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KVNF's Local Motion
KVNF's weekly public affairs show with in-depth local public affairs reporting and interviews from around the Western Slope of Colocado Link for podcast subscription: https://www.kvnf.org/podcast/local-motion/rss.xml
Episodes
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Local Motion: Regional Roundup Episode 181
Kev Woolboy at the home of Phyllis Yazzie, and elderly woman he helped rescue from flooding. Widespread flooding in Arizona did not deter Diné voters from…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Regional Roundup Episode 180
The main stage of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, 2024.(Julia Caulfield, KOTO) A report on flooding in the Four Corners region. (RMCR) A story on the…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: What's underneath the anger in Montrose, and what comes next for Delta's resource center
Protestors at the No Kings Rally in Montrose(Brody Wilson) On Saturday, Oct. 17, KVNF spent the day in Montrose with people on both sides of the political…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion:Three candidates, two seats: Meet the people running for KVNF's board
KVNF's members will elect two new members of the station's board of directors at KVNF's Annual Meeting on Monday, Oct. 26. Three people are running. On this…
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Local Motion: Regional Roundup Episode 175.
Doug Figgs performs at the West End Cowboy Gathering in Nucla(Eliza Dunn/KOTO) On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear about efforts to restore beaver habitat…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: the punks came out of the woodwork, and the ditch ran dry
Mara and Elden. "I wear what makes me feel good about MYself", says Mara(Brody Wilson) ACT 1 On a Saturday afternoon in September, KVNF put on the first punk…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion LIVE: Montrose City Council Overview
Audrey McCabe (right), and Brody Wilson (left) hosting a special live episode of Local Motion from Studio M in downtown Montrose. (yes we were fueled by peanut…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Manufacturing on the Western Slope
Erik Dalton loos on as as Kurt Gray explains a sewing machine(Brody Wilson) Kurt Gray puts the outdoor industry plainly: "North Face doesn't make anything…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Stories from the Gold Mountain Fire
Brody Wilson and Kevin Sweeney survey a fire line from the side of Owl Creek Pass. The dirt was in a 3 foot tall pile on one side, but has been replaced as a…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: A novelist who worked inside big tech asks what AI is costing writers
Jenny Williams lived in Ridgway for years, and her parents are there still. These days she writes from Aotearoa, New Zealand. In between she spent about eight…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: From the Black Canyon to Redlands Mesa, the cost of a record-low Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa Reservoir(Stefanie Sere / Rocky Mountain Community Radio (KLZR) ) The largest reservoir in Colorado, Blue Mesa, is holding just over 240,000…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Regional Roundup Episode 169
A 2025 federal order called for the removal of ‘negative’ exhibits from National Parks. One sign was flagged for removal at Grand Teton, at the Craig Thomas…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Regional Roundup Episode 165
Tony Rouco, manager of the Boulder Collegians baseball team, in the bleachers at Scott Carpenter Park in Boulder, Colorado.(Maeve Conran/Rocky Mountain…
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Local Motion: Regional Roundup Episode 164
Thank you messages for firefighters at the Gold Mountain Incident Command Post at the Ouray County Fairgrounds in Western Colorado.(Brody Wilson / KVNF) On…
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Local Motion: Regional Roundup Episode 162
Members of SEIU Local 105, gather in Denver, CO, June 15, 2026, to celebrate Justice for Janitors Day.(Dave Ashton/KGNU) On this week's Regional Roundup, we'll…
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Local Motion: Women Decide: The Colorado Governor's Forum , hosted by Rocky Mountain PBS
If you're still undecided on your pick for governor listen to this Local Motion episode, or hear more on their views in this full length forum hosted by Rocky…
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Local Motion: Working Families Party of Colorado AG Democratic candidate forum
Four Democrats are competing for their party's nomination in the race to become Colorado's next attorney general. On May 31st, all four took part in a virtual…
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Local Motion: Regional Roundup Episode 159 from Rocky Mountain Community Radio
Valentina the goat, and her kids, Gallo and Guac, sit beneath shrubs the trio has just finished munching as part of a fire-fuel reduction gig in eastern…
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Local Motion: Walking Alongside - Death, Dying, and the People Who Help Us Through It
Cynthia Hines, DJ of KVNF's "Blues and Other Colors", lost her co-host DJ and husband, Todd Hines, in April 2025. (Joshua Vorse, Rocky Mountain PBS) A KVNF…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: The Politics of Public Education Take Center Stage in Montrose and Delta Counties
