Severance Tax

Tonight at 6:30 at Horsefly Brewing in Montrose, Dave Bowman hosts a Montrose Summer Music Series Lineup release party. Meanwhile, Kate Redmond reports Paonia Town Trustees heard from the North Fork Valley's most prolific concert promoter Rob Miller at their meeting last Thursday. Plus, Ben Katz is public lands program director for the Western Slope Conservation Center, based in the North Fork Valley. He’s headed to the state capitol tomorrow and I asked him to tell us more about two bills he’s fired up about, related to oil and gas accountability.

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The economic downturn in the fossil fuel industry is not only affecting profits and jobs; it’s also impacting funding for state projects.In Colorado, if a…

Wild weather in Montrose sends two to hospital; funnel cloud formsDecline in severance taxes affects funding for state water projectsSan Miguel County…

Representative Millie Hamner, D-Dillon, was the vice chair of the Joint Budget Committee this past session and will chair the committee in 2016. KVNF's…

NewscastSeatbelt enforcement ramps up this monthVeterans thanks, asked for inputRoad construction flanks the North Fork areaSeverance tax helps fund multi…

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The state collects severance taxes from companies that extract nonrenewable resources in Colorado. Some of this money goes to communities in the form of…

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Severance taxes are a vital source of funding for communities across Colorado. This tax applies to revenue the state collects from mining and energy…