We pick things up right where we left off with Purplish live: “The Great Colorado Ballot-O-Rama.”

This episode of Purplish features part one of “The Great Colorado Ballot-O-Rama.

On this episode of Municipal Matters, KDNK's Marilyn Gleason interviewed the Republican candidate for Garfield County Commissioner, Eric Rudd. The Carbondale native spoke about his plan of action on issues such as the environment, wolves, and more.

On this episode of Municipal Matters, KDNK's Katalina Villarreal interviewed the democratic candidate for Garfield County Commissioner, Jonathan Godes. Godes spoke about his plans of action on issues such as housing, transportation, and jobs.

An interview with KDNK's Mike Lemmer and the City of Rifle's new Chief of Police, Tommy Klein. Klein talks about coming back to Rifle, how his experiences elsewhere have informed him, and what is in store for the Rifle police department going forward.

On this Municipal Matters, Mike Lemmer talks with Rifle Mayor Patrick Waller about the RFTA Hogback route, and Maeve Conran talks with Caroline Llanes about the new federal framework of the Colorado River.

Outgoing New Castle Mayor Art Riddile recounts what’s kept them busy at town hall, including new housing under construction, an e-bike ordinance on the brink of passage, a canceled election, a toppled construction crane, as well as his own 20 years of elected service for the town.

Flock cameras, and other license plate reader systems, are installed all over Colorado. The technology gives law enforcement access to a new level of tracking, a reach they say has helped them solve all kinds of terrible crimes and made the state safer. But community fears that law enforcement could misuse the data and invade people’s privacy, and share it with federal immigration authorities, are mounting — and getting the attention of state lawmakers.

This episode of Municipal Matters is the entire recording of the CoWest Noticias Collaborative's Local Mayors Forum from March 19th. The Local Mayors Forum in collaboration with Colorado Mountain College included mayors from Aspen to Rifle, excluding GWS due to scheduling issues, to deepen the connection between elected officials and their constituents.

The Town of Basalt’s local election is rapidly approaching, and Town Council Candidates appeared at a forum in late February to answer some burning questions. The candidates are Angela Anderson, Benjamin Fierstein, Elyse Hottel, and Greg Shaffran.