Flaming Gorge

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.

The Bureau of Reclamation is responding to a state request and suspending ramped up releases from a major reservoir along the Colorado River.

KDNK news reporter Hattison Rensberry brings listeners news about the Colorado River Upper Basin, local housing options that may be in the near future, and an audio obituary for Wick Moses

Water officials across the West have been negotiating a crisis on the Colorado River. Drought is putting pressure on the 7-state basin, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs recently reached record lows.

Emergency water releases from reservoirs upstream of Lake Powell are underway to preserve the nation’s second-largest reservoir’s ability to generate hydroelectric power.