FEATURE: KVNF Senior Reporter Lisa Young talks with Kris Stewart, Delta County Emergency Manager, about Stage 1 fire restrictions, new fire patrols and how Delta County residents can find more information on the wildfires and sign up for Delta County Alerts.
Important links:
Delta County Alerts sign up
Delta County Fire Bans
Delta County Wildfire Information
Western Slope Forest Service and BLM Fire Ban Information
FIRE UPDATES: As of Monday July 21st, the South Rim Fire at Black Canyon National Pard is at 4,220 acres and 31% contained; Sow Belly in Escalante Canyon at 2,274 acres is reporting 70 % containment; Turner Gulch near Gateway has expanded to 15,737 acres with 34 % containment and Deer Creek fire burling on the Utah, Colorado border and into the West End of Montrose County is at 17,123 acres and 30 % containment.
DROUGHT CONTINUES: Rocky Mountain Community Radio’s Caroline Llanes has more on the outlook for the rest of the summer.
LOCAL NEWS: Delta County School District will begin a series of public meetings addressing the declining enrollment in the North Fork Valley and potential plans to combine the North Fork Montessori School in Crawford and the North Fork School of Integrated Studies. According to reporting in the Delta County Independent, the first North Fork Task Meeting will be held this Friday at 10:00 a.m. Contact the school district for more details including meeting location.
The City of Delta will seek the passage of a ballot measure this November that would allow the city to retain over $500,000 in annual revenue currently lost due to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). The city will ask the voters to exempt fines, fees and interest from TABOR. City Manager Elysee Casselberry said the process, called debrucing, would help address the city’s budget issues. She said the benefit of targeting fees, fines and interest is that the additional revenues wouldn’t come from taxes but largely come from speeding tickets, other fines and developer costs. More on this story can be found at deltacountyindependent.com