Earlier this month, KVNF’s regional newscast covered the controversy surrounding the Montrose School Board’s decision to hire Miller Farmer Carlson Law. The…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Where the Sky Begins: Fighting for Dark Skies on Colorado’s Western Slope
The Milky Way, our home galaxy, from south of Montrose(Brody Wilson) This week’s Local Motion begins in space. As NASA’s Artemis 2 mission completed the first…
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Local Motion: Regional Roundup Episode #153
The city of Durango has proclaimed April 19, 2026 as Ross Anderson Day, marking twenty years since the Native American speed skier set a U.S. speed-skiing…
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Local Motion: Regional Roundup Episode #150
This week on the Regional Roundup, we look at concerns over a proposed move by the U.S. Forest Service from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, and what that…
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Local Motion: ICE Activity and Legal Uncertainty on the Western Slope
Montrose County Justice Center( coloradojudicial.gov) In February, we aired a brief interview with Alida Soileau, a local criminal defense attorney whose…
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Local Motion: Western Slope Author Craig Childs and Filmmaker Ben Clark on Dark Skies, Restored Land, and Finding Hope in the Natural World
Two Western Slope Voices on What We Stand to Lose — and Restore Craig Childs has been making a slow migration around western Colorado for 35 years — from Ouray…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: How Western Slope schools and Homegrown Pathways are helping students build futures close to home
From left, Colin Lacy, Homegrown Pathways CEO; Jess Finnigan, Nature Connection Executive Director; NFHS Principal Amy Miller; Delta County School District…
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Local Motion: Episode 145 of the Regional Roundup
LeAnder Goldtooth is one of very few people his age keeping the art of Navajo basket weaving alive. The 23 year-old has become a master of the craft…
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Local Motion: Quiet Prevention - How Local School Districts Are Leading The Way in Preventing Violence in Schools
Number of victims shot at schools from 1966-2025. (<a href="https://k12ssdb.org" target="_blank"…
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Local Motion: Tiny Desk Contest
This week on Local Motion, you’ll hear interviews with Tiny Desk Radio hosts Anamaria Sayre and Robin Hilton as well as local musicians Logan Wise, Jason…
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Local Motion: Regional Round-up Episode 140
The Sundance Film Festival takes place Jan. 22–Feb. 1, 2026. It is the final year the festival will be held in Utah before moving to Boulder, Colorado…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Regional Round-up Episode 139
Dancers at the Pow Wow during the First People's Festival in Estes Park on January 18, 2026. The dancers are participating in a special Red Dress event, in…
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Local Motion: Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers
KVNF DJ Norm Simmer Interviews Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers ahead of their performance at the 2025 Montrose Summer Music Series. Songs featured: "Just Walk…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: KVNF Stories 2025 Part 2
KVNF STORIES for 2025 Part 1(Lisa Young / KVNF ) On this edition, we take a look back at some of our KVNF original stories that aired during our KVNF Regional…
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Local Motion: Meeting Urgent Needs — From the Western Slope to War-Torn Ukraine
This week’s episode of Local Motion brings two conversations that seem far apart. One is about training workers on the Western Slope. The other is about…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: KVNF Live Sessions Welcomes the Wood Brothers
(Bodhi Gilroy | Gilroy Productions) KVNF’s Live Sessions welcomes The Wood Brothers into the Paonia studio for a deep, playful conversation about creativity…
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Local Motion: Beauty, Books, and Belonging: Lupita McClanahan and the Paonia Literary Project
(Brody Wilson) In this episode of Local Motion, host Brody Wilson brings listeners two stories about how we connect to land, language, and each other. Lupita…
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Local Motion: Regional Roundup November 25th
Ana Harris looks into a cupboard in the Ronald McDonald House communal kitchen on Nov. 6, 2025. During the government shutdown, her son, Erik, was diagnosed…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Gloves Off on the Colorado River, Hands in the Soil in Gunnison
This week’s Local Motion travels from a packed conference room in Montrose to a four-acre farm in Gunnison, tying together two stories about how Western…
KVNF's Local MotionLOCAL MOTION: Elevation Herbal Tea and Fields of Glory
On this edition of Local Motion we take you to Elevation Herbal Tea and Fields of Glory for a visit with owners Shannon Ullmann, Elevation Herbal Tea and Steve…
KVNF's Local MotionLOCAL MOTION: Osito Farms and Western Culture Creamery
