In Part 2 of our reporting on the Delta County Land Use process, Commissioner Don Suppes talks about complaints against Delta County Planning Director Carl Holm and process for the land use code going forward. Hundreds of high school students marched on the State Capitol last Friday to demand action against gun violence. Delta High School Speech and Debate is celebrating victory over 36 schools at the 4A state championship in Colorado Springs.
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The day is observed on the third Monday of January. King was born on January 15, 1929. Avian Influenza or (Bird Flu) has been detected in the geese population at Confluence Park in Delta according to the Colorado Department of Wildlife. Angry voices filled the meeting room last week during a public hearing by the Delta County Planning Commission. Across the west, bighorn sheep are at risk of catching: pneumonia. The illness can kill off herds and throw off entire ecosystems. For Rocky Mountain Community Radio, K-H-O-L’s Hanna Merzbach reports.