Garfield County Commissioners voted Monday to raise the tobacco purchasing age to 21, joining other counties and municipalities in the state.

The Suicide Prevention Coalition of Garfield County, SpeakUp ReachOut, and the Colorado chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention host a special event on Saturday for those who have lost loved ones to suicide. KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh spoke with Mason Hotstadt, chair of the county’s Suicide Prevention Coalition, about how grieving suicide is unique. Click on the headline for more info and hotline numbers.

Rio Blanco Herald Times editor Niki Turner and Colorado Independent editor Susan Greene collaborated on an investigative journalism article called "Through the Cracks: A Sick Stranger, A Police Shooting, and a Town's Silence." A man with paranoid schizophrenia named Daniel Pierce was killed by law enforcement last year and the town of Rangely attemped to keep the story out of the public eye. Niki and Susan talk about what they learned while reporting the story, about rural access to mental health care, insufficient police training, government transparency, and how important the truth is to a community.

Humbird's Siri Undlin stopped by KDNK during the Les is More show to preview their performance at Steve's Guitars on November 21, 2019.

A report released today from human rights non-profit Dig Deep and the US Water Alliance says more than two million Americans live without running water and basic indoor plumbing. KDNK’s Lucas Turner spoke to DigDeep CEO George McGraw about the report, titled ‘Closing the Water Access Gap In The United States’

  This week US Senators Michael Bennet, Cory Gardner, and 37 other Senators asked the House and Senate Appropriations Committee for increased election security funding ahead of the 2020 election. 

This action comes after the Colorado County Clerks Association, which represents all 64 counties in the state, sent a letter urging the Senate to increase funding to address ‘critical vulnerabilities’ in election systems. 

Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder Janice Vos Caudill is the president of the Colorado County Clerks Association. She told KDNK about why the CCCA sent the letter in collaboration with Colorado’s Secretary of State. Vos Caudill also says that technical systems need to be continually upgraded in order to remain current.

This month on Let's Talk, KDNK's Raleigh Burleigh gives host Jill Rubin the opportunity to talk about her life and the intentions behind her new show.

Los Valles del Roaring Fork y Colorado Rió cuentan con una nueva cámara de comercios cuya enfoque es integrar y empoderar sus integrantes hispanohablantes. Por KDNK, Raleigh Burleigh dió una visita a conocer Americas Chamber of Commerce, hablando con Presidente y Fundadora Paulina Navas, Director Ejecutivo John Lopez, Vicepresidente Susana Salamun y Secretaria Lucy Moncada-Arcila.