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Local news from around the KVNF listening area.
  • Palisade Farmers Market
    Lisa Young
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    KVNF
    On today’s KVNF Farm Friday we take you to the award winning Palisade Farmers Market. The outdoor market runs from 9 am to 1 pm every Sunday until early October.
  • Lake Powell sits low behind Glen Canyon Dam on Nov. 2, 2022 near Page, Ariz. The nation's second-largest reservoir holds snowmelt from the Upper Basin, which passes through the dam on its way to Lower Basin states. Lake Powell has hit record low water levels in recent years.
    Alex Hager / KUNC
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    KVNF
    FEATURE: The Colorado River has a problem. Too much demand for water, and not enough supply. Right now, the seven states that decide its future are stuck in disagreement about HOW to cut back. KUNC’s Alex Hager and KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny explain how today’s tensions are rooted in three words from a hundred years ago.
  • In an unusual move, Montrose Mayor J. David Reed addressed the audience following public comments during a recent city council meeting. Reed’s prepared statement came on the heels of continued calls for the City to declare itself as a non sanctuary city.
  • The U.S. Attorney's Office may seek to appeal a recent federal court ruling that vacated the sentences of Megan Hess and Shirley Koch, previous owners of Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose. The mother and daughter operated a multi-year scheme to obtain human remains and sell them from their Donor Services business.
  • Citizens for a Healthy Community based in Paonia, Colorado recently filed a complaint with the Colorado Department of Public of Health and Environment and the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission after possible emissions leaks and potential compliance issues were noted at two Gunnison Energy sites.
  • Colorado Author Laura Pritchett joins Taya Jae to discuss aging, adventure and tending to our planet; themes explored in her brand new novel, Three Keys.
  • Most Colorado lawmakers and elected officials are denouncing violent political rhetoric following Saturday’s assassination attempt against former President Trump.
  • The Blue Sage Center for the Arts in Paonia, Colorado has been hosting the Smithsonian's Crossroads: Change in Rural America Exhibition since mid-June. KVNF's Lisa Young spoke with Ali Lightfoot, Blue Sage executive director, about the exhibit highlighting rural America.
  • One week ago today, our nation celebrated 248 years of independence and democracy. To honor our nation, the City of Delta hosted its second annual 4ht of July Western Sky Balloon Festival at Confluence Park. The four day event began with a parade and evening fireworks presented by the all volunteer Delta Fire Department.
  • Vaccination rates in Colorado for K-12 schools are still below pre-pandemic levels, according to recent state data. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is hoping to reverse that trend. The agency is sending out notices to parents whose kids are behind on vaccines. Its mobile public health clinic is also hitting the road this summer to provide vaccines in underserved areas. For KVNF, Laura Palmisano speaks to Colorado State Epidemiologist Rachel Herlihy about the agency's effort to increase vaccination rates before the start of the next school year.
  • KVNF's Brody Wilson interviews Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser following an event in Montrose this June.
  • FEATURE STORY: The recent decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the sentencing of Montrose Funeral Home owners Megan Hess and her mother Shirley Koch, who plead guilty to mail fraud in one of the state’s most egregious body brokering schemes, brought out rage from Colorado State Representative Matt Soper.