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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Montrose County ended its two-year moratorium on power-generation projects by adopting new solar regulations, clarified accounting for the Public Safety Sales Tax, and reopened the search for a permanent county manager during a wide-ranging December 4 meeting. -
Approximately 8,600 gallons of diesel fuel were released into the Gunnison River (a major tributary to the Colorado River) after a Union Pacific coal train ran into a large boulder that had fallen on the tracks. The ultimate environmental impact of the spill is still unknown, but under active investigation. -
At a crowded first meeting in the renovated courthouse, Kirstin Copeland was sworn in as Montrose County’s newest commissioner, and the board unanimously selected Sue Hansen as its next chair. -
Two Union Pacific locomotives derailed into the Gunnison River during a snowstorm, trapping two engineers in a remote canyon. First responders from multiple agencies pulled off a challenging rescue and launched environmental mitigation efforts. Cleanup along the river is continuing. -
At the Paonia Literary Project, books become a bridge—connecting neighbors, expanding imaginations, and bringing people together. Through book giveaways, free classes, and quiet community events, the nonprofit is nurturing literacy and belonging in the North Fork Valley. -
Diné elder Lupita McClanahan shares stories from Canyon de Chelly, the Long Walk, and the “beauty way,” followed by a visit with Paonia Books’ nonprofit, the Paonia Literary Project, where we explore ho books, stories, and community events can, expand our perspectives, enrichen our lives, and fight loneliness in rural Colorado. -
Montrose falls just short of the 4A football title game, CDOT lowers speeds on a crash-prone stretch of Highway 550, and Colorado’s open enrollment deadline approaches. Plus, Western governors grapple with soaring energy demand and the rapid growth of AI data centers. -
This week's Regional Roundup takes a look at how one Colorado family struggled with the loss of SNAP benefits during the recent government shutdown, the impact of immigrant detention on a Wyoming family, a Utah rancher shares her experiences of six decades of running cattle in her new memoir, and how the loss of federal funding is impacting public and community radio stations across the country. -
In front of a packed West Slope Water Summit in Montrose, the Colorado River District's GM Andy Mueller made the case for protecting Western Slope water. -
This week’s Local Motion travels from a packed West Slope Water Summit in Montrose to a four-acre regenerative farm in Gunnison. Colorado River District GM Andy Mueller lays out a blunt case for protecting Western Slope water, and farmer Susan Wyman shows how Gunnison Gardens is training the next generation of cold-climate growers.
