Dove Creek invites letters of interest after canceling April 7 election

The Town of Dove Creek published a public notice on Feb. 28, 2026 titled "Public Notice: Open Elected Positions - Letters of Interest Accepted" after announcing the cancellation of the April 7 municipal election, a move that left several seats unfilled. The posting signals the municipality is seeking candidates through letters rather than an April ballot.

The town's Feb. 28 notice follows an earlier announcement that removed the April 7 municipal election from the local calendar; the cancellation directly affected the slate of elected positions that would otherwise have appeared on that ballot. Officials framed the public notice as the next step in replacing or filling those positions through an application-style process.

By publishing "Public Notice: Open Elected Positions - Letters of Interest Accepted," Dove Creek put a formal call into the public record that letters of interest will be accepted for open elected positions. The notice itself identifies the town as soliciting written statements from residents interested in serving in elected roles left open by the cancelled election.

The decision to invite letters of interest replaces the contested election route that had been scheduled for April 7. With the municipal election removed, the town’s notice signals a shift to appointment or selection from submitted letters rather than votes cast on the originally scheduled date.

Town officials posted the notice on Feb. 28, 2026 and framed it as a direct follow-up to the cancellation announcement. The public notice title makes clear the mechanism now in use - written letters - and establishes the town’s immediate avenue for filling the vacancies that resulted from the cancelled municipal election.

As of March 2, 2026, the Town of Dove Creek’s Feb. 28 public notice remains the latest formal action available to residents seeking information about the open elected positions created by the cancelled April 7 municipal election. The notice sets the town’s current process in motion by explicitly inviting letters of interest to address the vacancies.