With post-2026 negotiations deadlocked and legal tensions rising, the Colorado River's emergency actions buy a year at best, leaving the basin's deeper challenges unresolved.

The iconic, controversial structure becomes Colorado River’s biggest water chokepoint.

KVNF’s Top Spin is a spotlight on the most-played album or single by our DJs.

KVNF's newest additions to the music library updated between March-April, 2026

Today's KVNF Regional Newscast covers

Today's KVNF Regional Newscast covers

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 record of 154.06 miles per hour.We’ll also hear from a researcher working in Bears Ears who is turning to crowdfunding to continue his work after losing a federal grant. Then, we head to Utah, where students at the University of Utah are building community through the student Drag Club. And we close the show with a conversation with Aspen Public Radio Executive Director Breeze Anderson who talks about a recent lawsuit involving Aspen Public Radio, KSUT, and CPR. The stations challenged an executive order from President Trump that cut funding to NPR and PBS. In March, a federal judge ruled in favor of the stations.

The Montrose County School District Board of Education scheduled a work session in place of its regular session last night to determine if Superintendent Carrie Stephenson and Olathe Elementary Principal Jennifer Hesse needed to be placed on leave during a third-party investigation into Hesse’s conduct. According to board members, complaints from employees spurred the investigation.

Experts weigh in on what we learned during the region’s worst drought on record, and how those lessons might help us this year