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Fermi was a Nobel Prize winning physicist famous for quickly estimating answers to questions, like how many heart beats are there in a lifetime, or how many piano tuners are there in Chicago? These types of questions are now called Fermi questions. Perhaps the most famous Fermi question is the Drake equation, which asks how many advanced civilizations exist in our galaxy.

On today’s KVNF Farm Friday we feature an impromptu interview with Tomek Barc owner of Happy Hive Farmstead in Delta, County.

Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.

Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.

Members of the Delta County School Board will review a draft policy on a bill passed in 2024 that allows students to use a preferred name that reflects their gender identity. The district's policy committee has recommended allowing teachers certain “religious exemptions” to the law.

Writer Karen Mockler was thrilled when her city of Tucson, Arizona, announced it was starting a pilot program to deal with hard-to-recycle plastics, turning it into building blocks. Then things got complicated as the plastic waste piled up, and Dow Chemical and Hefty bags got involved. Burning the plastic turned into the new solution, and Mockler now concludes: “Instead of recycling plastic, we need to focus on phasing out its use—everywhere we can.”

Paonia Police Chief Matt Laiminger presented an update to the Paonia Board of Trustees during the January 14th council meeting, reports the Delta County Independent.

Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.

Your weekly Regional Science Update.

Last weekend the Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club held the "Grand Mesa Summit Challenge", at the Mesa Top Trailhead on the Grand Mesa. KVNF's Brody Wilson brings you along to the event.