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What connects the smell of a fresh spring rain and homemade sourdough? What keeps us healthy and happy? Unseen and vast, multitudes of healthy and symbiotic microbes are at the root of much of what makes life good and spring is an excellent time to keep them, and the ways in which we can keep them happy, at top of mind.

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.

A chat with a 7-year-old astronomy buff.

This week on Local Motion, we hear highlights from a panel on election systems led by the League of Women Voters of the Uncompahgre Valley. Montrose County Clerk Tressa Guynes talks about how exactly mail ballots are counted and Ouray County Clerk Michelle Nauer shares everything you need to know about voter registration. Learn more about the League here.

This week on the second-ever edition of our brand new program The Pen and The Sword: from our partner station in the Rocky Mountain Community Radio coalition, KGNU’s Dave Ashton interviews the sports editor at The Nation Magazine, Dave Zirin about his new book The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World.

Kate Redmond interviews Kseniya in Kyiv, who asked that her family name not be used, and Anastasiya Glotova in Lviv, who are sheltering from Russian missiles as the war enters its second month.

Kate Redmond interviews Oleksandr Vorobey from Kharkiv on the war with Russia.

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

We have election results for Paonia, Hotchkiss, Cedaredge, Montrose, Palisade, and Ridgway. Plus, Kate Redmond reports access to labor and employment standards can be inconsistent for guest workers coming to the U.S. to do farm and ranch work. A local advocacy organization, Hispanic Affairs Project, is making great strides to remedy that.