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A special mid-year West Slope Water Summit brought together water managers and community leaders to address a dire water year. Projected inflows into Lake Powell are expected to be well below half of normal — and negotiations over the river's future remain unresolved.

Over 7,000 animals were killed in wildlife-vehicle collisions on Colorado roads in 2025. Local nonprofit Roaring Fork Safe Passages has worked since 2022 to make Highway 82 safer. This story is part of our "On the Ground" radio series that highlights solutions to local and global issues from Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley organizations.

Mushrooms require only a fraction of the water required to grow other food products. But one expert doesn't think Americans are ready to embrace more edible fungi.

For more than a decade, Julianne Guy was the only midwife living in the Roaring Fork Valley. After years of dealing with what she calls bias and discrimination from the state, she joined a class action lawsuit against Colorado regulators.

The White River National Forest would like Pitkin County to take over the management of the Maroon Bells Scenic Area. That's due to a budget gap and staffing woes.

More than 350 kids took the stage at the Montrose Pavilion this Mother's Day weekend for Weehawken Dance's spring production of Cinderella. KVNF's Brody Wilson went backstage to find out what keeps families coming back — and what this dance program is doing for our community's kids.

After a record warm and dry winter, ranchers and farmers brace for a challenging summer.

A new, mobile history and art project called the Breathing Healing Bus aims to bring focus to the experience of Indigenous communities in Colorado, as the U.S. and Colorado celebrate their 250th and 150th anniversaries.

As Colorado prepares for summer tourism, visitors planning trips to rural communities might assume that if they have a medical emergency, they will receive the same level of emergency care they would at home. However, that's not always the case. Rural communities may lack a hospital or even a fully staffed emergency response team. For example, the rural Hinsdale County Emergency Medical Services recently lost its only paramedic. That's left the county's EMS system in a pinch ahead of its peak tourism season.

The Department of Energy ordered the Craig Unit 1 power plant to continue operating in December, just days before it was set to sunset permanently. Now, Colorado and the utilities that own the plant are suing.