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Maybe you’ve noticed the bright red “star” hovering high in the southern sky thiswinter. Maybe you’ve noticed it shining with a seemingly steadier light than otherstars in the night sky. Maybe you’ve even noticed it changing position relative tothe constellations. These observations reveal that this object is not a star, butrather the fourth planet from the Sun: Mars.

Mesa County Valley School District 51 saw a dip in enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year; the drop appears to be a trend that will continue throughout the next decade, reports the Daily Sentinel. he Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission welcomed the Gunnison and Taylor Rivers as the newest Gold Medal trout fisheries in the state. The City of Delta recently held a work session to discuss building supportive housing to help local people who may be unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused, reports the Delta County Independent.

Today we take a mindful look into the stories we tell ourselves.

Republican Representative Matt Soper from Delta was elected Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Legal Services. City-owned property on Cerro Summit in Montrose could be the future home of a professionally-designed mountain biking park, reports the Montrose Daily Press. Zack’s BBQ in Hotchkiss changed hands after five decades as a family business, reports the Delta County Independent. While the West is grappling with a long-running drought, activists are calling for stronger state policies on water sustainability. But a new report shows that the Mountain West is lagging behind. Small newspapers, and local reporting, can be essential to the communities they serve. Recently, a newspaper in Montrose County’s West End changed hands, but stayed in local ownership. For Rocky Mountain Community Radio, K-O-T-O’s Gavin McGough sat down to talk with the paper’s new publisher, Regan Tuttle.

Some of the best snow in the nation is right in our backyard according to Spencer Christensen owner of Grand Mesa Lodge. Christensen says the snow began in November and just keeps coming. Mesa County officials forced two private property owners to clear what they call “unsightly debris and trash” from their land, according to the Daily Sentinel. Paonia trustees debated adding two more paid holidays to the town’s handbook without added expense, reported Frank Witowski for the Delta County Independent. Delta Health unveiled the Western Slope’s first digitally combined PET and CT scanner earlier this month, according to the Montrose Daily Press.

Grand Junction placed 45th on The New York Times’ annual “52 Places to Go” list, reported the Daily Sentinel earlier this month. The City of Montrose is selling a small parcel of land located on the Black Canyon Golf Course back to the individual who originally donated the property, according to the Montrose Daily Press. Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Silt introduced the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, reports Colorado Newsline.

KVNF's Andrea Castillo interviews Sophie and Tucker of the musical duo SOFI TUKKER before their sold out DJ set at the Belly Up in Aspen.

Today we take a mindful look into people pleasing.

The Fruita Arts Recreation Marketplace, or FARM, is the new home for roughly two dozen arts-based business ventures. The thirteen thousand-square foot commercial building in Fruita opened this past weekend, according to the Daily Sentinel. Nineteen nurses at Delta Health were honored with nominations for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses to recognize the nursing care they provide patients and families each day. The Montrose Red Hawks wrestling team took no prisoners this past weekend at the wrestling regionals in Durango, reports the Montrose Daily Press. The Red Hawks won the regional competition ahead of Pueblo County and Roosevelt High School. More than 22,000 acres were bought in our region by the Wild Animal Sanctuary to create a safe space for wild horses. The refuge will be in Craig, Colorado, in the northwest part of the state.

A joint law enforcement operation conducted in Montrose on February 9 and 10 identified and arrested an individual for soliciting child prostitution. Telluride’s long-anticipated youth center could break ground as early as this spring. Colorado Mesa University acquired the former Albertson’s grocery store for three point five million dollars in December. A new ordinance recently passed by Paonia’s town council seeks to clarify language in the town’s water moratorium. While the town of Paonia has been working on cleaning up it’s ordinance language, a more urgent issue has surfaced. Up to 10% of Paonia's daily water is allegedly being lost due to a single water leak recently discovered under the town's railroad tracks. Last November, the Navajo Nation elected its youngest President ever, and the first female vice President to hold that position.