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Montrose High School is discontinuing its Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, (NJROTC) program after 50 years due to declining student interest and a shortage of qualified staff to teach Naval Science classes. The City of Montrose is gifting over $50 thousand dollars to one local business for its new project on Townsend Avenue. Delta County Health Department has confirmation of the first human case of West Nile virus this year. The state has neglected its required oversight of Colorado’s cannabis industry.

On this Local Motion, Maeve Conran, the Rocky Mountain Radio Coalition’s managing editor, returns to look at the pressure high school students feel to succeed academically. Among this episode's features, Conran shares a report on why the family of a teen, killed in Parkland, FL in 2018, is touring the country with an anti-gun violence message, as well as a report on how a teen production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee persevered.

KVNF is tracking a wildfire approximately 15 miles southwest of Delta within the Dominguez Escalante. In recent years, WIC Colorado has seen steady growth in enrollment. KVNF's Laura Palmisano continues Monday's coverage. A recent cyberattack against the Colorado Department of Higher Education compromised the personal information of numerous residents. Montrose County is dedicating over $220,000 in federal grant funds to local schools.

Now its time for Rain & Shine, your weekly regional science update.

Now its time for Rain & Shine, your weekly regional science update.

KVNF's weekly call-in gardening show is now 1 hour long!

Writer Stephen Trimble writes about a problem that has never been solved in this country: How to care for the chronically mentally ill. His mother, he says, learned from the Denver Post that her schizophrenic son, Mike Trimble, had died at 33, alone in a "care home" that failed to deliver proper care. For decades, Trimble says, we've known that we must do better.

KVNF’s Lisa Young provides an update on the Lowline Fire burning in Gunnison County. Grand Junction Mayor Anna Stout continues her conversation with KVNF's Cassie Knust on her campaign for Colorado's third congressional district. The City of Delta has issued a warning regarding a solar sales company spreading false information door-to-door.

Today we talk about the simplicity of mindfulness.

All Points Transit is taking part in the statewide "Zero Fare for Better Air" campaign, offering free rides on select routes through the end of the month. Real Estate prices in the area aren’t slowing down despite higher interest rates and a slight decline in overall inflation. Last week, the Durango 9-R school district hosted a training session for Physical Education teachers.