In the tiny mountain town of Lake City, emergency medical care relies heavily on local volunteers. So when three residents recently completed a basic EMT course and passed the national boards, it's a cause for celebration in the community. As part of our continuing coverage of EMS services on the Western Slope, KVNF’s Laura Palmisano introduces us to two of the new volunteer EMTs.

A 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling significantly narrowed federal Clean Water Act protections for wetlands and intermittent streams, prompting Colorado to create a new state permitting program and New Mexico to develop a similar system. Supporters say the new state rules will help protect vulnerable waterways in the arid West, though officials acknowledge the programs will require significant resources and cannot fully replace federal oversight.

Blue Mesa Reservoir is at a record low for late July, and federal managers have cut minimum flows on the lower Gunnison below the floor set in 2012. KVNF's Brody Wilson looks at what that means for endangered fish, Uncompahgre Valley farms, and the Black Canyon.

Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.

Can other people force us to feel the emotion of anger? How can we look at these situations mindfully?

Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.

KVNF's weekly call-in gardening show. As the Worm Turns is now on Wednesday's @ 5 PM.

KVNF's Music Team puts together a biweekly list of music we keep coming back to. This is music we can't get enough of right now.

Conservation biologist Pepper Trail recounts a question he was asked recently: "What keeps you going?" His answer? Wildflowers.He’s politically active, he says, because as a scientist, he’s appalled at this administration's defunding and mismanagement of our nation’s scientific enterprise, from the National Science Foundation to the Centers for Disease Control. But along with resistance, Trail writes, there must be recharge—a hike, a walk, or just sitting in the backyard. And noticing wildflowers.