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Paonia Trustee Kathy Swartz has stepped down

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This week’s Local Motion travels from a packed West Slope Water Summit in Montrose to a four-acre regenerative farm in Gunnison. Colorado River District GM Andy Mueller lays out a blunt case for protecting Western Slope water, and farmer Susan Wyman shows how Gunnison Gardens is training the next generation of cold-climate growers.

Our national parks have been hit hard by federal cost cutters indiscriminately eliminating rangers, custodians, wildlife firefighters and other staff, and the government shutdown sent over 9,000 Park Service staff home without pay, with orders to leave the gates unlocked and most parks open.Alex Johnson, the new Southwest Regional Director at the National Parks Conservation Association, warns that by starving the Park Service of money for staff, maintenance, wildlife management and research, “the administration is setting up our national parks for failure.”

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The medical oncology and infusion center in Montrose will be moving into a larger space

Your weekly Regional Science Update.

Montrose City Council members recently passed the city’s 2026 budget.

Montrose falls just short of the 4A football title game, CDOT lowers speeds on a crash-prone stretch of Highway 550, and Colorado’s open enrollment deadline approaches. Plus, Western governors grapple with soaring energy demand and the rapid growth of AI data centers.

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