Betsy Welch

Freelancer

Betsy is a Carbondale-based freelance journalist covering local and regional news for the Sopris Sun and the Colorado Sun. After five years reporting on cycling and outdoor culture for Outside Inc., she now covers a range of community, outdoors, and human-interest stories and is excited to be stepping into radio storytelling.

Local News

BLM could significantly expand e-bike access to public trails

Betsy Welch

A meeting in Eagle earlier this month drew e-bike enthusiasts and others who don’t want them on trails where they are now prohibited. Around 50 officials and members of the public and trail groups turned up at the first of two informational meetings hosted by the Bureau of Land Management. Betsy Welch was there and brings this report to KDNK.
Local News

Roaring Fork cyclists ride together for Alex Pretti

Betsy Welch

Around the world on Saturday, people gathered on bikes to ride in solidarity with each other and honor the life of Alex Pretti. Pretti, the ICU nurse who was killed by federal ICE agents on January 24, was a cyclist himself.