Today we turn to sex, drugs and mental health. Worldwide, sexually-transmitted diseases are on the rise. Many cultures don’t discuss sex in public and debates are ongoing about teaching reproductive health. When it comes to giving birth, mothers find varying degrees of support during prenatal check-ins, and many receive no support at all once the baby has arrived.

Today we look at the broad scope of health and medicine as we know it. How do we define these terms in the United States and around the world? What are we getting right, and what still needs work?

Morning newscast for Tuesday, May 14, 2019.

On Tuesday, Basalt hears from a group trying to solve one of the toughest problems facing the Roaring Fork Valley: affordable and accessible early childhood education.

They're proposing a special tax district from Aspen to Parachute to fund preschool for all kids.  

Carbondale’s Environmental Board wants the town’s trustees to ban single-use plastic bags from all town businesses.

The Environmental Board cites a 2016 survey in which the respondents overwhelmingly favored banning single-use plastic bags.

  Morning newscast for Monday, May 13, 2019.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Northwest Colorado is looking for four new members to sit on the Resource Advisory Council.

The 15-person council advises the agency on land use. Anyone, from raft guides to ranchers, can apply.