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The Board of Mesa County Commissioners approved a letter to the Bureau of Land Management regarding Mesa County’s comments on the Conservation and Landscape Health proposed Rule during the June 20 administrative public hearing.

Burning of any kind, including agricultural burning, is not allowed during this advisory period.

Providing accurate COVID-19 information continues to be a priority for Mesa County Public Health. The COVID-19 webpage remains a favorite page for our community.

Today is the first day of the Foster Pet Challenge! The challenge is a joint initiative between Mesa County and Roice-Hurst Humane Society aiming to inspire the community to open their hearts and homes to temporarily foster pets, providing them care and comfort while they await adoptive homes. The campaign's ambitious goal is to find 100 new foster families in just 100 days, from June 20 through September 28, 2023.

Today, June 19, is Juneteenth. The last enslaved people in the United States were freed on June 19, 1865, marking Juneteenth.

Effective May 12, 2023, the Sales Use Tax Exemption Wildfire Disaster Construction Act (HB23-1240) initiates a refundable exemption for the state sales and use tax paid for construction and building materials used directly in rebuilding or repairing a qualified homeowner's qualified residential structure due to a declared wildfire disaster between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2022.