Maeve Conran

On this week's Regional Roundup, hear about literary endeavors around the region. We hear about a new book inspired by the author's own journey from being a former east coast attorney to moving to Colorado to work on a horse ranch. Then we visit a bookstore in Nederland to hear how it is working to create a community space. After that, best selling author T.A. Barron talks about how things in nature get their names, a topic he explores in his latest book "Naming Nature." And we finish the show hearing about the healing power of trees from Dr. Lindsay Branham whose new book is Heartwood: The Wisdom and Healing Kinship of Trees."

On this week's Regional Roundup, we'll hear about the recent awards given by Aspen nonprofit Climate Curve for innovative climate solutions. Then we'll hear how President Trump has reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments, reducing protections for the iconic landscapes. Then we find out how an animal shelter in Western Colorado had to evacuate all their animals due to the Gold Mountain Fire. Then we tag along on Carbondale's first ever Art Crawl, then we hear about the geologic history of the region, and we round out the show with the story of an historic collegiate summer baseball league.

On this week's Regional Roundup, we'll hear about some of the fires burning in the region, we'll hear from evacuees from the Aspen Acres fire, we pay a visit to the incident command post for the Gold Mountain Fire in Western Colorado to hear what it takes to support the hundreds of firefighters battling the blaze, and we'll hear about the ecological impact of the Ferris Fire in southwest Colorado. Then, we hear about concerns over efforts to open up the Roan Plateau to oil and gas drilling, and we visit a boxing class for people living with Parkinson's. We round out the show with a visit to Wyoming, where a new nonprofit hopes to provide afterhours emergency veterinarian care for local pets.

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.

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.

On this week's Regional Roundup, we hear about a jazz festival in northern New Mexico that celebrates Indigenous jazz music. Then, we head to the Roaring Fork Valley on Colorado's Western Slope to hear about efforts to create safe passages for wildlife crossing highways. After that we head to Wyoming to hear how goats are being used for fire mitigations. We round out the show hearing how Western Colorado University is working with Tribes to repatriate the remains of Native Americans that have been held by a museum.

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.