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Local news from around the KVNF listening area.
  • The Blue River flows through northern Summit County on April 22, 2024. Mountain snowmelt collects in nearby Dillon Reservoir, and some of it travels through the Blue on its way to the Colorado River.
    Alex Hager / KUNC
    The town of Paonia welcomed newly elected Mayor Paige Smith who replaced outgoing Mayor Mary Bachran during the April 23 Paonia Board of Trustees meeting, reports the Delta County Independent. Kathy Swartz was sworn in for a full term after finishing former Trustee Thomas Markle's term. William Brunner and Walter Czeck were sworn in, replacing Morgan MacInnis and Dave Knutson.
  • Climate Change 2.0
    Lisa Young
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    KVNF's Lisa Young speaks with Natasha Leger, Executive Director for Citizens for a Healthy Community and Pete Kolbenschlag, Executive Director for Colorado Farm and Food Alliance, on the need to act now on Climate Change.
  • The Cedaredge Planning and Zoning Commission postponed its decision on the Mesa Point planned unit development and sketch plan Tuesday night, reports Lucas Vader of the Delta County Independent. The project, as proposed, would bring 421 homes to Cedaredge as well as a recreation center, tennis and pickleball court, trails, open public space and a hotel to the 118 acre major subdivision.
  • In a recent decision the U.S. Postal Service says it will proceed with a controversial plan affecting thousands of customers and postal workers on Colorado’s Western Slope.Prior to the changes, the Postal service hosted a public hearing in Grand Junction with roughly 200 persons in attendance.
  • The Cost of Free Land investigates how 20th-century federal policies gave Rebecca's ancestors - Jews fleeing oppression in Russia - free land on the South Dakota prairie and examines the cost of that free land to her ancestors' neighbors, the Lakota people.
  • CDOT and Gunnison County have opened County Road 26 as a detour around the US 50 middle-bridge closure for local traffic. According to a CDOT press release, crews worked over the weekend to improve and open the Lake City Cutoff between Montrose and Gunnison. Pilot cars will lead passenger vehicles through the detour two times a day in each direction.
  • The Conception and survey of the Gunnison Tunnel.
  • The Colorado Department of Transportation has closed a bridge on US Highway 50 west of Gunnison. The Federal Highway Administration requested the bridge closure after an inspection on Thursday identified defects in the structure.The closure is in place between US Hwy 50 Mile Point 131 which is the intersection with Colorado Highway 92 and MP 138. Local traffic will be allowed through the closure point to reach residences.
  • A safety closure is in place for a bridge on US Highway 50 located west of Gunnison. The Colorado Department of Transportation is closing the bridge at the urging of the Federal Highway Administration and state bridge engineering experts due to the findings of an ongoing safety inspection, which identified anomalies in the bridge on Thursday, April 18.
  • As part of an ongoing criminal investigation, the Delta Police Department seized a multitude of drugs and firearms from 37 year old Michael Lee Blair earlier this week.
  • KVNF Regional Newscast: April 17, 2024
  • This Rocky Mountain Community Radio - Regional Roundup with Maeve Conran features: A two-way about the experimental forest in Fraser, Colorado. (KFFR)An interview with two Utah women (including a former Utah State Legislator and SLC mayor) and fighting for equal rights for same sex families. (KRCL)A poem from Colorado's new poet laureate. (KGNU)A feature about, the "Friendship ball" a prom that promotes inclusivity. (Aspen Public Radio)