KDNK's Mathew Katz took a plane ride over some parts of the Hidden Gems Wilderness Proposal. Click for an interactive map of the area, with video from above.
In Garfield County, two candidates have crossed party lines and are meeting in the middle to try to defeat incumbent Sheriff Lou Valario. KDNK’s Marilyn Gleason brings the story.
GarCo Sheriff candidate Tom Dalessandri selects Republican Doug Winters as his running mate. Winters previously challenged and narrowly lost to GarCo Sheriff Lou Vallario for the Republican nomination. More coming up at 5:04 on All Things Considered.
All this week we’ve been explaining the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal and yesterday, we heard all about the reasons why environmental groups and others want to give federal protection to hundreds of thousands of acres of forest land in Western Colorado. But not everyone is as supportive of Hidden Gems. KDNK’s Mathew Katz has more.
All this week, we’ll be explaining some of the conflicting forces behind -- and opposed to -- the Hidden Gems Wilderness Proposal. The plan is to give hundreds of thousands of acres of forest land in Western Colorado federal protection. KDNK’s Mathew Katz has more on why some groups are pushing Hidden Gems forward.
All this week we'll be taking a look at Hidden Gems, the proposal to give wilderness protection to hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Western Colorado. You may have seen the bumper stickers, the newspaper articles, and the meetings about Hidden Gems, but what exactly is it? KDNK's Mathew Katz and Conrad Wilson have this explanation of just what exactly Hidden Gems is ...
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the unincorporated Mississippi town of Pearlington still bears scars from the storm that hit it head on. Almost half the population has left. But local efforts have gone a long way toward recouping losses and rebuilding a small coastal town.
After Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Roaring Fork Valley communities united under the banner of Mountains to Mississppi to deliver aid to the tiny unincorporated town of Pearlington. Carbondale resident and Garfield County sheriff candidate Tom Delessandri has been a key player in the rebuilding effort, dividing his time between the mountains and Mississippi for the last four and a half years in order to provide leadership to volunteers arriving there. Today we continue an interview with Tom Delessandri and Pearlington resident Ben Taylor, who told KDNK's Marilyn Gleason that government money has run out by now, and some of the rebuilding was substandard.
When local cops help out immigration officers, one of their biggest concerns is that they’re alienating the immigrant community. The downside is that immigrants won’t report crimes.
One initiative the governor is considering could make that fear even more justified. KDNK’s Mathew Katz has a firsthand look at why some immigrants are terrified of reporting crimes.
