Grand Junction

Today marks the 39th observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society.

FEATURE: The shortgrass prairie of Northeast Colorado's Pawnee National Grassland is home to a unique and fragile ecosystem. But development is starting to spill onto the plains, threatening one of the country’s largest untouched expanses of prairie habitat. KUNC’s Rae Solomon reports for the Mountain West News Bureau.

A Lake City physician assistant discusses his medical mission in Ukraine and a Grand Junction doctor talks about her most recent humanitarian trip to Gaza that abruptly ended when war broke out.

A Lake City physician assistant discusses his medical mission in Ukraine and a Grand Junction doctor talks about her most recent humanitarian trip to Gaza that abruptly ended when war broke out.

Pediatrician Barbara Zind recently retired from full-time practice in Grand Junction. She volunteered for the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund. She arrived in Gaza the day before the war began and was trapped there for nearly a month.

Grand Junction placed 45th on The New York Times’ annual “52 Places to Go” list, reported the Daily Sentinel earlier this month. The City of Montrose is selling a small parcel of land located on the Black Canyon Golf Course back to the individual who originally donated the property, according to the Montrose Daily Press. Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Silt introduced the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, reports Colorado Newsline.

There is a new program launching across the state, including here on the Western Slope, called the Colorado Healthcare Corps placing 100 Americorps service members at nonprofit health providers. Gavin Dahl speaks with Maria Fabula from the Community Resource Center, based in Denver. Plus, Kate Redmond has a short piece about the multi-generational Paonia Players who will be part of Cherry Days this summer.

The annual tradition known as Record Store Day is this Saturday. Matthew Cesario, aka DJ Squatch, and his dad, Rock, own and operate Triple Play Records in Grand Junction. Squatch and Gavin chat about some of the exclusive records available at the West Slope’s finest record shop. Learn more about Record Store Day here.

The annual tradition known as Record Store Day is this Saturday. Matthew Cesario, aka DJ Squatch, and his dad, Rock, own and operate Triple Play Records in Grand Junction. Squatch and Gavin chat about some of the exclusive records available at the West Slope’s finest record shop. Plus, explosions and a major fire in downtown Montrose yesterday afternoon at Hartmann Brothers medical supply reportedly injured multiple people.