Delta County News

Over the past decade, some of the Surface Creek Valleya TMs great community organizations have been the beneficiaries of what has become an annual tradition a ' the Fritchmans Annual End of the Season Apple and Fruit Sale.

Delta County School and Public Employees Association will meet on Wednesday, Nov.

This school year 32 Delta County teachers will initiate 28 innovative teaching projects funded by the Arch Coal Foundation.

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

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

The project to create a new area for cremated remains has been completed at Riverside Cemetery in Hotchkiss.

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 first blast of winter has arrived in parts of Western Colorado. Snow started falling late Tuesday morning along the Grand Mesa, making travel a bit tricky.

A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted three people for allegedly stealing $10,000 from a non-profit youth football organization.

Parents, have you run out of things to do with your babies and toddlers? The Delta County Libraries have baby lapsit and toddler storytimes each week.

A scheduled shipment of H1N1 vaccine has yet to arrive in Delta County-- but health officials say it is on the way.

The county commissioners will go on record in support of the Town of Paoniaa s concerns about a dangerous intersection at Highway 133 and Samuel Wade Road.

DENVER, Colorado - Elected officials, lobbyists, and political candidates and campaigns owe the secretary of state's office more than $500,000 in fines, mostly for failing to properly file paperwork disclosing their donors, according to a news report.

Elected officials, lobbyists, office-seekers and political campaigns owe the secretary of state's office more than half a million dollars in fines - money that would immediately help out the cash-strapped state.

Enrollment in Delta County schools has dropped for the second consecutive year. Countywide, enrollment dropped 165 students, or 86 FTEs, as of Oct.

The Delta County Libraries have planned a fantastic party to kick off the month of Edgar Allan Poe programming.

With more than 135 pre-registered entries, and even more registering on the day of the race, the i rst AppleFest 5K Run and 2.5K Fitness Walk turned out to be a huge success.

In early September, the board of directors for the Friends of Cedaredge Animal Control and the board of directors for CAWS voted to join forces and create the CAWS Animal Shelter Task Force.

"We really dodged the bullet on this one," Gallen Wallace, horticulturist and winemaker at Plum Creek Winery, said.

Several of the rescued and rehabilitated horses now living the good life at the End of the Trail Horse Rescue/Sanctuary. COURTESY OF PAT MARTIN End of the Trail Horse Rescue/Sanctuary and Dream Catcher Therapy Center.