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  • On today’s Farm Friday, KVNF's Lisa Young talks with Robbie LeValley about LeValley Ranch, this year’s Leopold Conservation winner. The Leopold Conservation Award will be presented at the 156th Colorado Cattlemen’s Association Annual Convention June 19-21 in Steamboat Springs.
  • The telescope’s most important discovery to date has been finding the farthest black hole located at the center of a rare type of galaxy.
  • An interview with UpRoot Colorado and The Shepherd's Hand, two local non-profits reducing food waste and feeding the hungry, in our Colorado Communities.
  • Octogenarian Mary Nettleton has helped generations of Lake City students learn to read. Nettleton, who's blind, has volunteered at the local school for more than two decades. KVNF’s Laura Palmisano has this story. A proposed solar farm just southwest of Norwood (in San Miguel County, Colorado) is drawing criticism from the community. Last week, residents showed up for a meeting to express their disapproval. For Rocky Mountain Community Radio, KOTO’s Julia Caulfield was there and brings part one of this report.
  • Today we take a mindful look at the phrase, This Too Shall Pass.
  • Today we take a look into the fruits of a mindfulness practice.
  • This episode of The Pen and The Sword features John Burg sharing an essay he wrote about an experience he had back in September of 2021, getting lost in Utah’s Zion National Park. He reads from the essay and speaks to the trauma of this event as well as the lessons learned. We follow this story with an interview with Sara Johnstone, a Volunteer with the West Elk Search and Rescue, an all-volunteer group covering a wide territory here in Western Colorado.
  • The end of this year’s legislative session for one local politician had its ups and downs. KVNF’s Lisa Young spoke with Representative Matt Soper about the challenges he faced, as well as several legislative successes.
  • On this Local Motion, we'll take a peek into a few nontraditional classrooms in Montrose, Colorado. You’ll hear from Suzy Conty of Miss Suzy’s Educational Services before we turn to Keely Vaughn of the Outer Range outdoor campus. Finally, we’ll sit down with Jack Christensen, the incoming principal of Black Canyon High School. Black Canyon just celebrated its first graduating class last month.
  • For some Montrose students, nature is their classroom. KVNF’s Lisa Young spoke with Delta Health officials on its journey to keep the hospital independent and local.
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