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Today is the first day of our four-part look at consumption.

The Delta County Sheriff’s Office, Emergency Management, and Delta County 911 Dispatch, are launching a new emergency and community alert system for Delta County. The Paonia Town Planning Commission met last week with Beecher Development to discuss potential plans for the Paonia Energy Tech Building. Those visiting public lands have become increasingly familiar with the website recreation.gov. Some are claiming the company managing that site is pulling a Ticketmaster with public lands access.

KVNF's Ashley Krest and Kyshona have a conversation about self care and the awe of the western landscape, backstage at the Moab Folk Festival.

The race between Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch was the most expensive 2022 Colorado congressional contest per vote cast, reports the Colorado Sun. Boebert spent nearly $43 per vote, while Frisch spent $32. State Rep. Marc Catlin, Republican from Montrose, has been appointed to the Capital Development Committee, reports the Montrose Daily Press. Sentencing for a former Montrose mortician and her mother will take place on January 3rd, despite two attempts to delay the procedure, reports the Montrose Daily Press. Megan Hess and Shirley Koch were convicted of mail fraud in a scheme involving human remains. Protesters across the country demanding that US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack revoke permits for the Uinta Basin Railway—an 88-mile railroad that would connect oil fields in Utah to existing rail lines. New forecasts for the Colorado River paint a grim picture. Climate change and steady demand are shrinking the water supply for 40 million people.

The town of Paonia is still in search of a town administrator. During a special meeting held Tuesday morning, the hiring committee voted to reopen the position. Beginning Jan first Coloradoans will be able to save money on a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Pass, but many questions remain. Montrose City Council unanimously approved spending an additional $1.1 million dollars on the second phase of the City Hall Relocation Project.

Residents within the town of Paonia will see an increase in water, trash and sewer rates in the new year, reports the Delta County Independent. Water base rates are increasing across the board at $3 per month. The State of Colorado has hired a director for its new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office. Colorado wildlife managers are looking to reverse a decline of elk in the southwestern quarter of the state, reports the Denver Post. It’s been some 80 years since thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to live in internment camps in our region. Now the National Park Service is developing plans to restore one of those sites, in southeast Colorado.

The Delta County Library District will not ask voters for a mill levy tax increase in 2023. December 30 marked the one year anniversary of the Marshall Fire in Boulder County.

Housing costs continue to be beyond the reach of many of the state’s firefighters, teachers and nurses. But lawmakers now have a new affordable housing tool in their toolbelt. Prior to the upcoming Colorado State Legislative Session KVNF'S Lisa Young spoke over the phone with State Representative Matt Soper of House District 54 on a number of topics including his upcoming legislative goals.

KVNF's Lisa Young speaks with Rep. Matt Soper on his upcoming legislative goals and Delta City Manager Elyse Casselberry on Delta's Unhoused.Note: Sentencing for Megan Hess and Shirley Koch took place after the interview with Rep. Matt Soper. Hess was sentenced to 20 years and Koch was sentenced to 15 years on Jan. 3, 2023

Gavin Dahl, Executive Director of KRCL in Salt Lake City, and former KVNF News Director, joins Taya Jae on Talkin' Music to discuss musical highlights of 2022.