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The single-family house in Essex Junction was a portrait of the stability that Lisa Scavone and Dean Fraser had been trying to attain. Nestled in...

This summer, Giving Song, LLC, is launching a ukulele band to help veterans cope with PTSD. That's just one of many programs music therapist ELLISA MORRIS tells us about in her first appearance on our show. Making her second appearance, Local Motion (formerly PedNet) chief development officer ANNETTE TRIPLETT talks about the 'CoMo Livable Streets' campaign that launched yesterday and is in need of your help! At the end of today's show, we say a fond farewell to our longtime a...

Ways to ensure the safety of your bike this summer, as well as what to do if you think your bike has been stolen in the Burlington area.

KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Michaela Marshall Dungey of Local Motion about Columbia's upcoming Bike, Walk and Wheel Week sponsored by Shelter Insurance, today they discuss the Wheelchair and Bike Wash event.

KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Michaela Marshall Dungey of Local Motion about Columbia's upcoming Bike, Walk and Wheel Week sponsored by Shelter Insurance, today they discuss the Bikes and Brews event.

Burlington's food truck fans have spent the past two years looking for the ArtsRiot Truck Stop, which was on hiatus due to the pandemic. The...

Kate Redmond interviews Cherokee artist SD Youngwolf. He is traveling from Taos, New Mexico next week to begin an artist residency in Hotchkiss. Plus, we hear clips from last night’s Local Motion, on ballot measure 6A to create a sales tax increase of less than one cent per dollar for the next 8 years to help fund Delta Health. Business owner Jere Lowe recommends voting no. Philanthropist Sarah Bishop recommends voting yes.

Hotchkiss artist Ira Houseweart talks about his recent appearance on national TV. Plus, Capitol Coverage reporter Scott Franz heads to Steamboat Springs, a town on the frontlines of the housing crisis, and reports how state lawmakers plan to help.

KVNF board member Betsy Marston was honored with a Keeper of the Flame award by the Society of Professional Journalists on Saturday for her two decades of work as editor at High Country News and her ongoing work as editor of Writers on the Range. Plus Nevada, Idaho and other states are looking at reservoirs as a solution to secure a water supply. Alex Hager of KUNC reports on one huge project known as Chimney Hollow.

Over the weekend KVNF was honored at two different events in Denver. Our news department brought home 3 third place wins, 6 second place wins, and 2 first place wins in the Top of the Rockies contest administered by the Society of Professional Journalists Colorado Chapter on behalf of chapters in Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming. At the gala for the Colorado Broadcasters Association, we earned 3 second place wins, and 2 first place wins.