Climate Change

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

Steve Kuschner is the Roaring Fork Valley coordinator of 350 Colorado. During our fund drive, KDNK is inviting nonprofits in our listening area to join us in our studio and tell us, and you, what they are up to and why you should care.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

Thousands of people in the U.S. Department of Agriculture were fired in February as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the federal workforce. Although wildland firefighters were exempt from the mass firing, many fired federal employees had secondary wildfire-fighting responsibilities.  This came during a busy wildfire season in Western Colorado, which included the fourth-largest wildfire in state history. Now the White River National Forest is hoping to fill fourteen new positions.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

Longtime Meeker resident Peggy Strate is packed and ready to go. Many Meekerites have already vacated their homes, anticipating evacuation orders to come any minute. Strate says she feels optimistic and grateful to first responders, but with both the Lee and Elk fires at 0% containment, anything is possible.

UPDATE: The small fire has been contained and extinguished by firefighters, and Rifle police are no longer diverting traffic. There may still be smoke visible in the area. This fire is burning between the Colorado river and I-70 right at the exit off the interstate into Rifle.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

On this month's episode of Soul Connection, host Zenobia Todd reflects on Western Colorado's first youth climate summit with organizer Sarah Johnson and participant Ella Klingelheber.