphony Orchestra presents fall concert; New map tracks data center proposals on Western public lands; Delta homeless task force celebrates a year of the Riverbend Resource Center; The art of bookbinding

Delta County School Board to consider new policies, Suppes mentions the possibility of subsequent litigation; EPA faces lawsuit over Atrazine use; Charter Issues Committee on why Montrose residents should vote against proposed charter amendments

Lighthouse Shelter closes, Shepherd's Hand steps up to provide winter shelter; Trump administration's effort to move Forest Service headquarters to Utah blocked; Sergeant Garrett Henderson promoted to new Paonia police chief; Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante lawsuit reopened

PERA switches retirees' health insurance plan; no impact for Montrose Regional Health patients; Lutheran High School faces allegations of racism at football games; Montrose still plans to play the school next week; Film celebrating American suffragettes comes to Paonia; Paonia hosts its first PorchFest

Ouray Emergency Services budget report leaves commissioners hesitant about merger with Ridgway Fire; Delta County encourages residents to test for radon, offers free test kits; New report shows voting inequity for Native Americans; MRH layoffs impact Montrose residents

PERA switches retirees to a health insurance plan no longer accepted by Montrose Regional Health; Charitable Women's Group in Delta finds new home at The Grove; Stefan Wynn withdraws application for Cedaredge Town Administrator, leaving Michelle Wingfield as the sole candidate; New programs provides access to free birth control; The art of basket weaving highlighted at Mountain Harvest Festival

Montrose Regional Hospital terminate 77 positions; For 126 years, a Native American girl who died at a Pennsylvania boarding school remained separated from her family in Nevada; Denver makes up for reservoir lows with Western Slope water; Marx and Weiser appeared together last weekend