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Today’s regional newscast covers multi-hour closures on US 550, a recent mudslide near Ridgway, fire damage at Fiesta Guadalajara, and concerns over National Park Service funding. Plus, author Craig Childs shares reflections on darkness and his new book The Wild Dark.

How can mindfulness help us through feelings of despair?

The farm features a road side stand for easy shopping and a Pie Baking Festival in September.

Measles exposure alert in Mesa County, economic indicators show mixed signals for the Grand Valley, forest fire risk tied to logging practices, and a Paonia roofer lands a historic restoration contract in Yellowstone. Here’s your roundup of today’s top stories from KVNF.

Water Wednesday brings grim news for parts of the Western Slope, a wrongful death lawsuit resurfaces questions about canal safety, drought continues, and Ridgway’s water system rebuild moves into full construction.

“I try to be really open to anything that comes my way,” says bestselling author Bonnie Tsui. Her newest book, On Muscle, isn’t a memoir, but it begins with her recounting her father encouraging her and her brother to “make a muscle.” Tsui appears in many sections of the book interacting with the various characters she introduces. Yet it’s not a book explicitly about her, and if there’s a main character it’s probably human muscle. In this episode we speak with Tsui to find the right balance of personal storytelling, history, science, experts and interesting characters. Plus why poetry is a part of her research and the value of pulling multiple disciplines into her writing.

In December, residents of Teton County, Wyoming, learned they were the wealthiest people in the country, making an average of $471,751 a year. That news instantly intrigued four, longtime, "dirt bag" residents of Jackson Hole. What would it be like, they wondered, if they lived and worked in the nation's second wealthiest place—Aspen, Colorado? A visit to Aspen by road bike led them to reach at least one conclusion: Second-hand clothing stores are a must when you live cheek by jowl with the rich.

Local Motion featuring a Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio's Maeve Conran.