Food Assistance

According to Feeding America, over six hundred seventy thousand people in Colorado face food insecurity. One local organization is attempting to bridge the gap of equal access to nutritious food in the Roaring Fork Valley.

The Garfield Re-2 school district is working with the USDA to bridge the nutrition gap faced by many children over summer vacation. Federal programming allows Garfield county to keep providing breakfast, and lunch to children 18 and younger through late July.

KDNK’s News Director Morgan Neely brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK talks to Maggie Niehoff, Programs Director at C.A.R.E about their pet food pantry

The food pantry has also been seeing an increase in shoppers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Several pantries in the region have seen their number of customers double since the pandemic began. Some folks who never needed food assistance before this summer are coming for the first time.

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has Wednesday's news, including details on OSHA slapping four local contracting firms with tens of thousands of dollars in fines for an explosion at a home under construction near Aspen back in February.

News Director Morgan Neely brings listeners Monday's news, including a preview of a Carbondale Trustees work session to discuss the future of donated parcels downtown.

Aspen Community Foundation, in partnership with Kissane Viola Design, has launched an Aspen to Parachute COVID-19 resource webpage. It lists information…