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“The first draft is absolute torture,” says historical nonfiction writer David Baron. And yet, he persists and his newest book, The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America has garnered rave reviews from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and more. The Christian Science Monitor says, “The Martians is a fascinating tale that’s beautifully told.” We speak with Baron about the joys of research, the agony of writing, the delight in rewriting, how imagination cuts both ways, and how Truman Capote’s work has influenced his own.

The need to fix things can keep us from being peacefully present.

The City of Delta is offering severance packages through a new “Voluntary Separation Program.”

This September, the public was given just 21 days to weigh in on the government’s intent to rescind the Roadless Rule. The response was overwhelming: Over 99 percent of the 183,000 comments submitted argued against removing protection for public lands without roads. Yet the Administration is pushing to open up these lands to logging and other uses that will impact water supplies and wildlife.What’s needed, says Ben Long, is fixing up the many damaged existing roads on our national forests, along with other, long-delayed maintenance projects.

The Ridgway Independent Film Festival returns for its 11th year, blending mountain-town creativity with global storytelling. Meet several filmmakers from this year's festivel and explore how a small town keeps its big-screen spirit alive.

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

The ReMemberers are a genre-blurring trio that merges ancient folklore, global singing traditions, and instrumental virtuosity.

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

Today is KVNF Farm Friday!

Among the fundamental forces of nature, gravity is the most intuitively familiar. It silently plants us in our seats, or sends us hurtling when we stumble. It holds together the planets and marshals the stars. But what is gravity, exactly? And does antigravity-- a longstanding trope of science fiction --exist? We can seek answers within the nuances of known physics.