On this edition of Local Motion we take you to Osito Farms and Western Culture Creamery for a visit with owners Tiffany Saverese, Osito Farms, and David…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Candidate profiles for the Montrose Board of County Commissioners
KVNF's Brody Wilson interviewed Montrose County Commissioner Scott Mijares and BOCC candidate Kirsten Copeland at Studio M in Montrose.Mijares will be on the…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act (GORP )
(left to right) Michael Burkley, Tony Prendergast and Hannah Stevens, executive director for Western Slope Conservation Center(Lisa Young / KVNF) On this…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Lights, Locals, Action: The Ridgway Independent Film Festival Turns Eleven
Southwest Colorado Night Sky (Brody Wilson) In Ridgway, movie magic doesn’t happen behind studio gates — it unfolds beneath a canopy of stars. Now in its…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Western Colorado Community Foundation and Tri-County Health Network's Mental Health Scholarships
Mount Sneffels in the San Juan Mountains(Brody Wilson) In rural Colorado, philanthropy and public health often rely on neighbors helping neighbors. Two local…
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Local Motion: Telluride Jazz Festival
In this special episode of Local Motion, KVNF’s Music Director Andrea Castillo and General Manager Ashley Krest bring listeners inside the 48th Annual…
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Local Motion: Public Lands, Public Voices
Wald Dabney Poster for his upcoming film and discussion in Ridgway. ( <br/>www.sherbino.com) Walt Dabney: Why Public Lands Matter Walt Dabney spent a career…
KVNF's Local MotionLOCAL MOTION: Delta Health closes labor and delivery unit
Delta Health Hospital in Delta, Colorado(Lisa Young / KVNF) On this week’s program we’ll hear from Delta Health CEO Jonathan Cohee on the recent decision to…
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Local Motion: Regional Round-up with Maeve Conran (Ep 116)
(Jenna McMurtry / KHOL ) This week’s Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio includes a look at efforts to commemorate the 140th anniversary of…
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Local Motion: Americans Abroad - Why some are leaving and what it means for the communities they join
More Americans are leaving the United States not for vacation, but for a new life. Some are drawn by politics, others by safety or cost of living or a sense of…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Exclusive Interview with Senator Michael Bennet
During a stop in Montrose during the August recess, Senator Michael Bennet sat down with KVNF in Studio M to share his views on major issues affecting Western…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Regional Round-up with Maeve Conran
This week’s Local Motion brings you a regional roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio. The program is packed with stories from across the Mountain…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Fraud Part 2 - Not So Fast: What Every Coloradan Should Know About Fraud
When Phil Weiser says it’s more dangerous than ever to be a consumer, he’s not exaggerating. Colorado’s Attorney General opened the second episode in KVNF’s…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Regional Round-up with Maeve Conran
In this week’s Regional Roundup, we revisit the award-winning series “Loved to Death,” which explores the complex relationship between tourism and the…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Exclusive Interview with Attorney General Phil Weiser
Attorney General Phil Weiser and KVNF's Brody Wilson in Studio M(Brody Wilson) During a recent visit to Montrose, Colorado Attorney General and gubernatorial…
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Local Motion: Regional Roundup - Summertime in the Mountain West - From Sweet Melons to Soaring Temperatures
Researchers<b> </b>with the In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains (ICE CHIP) in the field monitoring hail.(courtesy of…
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Local Motion: Hook, Line, and Heartbreak: Fraud on the Western Slope (Part 1)
When you think of financial scams, you might imagine outlandish emails from faraway princes or awkward phone calls from fake sweepstakes. But the reality is…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Regional Roundup - Voices from the No Kings Protests and More
Regional Roundup: Protest, Policy, and Community Voices Across the Mountain West This week on Local Motion, we feature a special edition from Rocky Mountain…
KVNF's Local MotionLocal Motion: Regional Roundup
Christel Donley, 90, the oldest competitor at the recent Colorado Senior Games, throws the javelin in Colorado Springs. The city, known as Olympic City USA…
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Local Motion: Ukraine Under Fire - A Ridgway filmmaker's perspective on the war in Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine intensifies, a powerful new documentary brings the conflict’s human toll into sharp focus. On this week’s episode of KVNF’s Local Motion…
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Local Motion: Delta Confronts Homelessness - A Community Conversation
City Manager Elyse Casselberry(Marty Durlin, KVNF) In this episode of Local Motion, we bring you inside a public forum held in Delta on May 13th, where city…