Lily Jones

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Update 9/11/25: The shooter, 16-year-old Desmond Holly, died Wednesday night of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The two students he injured remain in the hospital. One of them is still in critical condition. The fourth student took themselves to the hospital for injuries they sustained in their escape from the high school.

September's Muni Matters features two Colorado state officials. Attorney General Phil Weiser is running to be our next governor in 2026, and Secretary of State Jena Griswold is vying to be the next AG out of a wide pool of Democrats. They both spoke with KDNK about their experience in office, priorities for our future, and how they plan to represent the Western Slope's best interests.

Thousands of people in the U.S. Department of Agriculture were fired in February as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the federal workforce. Although wildland firefighters were exempt from the mass firing, many fired federal employees had secondary wildfire-fighting responsibilities.  This came during a busy wildfire season in Western Colorado, which included the fourth-largest wildfire in state history. Now the White River National Forest is hoping to fill fourteen new positions.

In late July the City of Glenwood Springs hosted a virtual town hall webinar on homelessness. The meeting came about a month after a fire broke out in a rugged gully northeast of Walmart, causing a nearby apartment building to be evacuated. Although the fire lasted less than a day and reached only one and a half acres in size, its proximity to the town and likely origin in a homeless camp caught officials’ attention. The panel included Glenwood’s Chief of Public Safety, Fire Marshall, Parks and Recreation director, the District Attorney and Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario.KDNK reporters Lily Jones and Amy Hadden Marsh and News Director Marilyn Gleason all attended the Zoom meeting separately. In Part 2 of our reporter's roundtable, Amy Hadden Marsh digs into the private property inhabited by the unhoused at the Palmer Fire, and Marilyn Gleason remarks on law enforcement's 'revolving door.'

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

In late July the City of Glenwood Springs hosted a virtual town hall webinar on homelessness. The meeting came about a month after a fire broke out in a rugged gully northeast of Walmart, causing a nearby apartment building to be evacuated. Although the fire lasted less than a day and reached just one and a half acres in size, its proximity to the town and likely origin in a homeless camp caught officials’ attention. The panel included the Glenwood Springs city manager, Chief of Public Safety, Parks and Recreation director, and fire Marshall, District Attorney Ben Sollars, and Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario. Today the KDNK news team invites you to our reporters’ roundtable discussing takeaways from that meeting. News director Marilyn Gleason was joined by Amy Hadden Marsh and Lily Jones. Part 1.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

The Sopris Sun is a small nonprofit newspaper that serves both the English speaking and Spanish speaking communities of the Roaring Fork Valley. The Sun recently swept their category at this year’s Colorado Press Association Awards, bringing home a total of twenty honors.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.