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Local Newscast for September 6th

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

Headlines: Town of Basalt holds a special meeting tonight at 6. They will continue discussion on two proposed Special Election ballot items this November: seeking authorization to incur debt related to the acquisition of property owned by the Roaring Fork Community Development corporation, and related to the design and construction of the Basalt River Park Improvement Project. Garfield County Board of Commissioners get underway with a regular work session at 8 and then the general agenda starts after lunch at 1. The Town of Snowmass Village meets today at 4.

 

Feature: Three candidates qualified for the ballot in the race to be Carbondale’s next mayor. News director Gavin Dahl sat down with Sopris Sun correspondent John Colson to survey the landscape and talk about his article in the current issue of the paper.

 

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.