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It can be hard to recycle on vacation, but just how bad are tourists at putting their waste in the right bin? The Environmental Protection Agency took this question to Telluride with a study that sorted through a week’s worth of trash from a slope-side short-term rental building.

As more and more skiers are trekking up into the backcountry, first-timers are turning to avalanche courses to learn about snow science, risk management, and best practices to protect themselves and other skiers.

Senator Michael Bennett made a push for legislation to protect the Dolores River in the final days of the 2022 Congress.

KDNK's Morgan Neely brings listeners Wednesday's news, including the Biden Administration getting ramped up to lease hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in our region to oil and gas companies. And, we explore measures dozens of stakeholders are pursuing to protect the Dolores River.

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has the post-holiday weekend news (and blues?), including a look at recent actions by county commissioners in Garfield and Pitkin counties. Also, we join in on some Hanukkah fun with a group of "Roving Rabbis" in Telluride.

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the United State Postal Service will deliver more than 13 billion pieces of mail, with post offices in the far reaches of the country bringing holiday cheer to their communities.

In 2017, San Miguel County planted its first pollinator garden in collaboration with the Xerces Society, an organization working to promote international pollinator health. Deep in a valley near Telluride, the garden has been growing ever since.

Telluride, Colorado local and world renowned mountaineer Hilaree Nelson passed away in an avalanche while on an expedition in Nepal. Nelson passed away on September 26th after getting caught in an avalanche on Mt. Manaslu in Nepal. She was 49 years old.

For many, the monsoon season in Colorado's highest peaks means one thing: mushrooms. This month, the late summer rains are filling high elevation forests with a diverse array of fungi, and mushroom enthusiasts are headed out to get their fill.

Southwest Colorado is a beautiful, but sometimes dangerous place to live and explore. Search and rescue missions on mountain peaks are an unfortunate reality. Now a new helicopter is changing the game for first responders in San Miguel County.