Brody Wilson
Program Director and News DirectorBrody is a Montrose local that grew up in the Uncompahge Valley, and recently moved back home with his wife and son after several decades away. After a career in energy efficiency, and corporate sustainability, he decided he'd climbed the corporate ladder high enough, and embraced his love of audio and community, and began volunteering for KVNF, first as a Morning Edition Host, then board member. Brody decided he couldn't get enough KVNF in his life and recently joined the staff full-time as Staff Reporter, and Morning Edition host. You can hear him every morning between 6:30 am and 8am.
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Days ago it was the Ouray County Fairgrounds. Now it's a town of nearly a thousand people, a kitchen serving 900 breakfasts a day, its own medics, showers, laundry and security. KVNF's Brody Wilson and Audrey McCabe, go inside the incident command post for the Gold Mountain Fire.
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On this week's Regional Roundup, we'll hear how rural communities are particularly impacted by extreme heat. We'll hear a report from Aspen Ideas: Health on how music can be used for therapy and rehabilitation. Then, we'll hear about the history of labor organizing done by janitors in Denver that has spread around the country. After that we visit a school garden in southwest Colorado that continues teaching children even when school is out for summer. We'll hear about a songwriters festival that took place recently in Western Colorado and then we round out the show hearing from author Peter Heller, whose 2012 novel The Dogs Stars has been adapted into a movie that will be released in August. -
Crews have fully contained the Lawhead Fire near Hotchkiss after it burned about 35 acres. Plus: an environmental group urges Montrose and Delta counties to limit data centers, Holy Cross Energy marks a renewable milestone, and the property owner where the fire began shares her story. -
The Lawhead fire was the first fire threatening structures in the KVNF listening area, and for many in our audience, represented the start of the fire season on the Western Slope. -
A new Western Slope fund offers small farmers something hard to find: an interest-free loan. Slow Money Western Slope lets neighbors donate, farmers borrow, and the money cycle back to the next producer. Organizers have raised $30,000 toward a $50,000 goal, with first loans this summer. -
We bring you a condensed version of the full length forum you can watch here:https://www.youtube.com/live/_hhwp5eeMEk?si=Zpmm5pqvtbK_ggP0 -
Four Democrats are running for their party's nomination in Colorado's attorney general race. At a forum hosted by the Colorado Working Families Party, they laid out their priorities — standing up to the Trump administration, immigration, housing and workers' rights. Local Motion brings you an excerpt.
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The Montrose County School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to place Superintendent Dr. Carrie Stephenson on paid administrative leave. The move comes as a third-party investigation into a former Olathe Elementary principal continues.
