KDNK Daily News

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including ballot measures headed to a vote in Colorado, including one to raise the tax rate on Colorado's richest earners and another to restrict congressional redistricting, and the reasons and consequences of increased numbers of thoseblood-sucking ticks in Colorado.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including more hapless hikers rescued off nearby mountains, and a look at programs and resources to sustain the mental health of farmers amid stressorsfrom the economy to the climate.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: an update on the deadly Grand Canyon National Park flooding and a request for anyone who has information on missing people, information on a 64-unit mixed-use development that was greenlit last week by the Basalt Town Council, and stories from Rocky Mountain Community Radio highlighting Teton County's response to JD Vance stopping in and a story on immigrant worker protections from Mountain Village near Telluride.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Friday's news, including efforts to keep tabs on the cold-loving American pika , and a conversation about embracing grief.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Thursday's news, including: information on why Nevada is suing the trump Administration because of Colorado River water cuts, scrutiny for the U.S. food safety system amidst foodborne illness outbreaks, updates on Colorado suing the Postal Service to block the new rule on mail ballots shared with us via the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, and a conversation with Vic Vela from Aspen Public Radio and former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, shared with us via Rocky Mountain Community Radio.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Wednesday's news, including: a message from Light Out Colorado to protect birds migrating at night, what Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx said at his Glenwood Springs stop, updates on the Trump Administration moving forward in the courts to restrict mail voting, both stories shared with us via the Capitol News Alliance, and a story on the potential Paramount-Warner Brothers merger deal and how it could affect local theatres.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including Ruedi Reservoir's contribution to the Grand Valley, Wyoming environmentalists take issue with Trump's Roadless rescission effort, and KVNF's Brody Wilson takes us on an illuminating tour of the Gold Mountain Fire burn area.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Monday's news, including a price increase for Xcel Energy customers, pressure increasing on public lands amid maneuvering to rescind the Roadless Rule and undo the Bears Ears' resource management plan, and a chat with Rifle's new police chief.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Friday's news, including: updates on the month-long lockout at the Fort Morgan Cargill meatpacking plant, a story on the intense heat and how schools are implementing plans for reducing student heat exposure, and an interview with Jeni Blacklock, the executive director of Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, both stories shared with us via Rocky Mountain Community Radio.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Thursday's news, including: three bear attack reports from this week, updates on a current Colorado Parks and Wildlife investigation on a bear shooting in Paonia, and a story from Rocky Mountain Community Radio's Maeve Conran on journalist Amy Goodman's documentary "Steal This Story, Please!" with director and co-producer Carl Deal.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including updates on area fires, including a new one in Pitkin County, Jeff Hurd's campaign visit to Glenwood Springs, a new estrogen patch shortage, and the KDNK news team discusses bears on the rampage as governments work together to educate the public.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including tips to deal with a surge in bear activity, a check-in on new gas and oil leases up for sale on the Roan Plateau, and a chat with Amy Goodman, whose hard-hitting independent journalism is profiled in a movie coming to Carbondale later this week.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Monday's news, including new hope for commuters who rely on the Hogback bus service, and a walk through the woods near Ouray, where the Gold Mountain Fire blackened nearly 40,000 acres in July.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Friday's news, including Glenwood City Council's decision to take legal action against the landlord of the ICE holding facility, and pikas, marmots and ptarmigans in Colorado's high country.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Thursday's news, including reactions among wildfire responders to the deaths of Rifle Helitack crew members, and the the myriad services beavers provide to the landscape, including suppressing fires.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Wednesday's news, including: a conversation about Olathe corn and the rough growing season and a story on climate grief, both shared with us via Rocky Mountain Community Radio.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Tuesday's news, including: the Colorado Parks and Wildlife noting wildlife stressors due to drought and wildfires and reminding the public to respect wildlife, information on the congressional seats this year and a related story on third party candidate Bob Chew, both stories shared with us from the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, and a piece on the Arkansas River drought brought to us by the Rocky Mountain Community Radio.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: updates on the 310 Fire near Morrisania Mesa (as of 6 o'clock, the fire was updated to 65% containment), a report on Tyler Boebert's brief arrest on multiple charges, including charges of Sexual Exploitation of a child, a story shared with us via Rocky Mountain Community Radio on Aspen's Fire Chief Jake Andersen, and a story from the Capitol News Alliance on women's history in Colorado.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Friday's news, including a visit to the Garfield County Fair with 4H, a young composer's world premiere honoring the 140th anniversary of Cortez, Colorado, and the important role an EMS plays in rural healthcare.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Thursday's news, including: a story on who owns and who operates an ICE facility and how they benefit from leasing it, and a reflection on women's political history in Colorado, both stories shared with us from Rocky Mountain Community Radio.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including updates on the dire state of the Colorado River in drought as Upper and Lower Basin states fail to find agreement and the federal government intervenes, and what separates e-bikes and e-motorbikes, even as the injuries soar.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including new protections for farmers and fines for attracting bears with trash, a look into why Planned Parenthood in Glenwood is taking a hiatus, and ICE is on Glenwood's City Council agenda this week.

