Montrose voters will decide on four proposed city charter amendments as supporters and opponents debate their potential effects on local elections, council term limits and city oversight.

Paonia holds its first Porchfest on Saturday, Oct. 17: a free, volunteer-run music festival that moves through backyards and porches around town. Organizer Summer Orr and musicians Rai Omri and Jon Hickam stopped by KVNF's studio to talk about it, and to play.

Montrose Regional Health cut 77 positions on Oct. 12, citing insurance payments that haven't kept pace. That afternoon, retired house mover Tom Vogenthaler learned that his wellness workout class at a hospital gym was closing for good.

Artist Jeff Wagner discusses basket weaving and his passion for teaching the process.

PERA switches retirees' health insurance plan; no impact for MRH patients

Montrose Regional Health laid off 34 employees yesterday, and announced that 43 vacant positions will not be filled. The elimination of these 77 positions comes amid budget strain, and will have impacts on the company’s structure and the programs it provides.

In Telluride, Flock cameras are being removed after Town Council decided to strike funding for the contract with Flock Safety from the budget.

Paramedic David Jepsen discusses upcoming training for EMS personnel in Hinsdale County and the challenges the agency is facing.

Colorado voters will decide 14 statewide ballot measures on Nov. 3. For Rocky Mountain Community Radio, KOTO's Julia Caulfield talks with Bente Birkeland of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance about all of them, from fentanyl penalties and immigration reporting to income taxes and the right to hunt and fish.

State air regulators say the West Elk coal mine near Somerset put out nearly four times the volatile organic compounds its permit allows, and sanctions may follow. KVNF talked with the Colorado Sun reporter who covered the story and with a North Fork methane-burning entrepreneur.