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This week, writer Crista Worthy tells how her state of Idaho has made it almost impossible for women to get medical care for an abortion, a right that for 49 years was taken for granted. If men got pregnant, she says, none of this would be happening.

Summer is still here, but CDOT already has its eye on the upcoming winter season. The Montrose Community Recreation Center reopened yesterday after a thorough cleaning, but due to a lifeguard shortage, pool hours are now reduced. Congresswomen Lauren Boebert, representing Colorado’s Third District, made a quick stop in Delta just before the Labor Day Holiday. A recent conversation with Montrose County School District’s Data Specialist Suzy King sheds light on how Montrose has managed to see positive enrollment trends this year, despite national declines.

Montrose FFA students participated in the State Horse Judging, placing 2nd in the state.Curtis McCrackin, a Delta County business owner, announced that he’s running for Congress against Boebert in the Republican primary for Colorado’s Third Congressional District. Both the City of Delta and Delta County Commissioners proclaimed September as Suicide Prevention Awarness Month. Hotchkiss leaders and community members recently met to discuss ongoing parking concerns in the town

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One of the best meteor showers of the year will peak during the second weekend of August, presenting the perfect opportunity to spot shooting stars streaking across the sky.

Over the past two years, enrollment in WIC Colorado has increased 6.5 percent. Montrose County Sheriff deputies found an elderly couple deceased at their residence last week. Two new state laws that give Colorado renters extra protections go into effect this month. Income limits for free and discounted school lunches have been raised by the government to reflect inflation.

KVNF's Lisa Young looks at how area music lovers are enjoying the latest music series by Pickin’ Productions from Paonia. The Nature Connection and Western Slope Conservation Center are teaming up to repair damage on the Paonia River Park trails due to flooding this spring. Proposition HH is a plan to provide relief from spiking property taxes driven by rising property values. Delta County’s jail is gaining traction for improving drug-driven recidivism among inmates. CDOT crews began permanent repairs to Colorado Highway 133 Monday at Mile Point 16.

This regional roundup with Maeve Conran takes a look at dryland farming and indigenous crops.

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.