Maeve Conran

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

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

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

The two candidates in Colorado’s Third Congressional District race squared off in September at a debate hosted by Club 20. The candidates touched on a variety of issues from reproductive rights, water management, energy and public lands.

On today’s newscast we hear a statewide survey that asks voters to identify their priorities for candidates in the general election. With at least 20 water-related deaths in the state this summer, we hear tips on staying safe. Delta Montrose Electric Association is one of two Colorado utilities to receive millions of federal dollars to help its transition to renewable energy.

On today’s newscast we hear how ballots with queried signatures need to be addressed by July 3. A new report says the federal government needs to change its program for farmers in the Colorado River basin states due to the ongoing drought. And the need to have Pride events in rural Colorado.

On today’s newscast we hear from the Montrose County Clerk and Recorder and the Elections Manager for Delta County on what you need to know about today’s primary election. We hear a report about two hotly contested primary elections in Colorado’s 4th and 8th congressional districts. Then, with large parts of Colorado under a heat advisory Monday and Tuesday, we’ll hear tips on staying safe in the heat.

On this Local Motion, we join Maeve Conran, the Rocky Mountain Community Radio coalition’s managing editor, for our regional news roundup. We hear today from KVNF’s Taya Jae and her recent conversation with author and naturalist Craig Childs about Chaos Theory, the theme of his latest Dark Night event. We also hear an audio postcard on an American flag that's been flying above Palisade for a century, thanks to a group of volunteers. A Navajo musician is channeling John Cage and his Navajo ancestors to honor those lost in the Long Walk. Finally, we learn about a world record-setting skiing-in-jeans event in Wyoming.

On this Local Motion, we’ll hear about the prominence of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado politics in the 1920s, a collaboration between a Colorado printmaker and a Texas musician on the children's book “Who Built the Moon? (KSJD)” and spoken word poetry from a world poetry slam champion, a poet laureate of Dallas, Texas.

This week on Local Motion, we join Maeve Conran, the Rocky Mountain Community Radio coalition’s managing editor, for a regional news roundup on the Colorado River Compact and the Colorado River Drought Taskforce, as well as a feature on naturalist Steve Jones, who won a Nebraska Book Award for writing about the sandhills.