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On this weeks Talkin' Music we feature a special segment of KGNU's program Black Talk.

This week on Local Motion, I speak with Travis Cantonwine, editor in chief of the Delta High School newspaper, The Paw Print. He chats with KVNF news director Gavin Dahl about recent articles, and they discuss two podcasts he produced, including a second place winner from the Colorado Student Media Association.

As the old saying goes, whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over. Sometimes that struggle gets personal. Kate Redmond reports on the slaughter of beavers who dam up irrigation in Crawford. Plus several Colorado lawmakers are working from home this week. But party leaders cannot say whether the higher rate of virtual participation is because of a COVID outbreak at the Capitol. Scott Franz reports.

Hinsdale County purchased a peninsula and island on Lake San Cristobal just over a year ago. As KVNF’s Laura Palmisano reports, the county now plans to move ahead with renovations at the property. Coal Basin, near Redstone, was the site of mining disasters last century. Now, a privately-owned parcel surrounded by National Forest land provides public access to custom mountain bike trails. As KDNK’s Morgan Neely reports, the trails offer recreation, while mitigating the environmental destruction left behind by the mine's operators.

Taya Jae was joined in the studio by Colorado based singer songwriter Emily Scott Robinson. Emily's new album, American Siren speaks to both the personal and collective experience of being female and offers a pristine example of honest and vulnerable storytelling.

Next in our series of interviews with candidates vying for Lauren Boebert's seat in Congress, Kate Redmond speaks with Democrat Kellie Rhodes. Plus Courtney Jones, academy director and professional standards and training sergeant with Montrose PD, stopped by Studio M to talk with Gavin Dahl about the department’s recruiting efforts.

Live call-in gardening advice.

Next in our series of interviews with candidates vying for Lauren Boebert's seat in Congress, Kate Redmond speaks to Montrose Republican state senator Don Coram about why he entered the primary. Plus, Republican Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is now back out of jail.

Today we continue our 4-part series on pain and illness.

This week author Paul Andersen talks about his new book “The Town That Said Hell, No!” Crested Butte Fights a Mine to Save its Soul. Plus, a commentary on affordable housing from Writers on the Range and a spring poem from Kate Redmond to mark the end of National Poetry Month.