The precipitous drop in Lake Mead is a wake-up call about the dire nature of the aridification of the west. Kate Redmond speaks with Sinjin Erberle, Southwest communications director for American Rivers about the future of the Colorado River Basin. Plus, Colorado lawmakers are on the verge of passing a bill to address a spike in fentanyl overdose deaths. As Scott Franz reports for Capitol Coverage, the senate is rejecting a push from prosecutors to make possessing small amounts a felony.
Tonight at 6:30 at Horsefly Brewing in Montrose, Dave Bowman hosts a Montrose Summer Music Series Lineup release party. Meanwhile, Kate Redmond reports Paonia Town Trustees heard from the North Fork Valley's most prolific concert promoter Rob Miller at their meeting last Thursday. Plus, Ben Katz is public lands program director for the Western Slope Conservation Center, based in the North Fork Valley. He’s headed to the state capitol tomorrow and I asked him to tell us more about two bills he’s fired up about, related to oil and gas accountability.
F.C. WESTCOTT & THE AFICIONADOS, 8 p.m. Friday, April 30, Wingers Bar and Pool Hall, 3225 I-70 Business Loop, Unit 12A, Clifton, facebook.com/wingersbarpoolhall.
OXYMORONS, 7:30–10:30 p.m. Friday, April 30, Warehouse 25Sixty-Five, 2565 American Way, free show, warehouse2565.com.
BANDA MACHOS Y BANDA MAGUEY, doors 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Friday, April 30, Travelodge, 718 Horizon Drive, ages 17 and older, $50, tickets at http://ticketon.co/a675e, 970-457-7508, 800-668-8080.
COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY SPRING SHOWCASE, noon–5 p.m. Friday, April 30, CMU, kickoff event noon–12:30 p.m., Love Recital Hall, Moss Performing Arts Center; presentations, posters, performances, demonstrations and exhibits, 1–4:30 p.m., campus wide; celebration 4:30–5 p.m, The Plaza tent, event celebrates the creativity, research, innovation, entrepreneurship and artistic performance of CMU/WCCC students at all levels, coloradomesa.edu/showcase.
Credit Gavin Dahl
By Gavin Dahl, KVNF News
The City of Montrose was looking for innovative ways to help out area restaurants and bars facing capacity restrictions due to COVID. Colorado Yurt Company suggested a unique idea.
John: “We turned to what we had, which were some tipis in stock that were painted and would make a great structure for a dining table and we pitched the idea, literally, to tipi the town.”
Colorado Yurt CEO John Gibson offered to donate the rental of the tipis at no charge to help out local restaurants. The city is using a small portion of its million dollar share of CARES Act funds to pay Colorado Yurt to install them.