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Local Newscast for September 16th

KDNK's Local Newscast airs weekday mornings at 6:41 and 7:41 during Morning Edition.

Wilderness Workshop is organizing a volunteer restoration project this Sunday September 18th. Elk populations are in decline in the valley. To restore prime elk calving habitat along the Government Trail between Buttermilk and Snowmass, they want help removing barb wire from old fences. Learn more and sign up at WildernessWorkshop.org.

 

The Colorado River District’s annual water seminar takes place in Grand Junction today. The theme is Adapting the West to the Colorado River’s New Normal. Journalist Abrahm Lustgarten of ProPublica will deliver the keynote. His controversial news series Killing the Colorado, was adapted into a film now available on the Discovery Channel. If you missed KDNK’s interview with Lustgarten last month, check it out.

 
The only medical clinic in Paonia closed its doors last month. For the latest Sounds of the High Country, KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh talks to reporter Paige Blankenbueler. Her article in the current issue of High Country News is about how rural health care in Colorado is, or isn’t, meeting the needs of an aging population.
 
 
Dire warnings about loss of jobs if Colorado voters raise the state's minimum wage sound like cries of wolf to some economists. Eric Galatas reports.
 
 

Gavin became one of the youngest station managers in public radio on February 1, 2017. He is a writer and producer with a passion for community media. Prior to starting at KDNK as news director in 2016, Gavin worked for national radio programs Alternative Radio with David Barsamian and Nonprofit Radio with Tony Martignetti along with local stations KGNU Boulder, KYRS Spokane, KRBX Boise, KAOS Olympia, and Air America Radio affiliate KPTK Seattle. His nonprofit management experience includes Open Media Foundation, where he led a government transparency team, and Common Frequency, where his policy advocacy supported dozens of noncommercial radio startups. Boulder Weekly, Raw Story, Austin American-Statesman, Boise Weekly, and The Sopris Sun have published his reporting. His TV credits include directing teams at Colorado Channel, crewing for Democracy Now!, and hosting on Free Speech TV. He graduated from the Evergreen State College in 2008 with a BA in media production and community organizing.