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Have you noticed fewer insects around your porch light or fewer splattered bugs on your windshield? You're not alone. Scientists are calling this a new crisis—the "insect apocalypse"—and artificial light at night is a major cause.

Your weekly Regional Science Update.

Missing Ridgway woman found deceased in a mine shaft

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 Montrose County Election ballot this November. The Commissioner in his first year is facing a recall. If the recall effort is successful he could be replaced by Kirstin Copeland.

Montrose County Commissioner Scott Mijares is facing campaign finance complaints associated with his recall efforts.

Delta County School board shared their positions on several issues Monday night

A conversation with playwright and performer Anton Dudley, who performs his one-person musical, The Rehydration of Edith Pilaf this week at the Hearth in Paonia on Saturday the 25th at 7pm.

More grizzly bears are dying in the Yellowstone area, and that’s worrisome, writes Jackson, Wyoming writer Molly Absolon. In total, 77 grizzlies—the highest number recorded—died last year, and as of September 2025, 63 bears were killed. “At this rate, we’ll surpass last year’s high. What’s going on?” Absolon offers some answers to that question.