Rifle resident and Eagle County Undersheriff Dan Loya has been working in law enforcement for nearly 30 years. He's hoping to take his experience in criminal investigation, disaster management, and policing to the office of Garfield County Sheriff. Loya and KDNK news host Lily Jones discuss immigration law, wildfire preparedness, and the importance of accountability in law enforcement in this episode of Municipal Matters.

Colorado is experiencing more, and worse, climate disasters, wrecking havoc on people’s homes — and their homeowner’s insurance rates. Coloradans face rising premiums, less choice and availability, and in some cases, getting dropped by insurers altogether. Today on Purplish, CPR’s Bente Birkeland and Rocky Mountain PBS’ Andrea Kramar look at what’s happening with the home insurance market in Colorado.

It's been a big year for Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Valley, between the new Forest Service building, pool construction, and mobile home parks up and down the valley organizing to buy their homes. KDNK's Lily Jones interviews Carbondale Mayor Ben Bohmfalk about 2025's biggest moments and the RFV's unique economic situation.

KDNK's News Team brings you part two of last week's two-part episode of Purplish on the possibility of redistricting in Colorado, and our own morning news host, Mike Lemmer, spoke with CLEER about the City of Rifle's efforts to promote sustainability.

On this month's Municipal Matters we're exploring housing and affordability in the City of Rifle and checking in with Leadville after the election.

Welcome to Municipal Matters on KDNK, your public affairs show to get in the know about what’s going on in your town, county, and across the state. Today we have an episode of Purplish from CPR News and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance on election results and the 2026 midterms which will decide control of Congress and the next leader of our state.

There are just two statewide questions on the ballot this year, and both are related to a universal school meals program intended to feed all public school students in the state regardless of income.Three years ago, voters approved a tax on wealthier Coloradans to fund the Healthy School Meals program for All. That original measure set out to do several things, with the marquee item being to provide free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 public school students in Colorado. But it’s running short on cash, and lawmakers are going back the ballot again, asking voters to increase that tax to fully fund the program.

This episode of Municipal Matters is an excerpt from the Issues and Answers forum with the RFSD board candidates. Early in-person voting begins October 27th.

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.