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Commission backs 250-foot Black Ridge tower to restore emergency communications for LaSal area
Summary
After testimony from volunteer firefighters and residents about repeated communication failures during the Deer Creek Fire and other emergencies, the County Commission approved a letter urging the Bureau of Land Management to approve a 250-foot communications tower on Black Ridge.
The Grand County Commission voted unanimously to send a letter to the Bureau of Land Management endorsing a 250-foot communications tower on Black Ridge to improve cellular and radio service in the LaSal/LaSalle area. The motion, made by Commissioner McCurdy and seconded by Commissioner McCandless, passed with all commissioners present voting in favor.
Residents and volunteer first responders from LaSal told the commission during the citizens-to-be-heard portion that the area is a cellular dead zone and that communications failures during the Deer Creek Fire left…
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