The county will abandon its call for BLM to consider blanket deferral of all parcels in the scheduled August North Fork gas lease auction.

Consideration of the blanket deferral option was tops on the county's list of recommendations in the first round of public comments on the lease sale.

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High winds last week prompted Delta firefighters to call for assistance as they battled a blaze on Highway 92 near Read.

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