Capitol Coverage

Sederbaum joyfully zips along on his bike down a city street.

Friday, April 21, 2023

Morgan Troy Neely

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has Friday's updates, including an unexpected shakeup to leadership on the Glenwood Springs City Council. And, we talk to Izzy Sederbaum of the film The Right to Joy, which debuted at this year's 5Point Flagship Film Festival in Carbondale.

A freight train in Utah. The Uinta Basin Railway Project secured final approval from the Surface Transportation Board, an independent adjudicatory board under the U.S. Department of Transportation, in December 2021.

Local News

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Morgan Troy Neely

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has Wednesday's updates from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

A Holy Cross line worker high on a pole with a snowy backdrop. The rural energy co-op's rates are going up, but not much -- especially compared to for-profit utilities like Xcel. State legislators have started a new commission to investigate rate hikes around Colorado.

Local News

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Morgan Troy Neely

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has Wednesday's updates, including Aspen's municipal election results. Also, the Glenwood Springs High School Demons boys hockey squad lost a heartbreaking 4A State Championship match Tuesday night on a triple-overtime, walk-off goal from opponent Cheyenne Mountain. And KDNK’s Hattison Rensberry asks High Rockies Harm Reduction Director Maggie Seldeen about common misconceptions regarding Naloxone.

Addressing the housing crisis is a top priority for lawmakers at the State Capitol, pictured here on Wednesday, February 15.

Rocky Mountain Community Radio

Rent control and tenant protections are on the table to address housing crisis

Lucas Brady Woods

Colorado's rising rent prices are worrying lawmakers. Several pieces of legislation are advancing at the State Capitol to address the housing crisis.

Funds from opiate crisis settlements with pharmaceutical companies are starting to roll into rural America. The five-county region that includes Pitkin, Eagle, Garfield, Summit, and Lake counties is set to receive $5 million dollars—or about $280,000 per year for the next 17+ years.

Local News

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Morgan Troy Neely

KDNK's Morgan Neely has Wednesday's news, including Colorado beginning to distribute funds from pharmaceutical companies as part of legal settlements related to the opioid crisis. Also, we speak with a group of Future Farmers of America students who made the trip from Olathe to Rifle for a wolf reintroduction meeting.

Local News

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Hattison Rensberry

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West on wolf reintroduction, agricultural equipment maintenance, and Consensual Improv's return to TACAW.

Rocky Mountain Community Radio

Lawmakers want to attract more out-of-state educators to address teacher shortage

A new bill would form an agreement with nine other states to form the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, with the goal of making it easier for teachers to come to Colorado from other states.

Mares with their foals being released back into the wild after a roundup in 2018. Advocates say the roundups are traumatizing and lead to many horses being sold to slaughter. The American Wild Horse Campaign has been promoting the use of birth-control darts for years; now, they have research they say supports that approach.

Local News

Friday, February 3, 2023

Morgan Troy Neely

KDNK's Morgan Neely has Friday's news, including prosecutors dismissing the remaining five charges — out of an original 21 — against chiropractor Dave Jensen.

A sign installed by a resident of Lawson Hill, an affordable-housing community just outside Telluride. Over the last half decade, an increase in emotional support animals has become a source of tension in the community, and E-S-A dog owners are beginning to speak out about what they say is an issue of housing discrimination and disability rights. A state agency found the dog owners have legitimate concerns.

Local News

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Morgan Troy Neely

KDNK's Morgan Neely has Wednesday's news, including Eagle and Pitkin counties coming to an agreement on housing Aspen inmates.

A semi dangles from the westbound deck of I-70 Monday. No injuries were reported, but the crash closed the Interstate through Glenwood Canyon all day Monday.

Local News

Monday, January 30, 2023

Hattison Rensberry

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West, including updates on a semi-truck crash closing Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon.