Local Motion

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.

This week on the Regional Roundup, we hear about an animal sanctuary in Wyoming that looks after animals who used to spend their days in laboratories. We find out what happens to patients when a rural health facility closes. Then we meet a Navajo basket weaver who is keeping the tradition alive for the next generation. We round out the show with a story about a recent community event on Colorado's...

Our country's epidemic of school shootings left many families with real fear and uncertainty. Western Slope schools are working to prevent violence early—before a situation reaches a breaking point. In this episode, local educators explain the Salem-Keizer threat assessment model, how Safe2Tell fits in, and why early mental health and basic-needs support can change a student’s trajectory.

This week on Local Motion, you’ll hear interviews with Tiny Desk Radio hosts Anamaria Sayre and Robin Hilton as well as local musicians Logan Wise, Jason Coover and Rai Omri who have submitted to the Tiny Desk Contest in the past. You’ll also hear samples of their submissions. This years contest is open for submissions until 11:59 p.m. ET on Feb. 9, 2026.

This week on Local Motion we feature a Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio

This week on Local Motion we feature a Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio

KVNF DJ Norm Simmer Interviews Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers ahead of their performance at the 2025 Montrose Summer Music Series.

A collection of KVNF Stories that ran in our KVNF Regional Newscast in 2025

This week on Local Motion, Randal Palmer of the Technical College of the Rockies explains how short-term credentials are meeting workforce needs on the Western Slope, followed by a conversation with physician’s assistant Bob Downs, who just completed his sixth medical mission delivering care in Ukraine.