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A new law for Colorado will help with food security from farm to table, according to State Representative Marc Catlin. Delta County recently received a sizable grant from Charge Ahead Colorado to upgrade its electric vehicle charging stations at three rural locations in the county. KVNF’s Lisa Young has the details.

In this Local Motion, you’ll hear from Merrily Talbott, director of the Paonia Players theater group and KVNF board member. Merrily and I chatted about the hope she hopes audiences will feel after seeing Happiness, and other upcoming events and features, as well as some challenges the theater group had to navigate through the pandemic.

Area Veterans found help during the Veterans Resource Tour held earlier this week in Delta. Montrose County and the City of Montrose have teamed up to provide free sandbags and sandbag filling materials for local residents. Two weeks after announcing that he was stepping down from the finance committee, Paonia Trustee David Weber announced at the April 11 meeting that it would be his last meeting. On today’s KVNF Farm Friday we take a look at drought relief in our region with USDA's Rod Bain.

KVNF's weekly call-in gardening show.

Today we take a mindful look into understanding what serves us best.

Today we take a mindful look at moving from the Head to the Heart when facing challenges.

FernGully will show at the Paradise Theater in Paonia on Thursday April 27th. Proceeds will be donated to Citizens for a Healthy Community. Tickets and more information can be found here.

Nearby Carbondale was among smaller communities to receive a grant from the U.S Department of Energy for geothermal heat pumps to support a net-zero energy district. The project will heat and cool school district offices, a library, 20 affordable housing units, a high school, a center for nonprofits, and townhomes. On today’s KVNF Farm Friday we talk about potential agrivoltaics projects in the North Fork Valley thanks to some prize money from the beforehand mentioned U.S. Department of Energy. The hope is that more solar projects will help farmers stay on the farm. LeValley Ranch in Hotchkiss is this year's Leopold Conservation Award. The award will be presented on June 19 at the Colorado Cattlemen's Association Annual Convention.

For Montrose County School District, expanding its career pathway program has become one of its top priorities for both its students and community. Cassie Knust has this story. In the near future all visitors to the Delta County Detention Center will have to pass through an x-ray style full body scanner for security purposes. KVNF’s Lisa Young has the details.

Peak runoff for Delta County and other areas in our region is in full force. Locally, creeks and rivers are starting to run at capacity. There are numerous reports that several creeks coming off the Grand Mesa are experiencing localized flooding. As reported on earlier this week, food truck business development will eventually be a part of the Olathe Innovation Center.