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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.
Erosion repair to start on the levee gbtribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gbtribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Great Bend levee repairs OKed Damage done by high water in 2019 This is a view of Great Bend flood-control levee looking west from Kiowa Road. Erosion has caused this stretch to need repairs. - photo by DALE HOGG Great Bend Tribune
The City of Great Bend’s Arkansas River levee west of Kiowa Road experienced some erosion following the high water levels in 2019 and is need of repair. Noting the importance of the flood-preventing structure, the City Council Monday night approved contracting with Eakin Enterprises of Larned for the $138,236 project.