Health and Wellness Reporter Jace DiCola shares the details of an award recognizing his suicide and mental health coverage along with the possible repercussions of a measles exposure at a local truck stop, and Jay, Andy, and Gretchen explore the potential for nuclear energy to satisfy increasing electricity demands and the difficulty in changing public perception of its safety.

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The Hurd Mentality - This week, we look at Rep. Jeff Hurd’s support for Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” and his rationale for doing so, the dissolution of the Mesa County Behavioral Health Department following the termination of its founding director and an uncertain funding future, and examine Elon Musk’s transformation once he entered the political realm.

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S 4, Ep 18: “Street Smarts”. Changing attitudes on the Fourth and Fifth Street configuration reversion prompt an examination of unhappy residents north of Grand Ave., and whether the Council should have moved forward with Phase II rather than scrapping the project altogether, a look at the meaning of “Restore the Balance,” and the mission of the organization, and how the Monument Trail is making a valley trail system that routinely “eats Jay’s lunch” much more accessible.

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This week, we examine the new City Council's quick move to end the 4th and 5th Street pilot project and revert back to the corridors' original traffic configurations, Councilman Jason Nguyen's misguided social media post about the decision that had some calling for his resignation or censure, and reevaluate gun restrictions and 2nd Amendment rights in light of the Trump admin's admission it's considering suspending habeas corpus.

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This week, we focus on the financial impacts of federal tariffs on local manufacturing and the unlikelihood of reshoring factories, increasing attempts by those who’ve made the headlines to scrub their names from the digital record, and the possible evolution of phone policies in public education.

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This week, we turn the conversation to trans athletes in the wake of three D51 board members signing on to a letter to CHSSA to demand a ban on trans participation in girls’ sports; discuss prospects for Mind Springs under a new operator and the potential for a hospital taxing district to help support a future acute mental treatment facility; and a look back at the life and local impact of former Sentinel Publisher Ken Johnson.

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This week, we explore possible reasons for an uptick in D51 expulsions, many due to assaults and weapon possession, and chronic absenteeism after yesterday’s arrest of a GJHS student who had a knife at school and was openly making threats; the ironic coincidence of controversy over the public health director in Montrose County following Janet Rowland’s recent move to the area; the history behind “Sewemup Mesa;” and priorities of incoming council members.

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In this episode of our award-winning show, we look at recent City Council election results as evidence that the months-long hue and cry over changes to 4th and 5th streets downtown motivated residents to vote for a change in direction; how Kathleen Sgamma's past remarks led President Trump to pull her nomination to lead the BLM at the eleventh hour; and the possibility of the afterlife as "The Long Island Medium" Theresa Caputo prepares to take the stage at the Asteria Theatre.

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"Run of the Mills"

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"Soft Soper"

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