Local Motion

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about the flooding in the Four Corners region, followed by the story of one of the world’s toughest ultramarathons, the Moab 240, which this year was canceled for the first time in the race’s history due to flash flooding and dangerous winds from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel. Then we’ll hear about the connection between bison restoration and our...

On one Saturday in Montrose, a No Kings rally, a Republican flag rally and a powwow: this is the longer version, with more of what's underneath the anger on both sides of the street. Then KVNF's Marty Durlin on Delta's homeless: great progress, uncertain funding.

Three people are running for two open seats on KVNF's board of directors. On Local Motion, Dave Barnaclo, Sara Rinne and Ed Vita answer the same questions about their backgrounds and the station. Members vote by mail by Oct. 23 or at the Oct. 26 Annual Meeting.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear about efforts to restore beaver habitat in Rocky Mountain National Park, then we head to Western Colorado to hear how one rural community is dealing with electronic waste. After that we head to the Four Corners to the burn scar from the Ferris Fire to hear how wildfire impacts soil. We round out the show hearing about what El Niño might bring to the drought...

KVNF threw Montrose its first punk festival, but nobody knew if anyone would come. On this Local Motion, we hear from a few of the many people that showed up, and why they did. Plus, a Paonia seed grower on the year with no winter, no fall water, and a virus in seven crops.

After a tumultuous few weeks in the Montrose City Council, the KVNF news team sits down to review our recent coverage and try to get the full picture of what's been happening in special live edition of Local Motion.

Most outdoor brands don't own a sewing machine. On this Local Motion, two Western Slope manufacturers on what it actually takes to make things here — from a local outdoor gear company hand-cutting every backpack in a Montrose shop, to another innovative company that rebuilt itself around a military contract.

KVNF's news team brings you a series of stories from the Gold Mountain Fire

Jenny Williams spent nearly nine years inside Google and Microsoft before leaving for New Zealand. Her new thriller strands six writers on an island competing for a publishing prize. One of them is an AI. She talks with Brody Wilson about temptation, theft and transparency.

Blue Mesa Reservoir is at a record low, and federal managers have cut minimum flows on the lower Gunnison to hold what's left. On Local Motion, Colorado River District engineer Caleb Foy walks KVNF's Brody Wilson through how that decision was made — and who is paying for it downstream.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we head to the alpine tundra of Rocky Mountain National Park with naturalists searching for ptarmigan. We also learn about efforts to restore beaver habitat in other parts of the park. Then, we travel to the small Western Colorado town of Lake City, where three newly trained EMTs are stepping up to help provide medical services to the community. In Wyoming, we visi...

On this week's Regional Roundup, we'll hear about the recent awards given by Aspen nonprofit Climate Curve for innovative climate solutions. Then we'll hear how President Trump has reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments, reducing protections for the iconic landscapes. Then we find out how an animal shelter in Western Colorado had to evacuate all their anima...

On this week's Regional Roundup, we'll hear about some of the fires burning in the region, we'll hear from evacuees from the Aspen Acres fire, we pay a visit to the incident command post for the Gold Mountain Fire in Western Colorado to hear what it takes to support the hundreds of firefighters battling the blaze, and we'll hear about the ecological impact of the Ferris Fire in southwest Colorado....

On this week's Regional Roundup, we'll hear how rural communities are particularly impacted by extreme heat. We'll hear a report from Aspen Ideas: Health on how music can be used for therapy and rehabilitation. Then, we'll hear about the history of labor organizing done by janitors in Denver that has spread around the country. After that we visit a school garden in southwest Colorado that continue...

We bring you a condensed version of the full length forum you can watch here:https://www.youtube.com/live/_hhwp5eeMEk?si=Zpmm5pqvtbK_ggP0

Four Democrats are running for their party's nomination in Colorado's attorney general race. At a forum hosted by the Colorado Working Families Party, they laid out their priorities — standing up to the Trump administration, immigration, housing and workers' rights. Local Motion brings you an excerpt.

On this week's Regional Roundup, we hear about a jazz festival in northern New Mexico that celebrates Indigenous jazz music. Then, we head to the Roaring Fork Valley on Colorado's Western Slope to hear about efforts to create safe passages for wildlife crossing highways. After that we head to Wyoming to hear how goats are being used for fire mitigations. We round out the show hearing how Western C...

Death is a subject most of us avoid — until we can't. In this episode of Local Motion, host Brody Wilson talks with KVNF's own Cynthia Hines, the team at HopeWest, and North Fork death midwife Moriah Melin about what it really means to show up at the end of life.

Brad Miller, a conservative school board attorney recently hired by the Montrose School Board has drawn scrutiny across the Western Slope.

Eighty percent of the world’s population lives somewhere the Milky Way is no longer visible. On Colorado’s Western Slope, a retired atmospheric scientist, a new coalition leader, and author Craig Childs are working to make sure that number doesn’t grow. This week on Local Motion — dark skies, and the people fighting to preserve them.

The city of Durango has proclaimed April 19, 2026 as Ross Anderson Day, marking twenty years since the Native American speed skier set a U.S. speed-skiing record of 154.06 miles per hour. We’ll also hear from a researcher working in Bears Ears who is turning to crowdfunding to continue his work after losing a federal grant. Then, we head to Utah, where students at the University of Utah are buildi...

This week on the Regional Roundup, we look at concerns over a proposed move by the U.S. Forest Service from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, and what that could mean for public lands management in the West. We’ll also visit a conserved organic orchard in Western Colorado, and we hear about new composting efforts in Aspen aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from food waste. Plus, a longtim...

This week on Local Motion, we take a closer look at ICE activity on Colorado’s Western Slope, starting with the arrest of a local attorney’s client outside the Montrose County Courthouse.

Western Slope author Craig Childs joins Local Motion to discuss his new book The Wild Dark — an exploration of dark skies, light pollution, and what we lose when we can no longer see the Milky Way. Filmmaker Ben Clark also joins to discuss Preserved, his documentary about a half-million-acre conservation landmark in northern New Mexico.

A new collaboration between Western Slope school districts and Homegrown Pathways is helping students explore careers, pitch ideas, and get real support while they are still in school — with the goal of helping more young people build futures close to home.