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Regional Roundup

The Regional Round Up is brought to you by Rocky Mountain Community Radio (RMCR) managing editor, Maeve Conran. RMCR is a coalition of non-commercial radio stations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Member stations broadcast diverse news and music programming. This half hour show highlights the unique work being done by RMCR statoins.

  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we'll hear about a voter registration drive at a homeless shelter in Boulder, then we take a look at how human development is affecting the ability of wild animals to roam. We’ll also hear from a Western Colorado chocolate maker bringing global flavors to a mountain town, and get an update from Denver Water on how wildfires are impacting local watersheds and their Forests to Faucets program. Tune into the Regional Roundup on KDNK.org every Thursday at 4:30 pm.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we'll hear a report from the recent Colorado River District’s Across Divides seminar. We visit the Snowmass Balloon Festival, and then we'll learn about a new exhibit celebrating the state’s 150th anniversary. We also look at how invasive zebra mussels are threatening Colorado’s waterways, and we meet a theater troupe using first-person storytelling to amplify the voices of marginalized communities, and we hear how they recently lost tens of thousands of dollars in federal grants. Tune into the Regional Roundup on KDNK.org every Thursday at 4:30 pm.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, a report on a crew of dogs helping to sniff out invasive weeds in Wyoming and a special quilting project honoring veterans in Western Colorado. PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien discusses the importance of science, and best-selling author Kevin Barry talks about the history of Irish miners migrating to the Rocky Mountain West in the late 1800s, the setting for his latest novel, The Heart in Winter. Tune into the Regional Roundup on KDNK.org every Thursday at 4:30 pm.
  • On this week's Regional Roundup, we'll hear a report on the SUNday celebration of solar energy, one of hundreds that took place nationwide. We'll hear about the promise of solar energy from environmentalist Bill McKibben about the promise of solar. A story about Latino Conservation Week, and a look at a mobile food pantry serving the Western Slope. We round out today's show with a story about a new cookbook Cookin’ With Jazz from KVNF, which combines recipes, music, and community.
  • This week on Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio, we'll hear a conversation with student reporters from the University of Utah about the state’s new law allowing open carry on campuses, and a discussion on efforts to roll back the Public Lands Rule. We also hear from the Buffalo Field Campaign about their decades-long work to protect wild buffalo in Yellowstone National Park, along with a conversation about the new documentary This is Not a Drill. Regional Roundup airs on kdnk.org every Thursday at 4:30pm.
  • This week on Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio, we hear a report on efforts to roll back the federal roadless rule, and a feature on a quinceañera in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. There’s a story about a new app designed to keep residents better informed about wildfires, and a commentary on a notorious case of wolf cruelty in Wyoming that may be shifting public attitudes toward the animals. And finally, an audio postcard from Boulder, where birders are hoping to catch a glimpse of a rare tropical anhinga.Regional Roundup airs on kdnk.org every Thursday at 4:30pm.
  • This week on Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio, we explore how attitudes toward climate change differ across the Rocky Mountain West. We head to Wyoming for the state’s only sailing regatta and take a closer look at the impacts of uranium mining in southwest Colorado. We’ll also hear about efforts to make the great outdoors—including our National Parks—more inclusive, before wrapping up with a look at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, Colorado.
  • This week’s Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio includes a story on how the National Park Service is marking its 109th anniversary, and parks advocates are using the milestone to call for more support at a time of budget cuts and staffing shortages. In Boulder, residents are working to establish a new sister city relationship with a community in Ukraine. We’ll also hear about efforts to reduce wildlife–vehicle collisions across the West, and wrap up with a conversation about the latest Bureau of Reclamation report on the Colorado River.
  • This week’s Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio includes a story about a Colorado teacher who spent her summer running a farmers market stand and even brought her students along for the experience. There’s a conversation on how wildfire smoke affects public health, and another conversation on how budget cuts are straining the country’s national parks. And we check in with an immigrant advocacy group on the impact of recent immigration raids on local communities.
  • This week’s Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio includes a look at efforts to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the massacre of Chinese workers in Rock Springs, Wyoming. We head to a rural Colorado gymkhana, where riders of all ages show off their skills. We listen in on an audio postcard capturing the birdsong of a Ponderosa pine woodland near Boulder, and we visit a bustling farmers market in Paonia, Colorado. We round out the show hearing from the author of Food Fight: Misguided Policies, Supply Challenges, and the Impending Struggle to Feed a Hungry World about the challenges ahead for feeding the planet.