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KVNF's weekly call in gardening show. The worms return for the 2024 growing season.

On this Local Motion, we join Maeve Conran, the Rocky Mountain Community Radio coalition’s managing editor, for our regional news roundup. We hear today from KVNF’s Taya Jae and her recent conversation with author and naturalist Craig Childs about Chaos Theory, the theme of his latest Dark Night event. We also hear an audio postcard on an American flag that's been flying above Palisade for a century, thanks to a group of volunteers. A Navajo musician is channeling John Cage and his Navajo ancestors to honor those lost in the Long Walk. Finally, we learn about a world record-setting skiing-in-jeans event in Wyoming.

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

The Virginia Kid and Phil Fettuccine sat down with Sam Grisman of Sam Grisman Project, before his performance at the Paradise Theater in Paonia, last year.

The Cedaredge community gathered on Saturday to remember seven-year-old Jessi and three-year-old Summer Hill, who lost their lives in an apparent murder-suicide earlier this month, committed by their father, James "Jake" Hill, in Routt County.A proposed ballot measure to create constitutional protections for abortion access could go before voters in November. An Ophir-area man's body was discovered Tuesday morning near Waterfall Creek, south of Ophir. KVNF’s Lisa Young looks at Delta County’s economic numbers from Colorado Mesa University's latest reports. On the Western Slope, the Western Colorado Migrant and Rural Coalition, has been working with migrants in our community. The nonprofit advocates for equitable access to community-based resources for rural, migrant and seasonal farm workers, and their families.

On this Local Motion, we take a look at migrants moving to Colorado and the mountain west. One migrant describes his financial hardship in Venezuela, his perseverance as he walked to the U.S., and the community he has found in Carbondale. Finally, we hear from a local advocacy group that works with migrant workers, and a couple of workers in our region.

Today we take a look at how mindfulness can help us to become our own biggest support and caretaker.

Thirty-five years ago, Stephen Trimble wrote a book called The Sagebrush Ocean: A Natural History of the Great Basin. Today, he says, a book about the same place might be titled The Cheatgrass Ocean: An Unnatural History of the Great Basin, as the highly flammable weed expands across the deserts of Nevada and Utah. Add a second encroachment of piñon and juniper trees, and sagebrush is in danger of disappearing. The dilemma is how to hold onto and add to the sagebrush that's left.

Over 200 newspapers were stolen from the Ouray County Plaindealer’s racks last week after they published a front-page story about a 17-year-old girl's allegations of being raped by teenagers at the home of a police chief. The top Republican in the Colorado House of Representatives is on probation for drunk driving and firearm possession while intoxicated. In Telluride, the Rascals child care program is grappling with staffing challenges amid a housing crisis. In the face of climate change, one Western Slope company is on a mission to transform people’s relationship to every drop of water by producing hyper efficient water products used in both camping and in the home.

State lawmakers are trying to reduce suicide rates by helping more Coloradans understand how to access prevention resources. Colorado's first "capture season" for the gray wolf reintroduction program has concluded, with 10 wolves captured in Oregon and released in Grand and Summit counties last month. Paonia’s Board of Trustees may not hold a ballot election this year unless write-in candidates submit an affidavit of intent before Monday evening. Yesterday, we heard from the president of the Western Colorado Migrant and Rural Coalition. Today, we meet Angel Gomez and Juan Ramirez, who work as pickers in our region.