KVNF will attend The Forum in Montrose on Wednesday, December 17

A physician assistant from Colorado just completed his sixth medical mission in Ukraine. Bob Downs, from the tiny town of Lake City, volunteers with the nonprofit Global Care Force.

Reflections on giving the gift of kindness.

A sweeping change to regulations on the hemp industry was inserted into the federal government’s latest funding package.

Clean up continues for a train that derailed into the Gunnison River last week

The newly configured Montrose Board of County Commissioners addressed several items in their meeting last week.

“There are enough talented people out there,” says Julia Belluz, “but only collaborate with people you really like.” This was the advice the writer followed when deciding to work with scientist Kevin Hall on their new book, Food Intelligence. The resulting book weaves his narrative and evolution as a scientist with her narrative as a patient and journalist. In this episode, we explore what makes a successful collaboration, how to define roles—and why to do this right up front, the importance of trust, and how to communicate throughout the process.

Steve Pearce, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management, is a litmus test for Western senators who say they care about keeping public lands public, writes Aaron Weiss of the Center for Western Priorities.A former New Mexico congressman, Pearce spent 14 years undermining public lands, Weiss says, seeking to gut wildlife protections and sell off huge amounts of public land. Pearce has described public land as so vast that most of it "we do not even need.” Weiss warns that if confirmed, Pearce's role running the BLM would amount to liquidation.

Union Pacific train derailment required coordinated rescue effort