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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.

Today we are on our fourth and final day of our series on Consumption.

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 past and most recent committee assignments. Several new laws are going into full or partial effect this year in Colorado including the Fentanyl accountability and prevention bill passed by the state legislature in 2022, state minimum wage increases from $12.56 to $13.65. Colorado is one of 27 states raising its minimum wage in 2023, stores will now charge customers a 10-cent fee for each plastic and paper bag, there will also be a sales tax exemption for certain hygiene products including diapers and menstrual products thanks to a law passed by state legislators last year. Also this year egg producers who have more than 3,000 laying hens must demonstrate a ratio of one square foot per hen to become certified and sell eggs in Colorado.

Today, a conversation about death in three parts. We visit a young woman who hosts dinners to discuss death long before it’s facing us, we talk about death cafes and the death positivity movement, and learn about end of life planning and why more people are considering green burials. Tune in as we explore how to change the conversation and how we greet with curiosity this inevitable and unavoidable aspect of life.

Today we continue the third-part of our four-part series on Consumption.