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Chaffee County Commissioners approved $2,448,241 in grant awards to 18 recipients during the Spring 2021 Chaffee Common Ground grant funding cycle. Recommendations by the Citizens Advisory Committee were approved recently.
Twenty applications requesting $2.92 million were received. The grant funding package includes $2,015,600 for forest health and wildfire resilience, $249,640 to sustain rural landscapes, and $183,001 for recreation management that protects watersheds and landscapes in Chaffee County. Matching cash and in-kind funds total $10.5 million.
This marked the third funding cycle since the ballot measure generating Common Ground revenues passed in 2018. To date, more than $5 million has been awarded to 23 local groups and partnerships for 36 programs and projects. Matching investments for these grants will bring $22 million in value to the community by 2026.Â
Family escapes harm as firefighters battle blaze in Apple Valley neighborhood
Victorville Daily Press
A family with three children escaped a burning home and one man was treated for smoke inhalation as firefighters battled a single-story house fire east of Kiowa Road in Apple Valley on Tuesday.
At 4:18 p.m., 15 firefighters with the Apple Valley Fire Protection District and Victorville Fire Department, responded to the blaze in 21000 block of Geronimo Road, AVFPD Fire Inspector/Arson Investigator Jennifer Alexy told the Daily Press.
The home’s garage was seen fully engulfed in flames, and a nearby trash can had partially melted, as firefighters arrived to attack the fire from the ground and on the roof.
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The Ottawa Herald
Arrests
• 8:40 p.m. 03/05, 3400 block of K-68 highway, Zachery Roberts, 21, Paola, was arrested and released on a notice to appear for driving while suspended after being stopped for a traffic infraction.
• 12:32 a.m. 03/05, 2500 block of US-59 highway, Lance Segrist, 37, Osage City, was arrested and released on a notice to appear for circumvention of an ignition interlock device after being stopped for a traffic infraction.
• 11:38 a.m. 03/06, 300 block of K-68 highway, Connie Tucker, 69, Richmond, was arrested in connection with driving while suspended and on a warrant issued by the Garnett Police Department after a traffic stop. Connie was issued a notice to appear for the traffic offense and was released to the Garnett Police Department for the warrant.