KDNK Daily News

Thursday January 8, 2026

By Marilyn Gleason,

Published January 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM MST

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Thursday's news, including a remembrance of Alpine Bank founder Bob Young, a hazardous spill and cleanup underway in west Douglas Creek after a truch wreck near Rangely , and protests today in Carbondale and elsewhere after ICE killed a woman in Minneapolis.

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Marilyn Gleason

Marilyn Gleason is the graduate of CU Boulder's journalism school. She started her radio career in the Roaring Fork Valley at KAJX in Aspen, then came to KDNK in 2000 as the station was in the early stages of forming a local news program. Marilyn returns to direct a growing news team at KDNK.

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Lily Jones

Lily Jones is a graduate of Mississippi State University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and a concentration in Broadcasting and Digital Journalism. At WMSV, MSU's college radio station, Jones served as the Public Affairs and Social Media Coordinator. When she's not traveling she is a diligent news reporter for KDNK by day and evening news host on Monday and Wednesday

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