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On this Local Motion, we’ll hear about why some people are choosing a living Christmas tree this holiday season. We also visit the Ute Mountain Ute Park in southwest Colorado. Maeve Conran shares a story on the pushback against efforts to ban children's books in Garfield County. Finally, we learn more about pedestrian dignity.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife just released five gray wolves in Grand County, despite facing some legal challenges from livestock industry groups in the state. There is a new resale shop in Delta run by Humberto Velasquez, who also owns Mr. Concrete. A new bill known as "Bill C" in Ouray County might change property taxes for vacation homeowners. Downtown Paonia could get an additional retail marijuana if all goes well at an upcoming hearing for the proposed business. Montrose County School District has opted for a more proactive, rather than reactive, approach to students’ mental health.

Winter weather is expected to return over the weekend. A caseworker at Delta County Human Services recently received the "Caseworker of the Year for 2023" award from the State of Colorado. The Fruita City Council greenlit selling the Enoch's Lake property to three nearby landowners. On today’s Farm Friday, KVNF’s Lisa Young speaks with Elizabeth Thomas, Colorado Administrative Specialist for USDA Farm Service Agency.

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and the surrounding Hill Country will be offering many events over eclipse weekend.

Today we take a mindful look at the Serenity Prayer.

This year's final column reprises a few of the 52 opinions we sent out in '23. Betsy Marston might also have mentioned, but didn't have space, others that resonated, such as Stephen Trimble's moving account of the death of his schizophrenic brother, or Joe Stone's piece on burning sequoia trees, entitled: When giants die, we need to listen.

Today we take a mindful look at our thoughts.

This episode features Paonia resident, communications consultant, and climate advocate Anne Lee Foster. Prior to moving to the Western Slope, Ann Lee was living in Boulder and was the Director of Communications and Community Engagement at Colorado Rising where she served as the ballot initiative proponent and the lead spokesperson for the proposition 112 ballot initiative campaign in 2018. Currently she serves on the board of an organization called Safe & Healthy Colorado. Safe & Healthy Colorado is a grassroots, volunteer-led coalition of Coloradans who are working toward a safer, healthier future. Their new ballot initiative is focused on phasing out new fracking permits in Colorado by 2030.

The Delta County commissioners and county assessor recently performed a third-party audit of the county’s property value assessments. The Paonia Board of Trustees and Town Administrator Stefen Wynn introduced the town's capital improvement plan during the Nov. 14 Paonia Board of Trustees meeting. A dog in Ouray was recently diagnosed with a serious respiratory disease. In Montrose, recent legislation like Proposition 123 is making waves in the housing landscape, aiming to address affordability issues. Next month, the U.S. Department of Interior will release a second report as part of its ongoing investigation into federal Indian boarding schools.

A mountain lion in Montrose recently showed unusually aggressive behavior, and was unresponsive to attempts to scare it away. Another school in our region is closing, again in Mesa County Valley School District. Delta County School District is also facing some challenges, specifically with expiring COVID-19 relief funds. KVNF’s Taya Jae sat down with director, Hamilton Pevec, to discuss his upcoming show in the Rotary of the North Fork Valleys Film Festival, happening at the Paradise Theater in Paonia tonight. It’s nearly time for the 30th annual North Fork Community Christmas Dinner at the Hotchkiss Senior Center on Christmas Day. Each winter, avalanches claim the lives of people who are skiing or riding snow machines in our region.