Paonia News

In the face of declining revenue streams, county administrators, department heads and employees have wrestled 2009's projected big budget deficits into submission.

What a difference two days make. The Paonia Town Council met on Tuesday, Nov. 10 with the trustees voting to table a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries within town limits.

Preschoolers at the Hotchkiss Montessori Community School will soon be able to swing, slide and play on a new playground, built just for them, thanks to a few grants and lots of work by parents.

A Paonia man has been arrested in connection with the 1981 murder of a miner who disappeared while protesting cuts in black lung disease benefits.

A Paonia man faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 29-year-old coal miner in 1981.

Last month the North Fork Pool, Park and Recreation District initiated the first steps for completing a district-wide recreation master plan.

Revival is coming with Bishop Isaac Wawire from Kenya Africa. He will be at Paonia Assembly of God, Sunday, Nov.

The death of a Delta County resident has been attributed to H1N1 flu virus, county public health officer Bonnie reported Monday.

The school district's newly formed Budget Task Force met Tuesday, Oct. 27, to consider ideas to reduce the school district's budget by $2 million.

What was that Bell helicopter doing for about a week over Paonia? It made repeated trips landing at North Fork Airport to refuel.

In a mail ballot, Delta County voters have elected 3 school board members, approved 2 bond questions, and a de-Bruceding measure in Paonia.

A medical marijuana dispensary which opened in Delta near the intersection of Highways 50 and 92 has Delta Police Department Chief Robert Thomas scrambling to protect both the new business and the com [ ... ] Delta The North Fork Community Montessori School will host its i rst annual Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, Oct.

The year is winding down for the North Fork Mosquito Abatement District, and the seasonal rush of mosquito control is through, but the board is still hard at work i ne-tuning the program and the 2010 budget.

The Paonia alley bordered by Grand and Onarga Avenues between Second and Third Streets has never felt so pampered and loved.

I have noted with interest the letters to the editor and the debate surrounding the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal.

The gas industry has taken drinking the Kool-Aid to an absurd new level. A lobbyist with the Colorado Oil and Gas Association appears in a new film defending the safety of the compounds blasted underground to free up wells, a process known as "fracking." "I have fracking fluid taken right out of a fracking truck.

"A Toast to CAWS," a fund-raising event held at Memorial Hall Friday, Oct. 16, generated close to $15,000 for the animal rescue organization CAWS PRESIDENT JO KALENAK and Jodi Peterson pour wine for supporters attending a fund raiser at Memorial Hall in Hotchkiss.

Ita s been a waiting game for the community and ambulance service volunteers since an Aug.

Reporting from Paonia, Colo. - From the hillsides of extinct volcanoes in Arizona to the jagged peaks of Idaho, aspen trees are falling by the tens of thousands, the latest example of how climate change is dramatically altering the American West.

The children's ministry at the Paonia Assembly of God has embarked on a 12-week quest for the truth.