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KDNK Daily News

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

By Morgan Troy Neely
Published August 24, 2022 at 6:37 PM MDT
Sawyer McKenney, left, and Colt Sutherlin hike in ice caves near the Grottos Day Use Area on June 18. Minutes later, McKenney narrowly survived a fall into the Roaring Fork River.
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Sawyer McKenney, left, and Colt Sutherlin hike in ice caves near the Grottos Day Use Area on June 18. Minutes later, McKenney narrowly survived a fall into the Roaring Fork River.

KDNK News Director Morgan Neely has the news, including a harrowing tale of survival in the Grottos Day Use Area off Independence Pass. Also, Roaring Fork School District students are struggling, and the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the achievement gap between wealthy white students and economically disadvantaged students of color; and new federal funding to develop outdoor recreation economies is on the way to rural communities in the Mountain West.

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Morgan Troy Neely
Morgan is KDNK's News Director. He comes to KDNK with public radio passion and experience. He was a news host, reporter, and operations/programming director at KAJX-Aspen, and has extensive experience working in municipal government.
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