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Delta County Commissioners unanimously voted to approve the 2024 updated Land Use Code following a public hearing February 21, 2024. Director of Community Development Austin Hanson provided a brief update highlighting one big change to the code.

Pro-abortion group Coloradoans Protecting Reproductive Freedom is collecting signatures across the state hoping to protect abortion access through a constitutional amendment. Ballot Initiative 89, slated for the November 2024 general election, seeks to protect abortion from governmental interference and require insurance companies to pay for abortion care.

Governor Polis and cabinet members released the second version of the climate action plan this week. The plan aims to cut greenhouse gas pollution in half by 2030 and make progress toward net-zero greenhouse gas pollution by 2050.

Writer John Clayton celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, which puts some spectacularly beautiful and important landscapes off limits to exploitation. The act was a farseeing move by Congress, writes Clayton, though there's always pressure to allow more access, especially for recreationists.

This episode features a conversation with Ben Katz, former Public Lands Program Director, for the Western Slope Conservation Center, a non-profit organization based in the North Fork Valley. Ben shares his perspective on how climate is affecting Public Lands in the North Fork Valley and regionally on the Western Slope. He joined the Conservation Lands Foundation in 2023 as the Southwest Associate Program Director.

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former president Donald Trump should remain on Colorado’s primary ballot. The decision was unanimous by the judges though each had different opinions, however, the court did agree that individual states may not bar candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision in this case, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars insurrectionists from holding office.

Now its time for Rain & Shine, your weekly regional science update.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed reports of wolf depredation in Grand County earlier this week. A landowner, whose name and property location are not being released by CPW, called wildlife officers to report a dead calf. Officers conducted a field investigation, and confirmed a wolf-livestock depredation had occurred.

The town of Paonia welcomed newly elected Mayor Paige Smith who replaced outgoing Mayor Mary Bachran during the April 23 Paonia Board of Trustees meeting, reports the Delta County Independent. Kathy Swartz was sworn in for a full term after finishing former Trustee Thomas Markle's term. William Brunner and Walter Czeck were sworn in, replacing Morgan MacInnis and Dave Knutson.

Back in February Taya Jae hosted the first ever live Talkin' Music at the Sherbino in Ridgway, featuring singer-songwriter May Erlewine.