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The Telluride fire district is taking to voters for a mill levy increase in May, and if approved, the ballot measure would add $3.6 million in revenue annually, reports the Telluride Daily Planet. Hotchkiss Town Trustee Patricia Medina was arrested on a DUI vehicle accident, the North Fork Merchant Herald reported Tuesday evening. Crews in Montrose are stacking 54 already completed hotel rooms, or modular units, into place on the new Fairfield by Marriott hotel at the Colorado Outdoors complex, the Daily Sentinel reported. Ouray County elected officials are seeking a pay raise in the next election cycle due to high cost of living, according to the Ouray Plaindealer. County commissioners voted to pursue a salary increase for commissioners, clerks, treasurers and assessors by almost 18% and sheriffs by around 14%, effective after the next election cycle for each official. Republican lawmakers in some parts of our region are pushing to limit what books children can access in schools and public libraries. The Mountain West is seeing more snow than it has in years…which means more powder-hungry skiers and snowmobilers heading for the backcountry.

The Town of Paonia will close its search for a new town administrator next Monday, reports the Delta County Independent. Olathe High School heavyweight wrestler Lynessia Duran was the second-highest placer among all Western Slope teams, reports the Montrose Daily Press. Tuesday was the last day for the public to submit comments on Colorado's plan to reintroduce wolves. Many ranchers and others in rural areas say they fear for their jobs, livestock, and even personal safety.

A man wanted in Utah was detained in Delta County Jail after he allegedly drove toward an officer’s vehicle at a high rate of speed. The number of unhoused and unsheltered people is rapidly rising in Grand Junction in recent years, according to a report released by the Common Sense Institute this week. On today’s KVNF Farm Friday we learn about carbon smart ag and carbon farming.

The name Milky Way means two things: the star-packed photogenic river of stars across sky for one. It also refers to the hundreds of billions of stars that make up our galaxy. No matter where you look in the Western Slope sky, every star is part of our galaxy.

Today on Rain & Shine we look at what Micro Climates are and how they fit into, and interreact with, the Global Climate Change picture.

Eddie 9V joins Taya Jae on Talkin' Music to talk about nostalgia, his evolving sound and his most recent album, Capricorn, recorded at the Capricorn studios in Macon Georgia.

Today on Local Motion host Taya Jae is joined by Natalie Haines and Jen Ramsey, co-producers of this year's The Vagina Monologues here to discuss women's rights, inclusivity and what Natalie and Jen believe is the importance of bringing this show to the North Fork Valley.

Colorado based singer Hazel Miller joins Taya Jae on Talkin' music to talk about performing for over 35 years, the encouragement she's had along the way and what she loves about her job.

Ouray County commissioner’s road agreement with Ouray Silver Mines has reached an impasse, according to the Ouray Plaindealer. The 67 hundred Road extension project is a go after Montrose City Council approved an almost four point six million dollar contract, reports the Montrose Daily Press. The Bureau of Land Management held its 12th and final in-person public input meeting last week regarding plans to help accelerate the momentum of the clean energy economy, reports the Daily Sentinel.

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