Three people are running for two open seats on KVNF's board of directors. On Local Motion, Dave Barnaclo, Sara Rinne and Ed Vita answer the same questions about their backgrounds and the station. Members vote by mail by Oct. 23 or at the Oct. 26 Annual Meeting.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear about efforts to restore beaver habitat in Rocky Mountain National Park, then we head to Western Colorado to hear how one rural community is dealing with electronic waste. After that we head to the Four Corners to the burn scar from the Ferris Fire to hear how wildfire impacts soil. We round out the show hearing about what El Niño might bring to the drought-stricken Rocky Mountain West.

KVNF threw Montrose its first punk festival, but nobody knew if anyone would come. On this Local Motion, we hear from a few of the many people that showed up, and why they did. Plus, a Paonia seed grower on the year with no winter, no fall water, and a virus in seven crops.

After a tumultuous few weeks in the Montrose City Council, the KVNF news team sits down to review our recent coverage and try to get the full picture of what's been happening in special live edition of Local Motion.

Most outdoor brands don't own a sewing machine. On this Local Motion, two Western Slope manufacturers on what it actually takes to make things here — from a local outdoor gear company hand-cutting every backpack in a Montrose shop, to another innovative company that rebuilt itself around a military contract.

KVNF's news team brings you a series of stories from the Gold Mountain Fire

Jenny Williams spent nearly nine years inside Google and Microsoft before leaving for New Zealand. Her new thriller strands six writers on an island competing for a publishing prize. One of them is an AI. She talks with Brody Wilson about temptation, theft and transparency.

Blue Mesa Reservoir is at a record low, and federal managers have cut minimum flows on the lower Gunnison to hold what's left. On Local Motion, Colorado River District engineer Caleb Foy walks KVNF's Brody Wilson through how that decision was made — and who is paying for it downstream.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we head to the alpine tundra of Rocky Mountain National Park with naturalists searching for ptarmigan. We also learn about efforts to restore beaver habitat in other parts of the park.Then, we travel to the small Western Colorado town of Lake City, where three newly trained EMTs are stepping up to help provide medical services to the community. In Wyoming, we visit Grand Teton National Park and meet a former National Park Service ranger who’s on an anti-censorship tour, raising awareness about signs and exhibits that have been removed from national parks following a federal order targeting what the administration calls “negative” content. We round out the show in Utah, where communities are taking on the problem of billboard blight.

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.