News Host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: a warning about flash flooding during this fire season with burn scars increasing water run off, a wolf update with KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh, and an interview with KDNK's Marilyn Gleason and Kristen King on being evacuated from the Willow Fire.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Friday's news, including: an update on the fourth firefighter death from the Snyder Fire, comments from Kristen Kirk on the evacuation lifting for the Willow Fire zones 6, 21, and 21A, and a report from Colorado Capitol News Alliance on Colorado's new gun laws.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Thursday's news, including the tension that goes with traveling by EV in parts of the West where charging stations may be a distant hope, or running a business in winter resort areas in the grip of a changing climate.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including local success with beavers restoring streams and riparian habitat, high turnout at last month's primary election is official, and seniors play games to kindle wildfire resilience in Carbondale.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including how a warming climate and less snow can affect ski injuries, and how we in Colorado are stepping up to clean up our act in Plastic Free July.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: a report on Colorado prison population measures from Kyle McKinnon for the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, part one on a series called "Record Low" starting with how farmers are adapting techniques because of the drought from Aspen Public Radio's Michael Fanelli, and a story on a musician honoring his Navajo ancestors through a song called "The Long Walk" from Rocky Mountain Community Radio, for KSUT's Clark Adomaitis.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Thursday's news, including: a backed proposal announcement from the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority Board to extend the Hogback route for three years, an update from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announcing the razorback sucker has been reclassified from endangered to threatened, an announcement from the non-profit Roaring Fork Roller Derby Squad holding a special event this Saturday brought to listeners by KDNK's News Reporter Mike Lemmer, and from Rocky Mountain Community Radio a feature on western Colorado's drought conditions affecting peach orchards.

News host Jim Williams brings listeners Wednesday's news, including a walk in the flood zone that closed I-70, mud in the Palm theater in Telluride, and a look ahead and behind at the community, joy, and history of Mountain Fair, coming to Carbondale this weekend.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including: a report on the flash flood between Silt and New Castle, the second part of an interview with KDNK's News Reporter Katalina Villarreal and Public Health Specialist Carrie Godes about preparing for power outages and emergencies, and an update from Rocky Mountain Community Radio on the Babylon Fire.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: an ICE agent shooting a woman protesting outside of a detention facility in Aurora, comments about the 260710 Drought Reform from Mountain West News Bureau, and from Rocky Mountain Community Radio updates on the Colorado River District purchasing the Shoshone water rights.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Friday's news, including fishing closures in local rivers due to drought and heat, a rescue on Maroon Peak, World Cup parties creating community, and reviving traditional crafts as a boon to tourism.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Thursday's news, including: a monsoon forecast report from Rocky Mountain Community Radio's Caroline Llanes, an interview from KOTO's Julia Caulfield, shared via Rocky Mountain Community Radio, on the Colorado law that prohibits local law enforcement from sharing profile information with ICE agents, and air quality and heat illness information from public health specialist Carrie Godes.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including another reintroduced wolf dead in Colorado, Montrose honors a helicopter pilot killed fighting a fire, and a closer look at the grueling work of battling blazes in the Colorado high country.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including a new fire in the Piceance gas field, Trump shrinks southern Utah wilderness again, this time by 90 percent, and local governments grapple with the rise of AI.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: fire updates on local fire outbreaks over the weekend, updates on the Willow Fire near Leadville, news of another firefighter death, and Gold Mountain Fire updates; and a story from Rocky Mountain Community Radio reporting on the Babylon Fire, and a 4th of July audio postcard from KDNK reporter Amy Hadden Marsh.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Friday's news, including the wild women who broke trail in the great outdoors, a weakened ACA means Coloradans continue to lose health insurance, and record breaking heat is forecast for the days ahead.

News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Thursday's news, including: July drought and monsoon information, updates on parks and recreation workers unionizing, a discussion about the Interior Department proposing hasty changes to allow drilling – affecting the Roan Plateau, and a story from Rocky Mountain Community Radio about Lake City's 4th of July tradition.

News Host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including: an update on the ongoing lawsuit about the price cap on an arthritis drug, a note on Governor Polis firing two members of Colorado's clemency board, Gold Mountain and Willow Fire updates, and mountain lion information shared with us via Rocky Mountain Community Radio.

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including decreased fire activity reopening Colorado River recreation, BLM moves to open landing strips in sensitive Utah backcountry, what AQI means for your health this fire season, and a walk through an artist's garden in Carbondale.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley... and beyond.

KDNK's news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.