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Yesterday Bluecorn Cafe and Mercantile opened to the public at the new Bluecorn beeswax candle factory in Montrose. Owner Jon Kornbluh walked KVNF's Gavin Dahl around the 25,000 square foot space for candle production, distribution, and retail, along with a new cafe, and a live music venue on the way too. Plus, Scott Franz reports the Colorado State Senate approved a bill to force hospitals to allow visitors during future public health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

We don't know for certain what causes Alzheimer's disease, but long term care for people with progressive symptoms has come a long way. Kate Redmond reports. Plus, Robyn Vincent of the Mountain West News Bureau reports Colorado could soon join other states in our region taking steps to address the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

Delta’s first ever Western Movie Celebration happens this Thursday, April 7 thru Sunday, April 10 at Delta’s Tru Vu Drive In Theater, along with a Saturday matinee at the Egyptian. Tickets are available at each box office. Gavin Dahl spoke to Darin Hamm from City of Delta to learn more about the lineup of classic westerns on the big screen. Plus, Colorado provides opportunities for incarcerated individuals to better themselves, including arts education. Inmates produce plays, write poems, and make music. But their newest creative project sounds different. KUNC’s Samantha Coetzee went to Limon last month to learn more about a unique broadcast that just launched.

Taya Jae interviews Colorado based band The River Arkansas at their recent show in Montrose.

As the snow melts, big game comes near roadways for food. Kate Redmond reports Colorado Parks and Wildlife has tips on avoiding deer and elk collisions. Plus, reporter Justin Higginbottom from KZMU speaks with the founder of Four Corners K-9 Search and Rescue about what she and her two dogs find in the desert, while helping Native families locate missing loved ones.

On this weeks Talkin' Music we feature a special segment of KGNU's program Black Talk.

Law enforcement has made an arrest of a man in Idaho connected with the double murder in Paonia from two weeks ago. Plus, Kate Redmond reports Colorado’s wolf reintroduction got a surprise assist from a family of wolves who wandered over state lines from Wyoming, giving Parks and Wildlife officers an opportunity to collar them and study their movements. Then, for Rocky Mountain Community Radio’s journalism collaboration, KGNU’s Hannah Leigh Myers reports 169 low-income essential workers in Colorado are using eBikes paid for by the state. The Can Do Colorado eBike pilot program appears to be a hit with participants and a positive step in the transition away from fossil fuels.

Governor Jared Polis called in to KVNF while kicking off his re-election campaign. Gavin Dahl asked him about crisis management, what he’s learned during a very challenging first term, and what he hopes to accomplish if voters give him another four years to run Colorado. Plus, Kate Redmond reports Delta County Citizen Report, a local nonprofit media outlet, is suing Delta County for failing to turn over records requested under the Colorado Open Records Act.

County Clerks from Delta, Montrose, and Ouray Counties are participating in a panel discussion tomorrow hosted by the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of the Uncompaghre Valley. They’ll discuss this year’s elections, including changes to precincts, election security, and how vote tabulation works. Carol Howe, VP of the local League, talks to Gavin Dahl about why they're convening this panel. Plus, the northern skies of the Navajo Nation are clearer after the closure of the coal-powered Navajo Generating Station. But the region also lost jobs and tax revenue. For Rocky Mountain Community Radio’s series on fossil fuel transitions, KZMU’s Justin Higginbottom reports on the legacy of Navajo Nation coal power and what comes next, a proposed hydropower plant. *Correction: Gavin mistakenly said Ouray County Clerk Michelle Nauer is a Democrat. She is unaffiliated.*

Stephanie Maltarich has covered climate action through creative entrepreneurship and net-zero affordable housing for KVNF and the Rocky Mountain Community Radio coalition. She’s covered the summer sockeye run for Alaska Public Radio and reported on ski safety for NPR's Weekend Edition. Her latest article on safer backcountry travel is out now in The Colorado Sun. Next, she's launching a new radio series called Headwaters.