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Aaron Weiss writes about the Interior Department’s plan to hollow out its agencies that maintain and protect America's public lands. Released in early April, the 2027 budget plans to cut nearly 3,000 positions from the National Park Service alone.Congress largely rejected cuts like this the last time around, says Weiss. Now, conservationists are once again working hard to rally the public and defeat Interior's budget.

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On this week's Regional Roundup, we hear about a jazz festival in northern New Mexico that celebrates Indigenous jazz music. Then, we head to the Roaring Fork Valley on Colorado's Western Slope to hear about efforts to create safe passages for wildlife crossing highways. After that we head to Wyoming to hear how goats are being used for fire mitigations. We round out the show hearing how Western Colorado University is working with Tribes to repatriate the remains of Native Americans that have been held by a museum.

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Senator Michael Bennet joined KVNF in Montrose to discuss healthcare, immigration, water policy, and why he’s running for governor. He shared concerns about rising healthcare costs, Medicaid cuts, and rural hospital closures, while also calling for a universal public option. Bennet reflected on bipartisan immigration reform, water rights negotiations, and the need to honor local voices on issues like wolf reintroduction. He called this “a moment” to fight for Colorado’s future.

During a recent visit to Montrose, Colorado Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser sat down with KVNF's Brody Wilson for a wide-ranging conversation on issues that matter to rural Western Colorado. From healthcare access to water rights, Weiser laid out his vision for serving all corners of the state—especially areas like Montrose and Delta Counties, where unaffiliated and conservative voters make up a majority.

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The second part of a three part series on using mindfulness to heal from our mistakes.

Four Democrats are running for their party's nomination in Colorado's attorney general race. At a forum hosted by the Colorado Working Families Party, they laid out their priorities — standing up to the Trump administration, immigration, housing and workers' rights. Local Motion brings you an excerpt.

With only simple majority votes required in each chamber of Congress, the management plan for the 1.9-million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument could soon be thrown out, writes Scott Braden, executive director of South Utah Wilderness Alliance.Representatives who would like to replace redrock scenery with oil and gas drilling and ATV trails have been using the Congressional Review Act to cancel management plans that were years in the making. Now it’s Utah’s turn, Braden says, and all we can do is urge everyone who cares about the state’s bedrock canyons to tell their elected representatives just that.