Local Government

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

This episode of Municipal Matters is the entire recording of the CoWest Noticias Collaborative's Local Mayors Forum from March 19th. The Local Mayors Forum in collaboration with Colorado Mountain College included mayors from Aspen to Rifle, excluding GWS due to scheduling issues, to deepen the connection between elected officials and their constituents.

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.

A proposed development on the Cattle Creek confluence could be the Roaring Fork Valley's next suburb. The Garfield County Planning Commission will hear from community members on the 25th.

Raleigh Burleigh has been the editor of the Sopris Sun for more than 5 years. At a time when news deserts replace newspaper offices, and media empires gobble publications and spit out reporters, the Sopris Sun manages to crank out robust, original, award-winning local news written by paid freelancers. Burleigh has announced he will be leaving the Sopris Sun and Carbondale.

Preparations are beginning in Colorado to reintroduce another predator to the wild, and some prominent critics of wolves are behind the effort to bring back the wolverine.

With town funds depleted after costs for a new aquatics center spiraled, Carbondale Town Trustees are reluctant when it comes to taking on new capital projects. Mayor Ben Bohmfalk joined Bob Schultz at the KDNK studios on Wednesday. Marilyn Gleason has a report.

The John M. Fleet Pool on Carbondale’s Main Street was a longstanding institution for the town. But the maintenance costs of the aging building as well as safety concerns saw it demolished in 2024. Its replacement, the Carbondale Aquatics Center, has finally crossed the fundraising finish line with the town raising over two million dollars from donors to complete the facility.

The Town of Carbondale will be holding its regular municipal elections on April 7th. There are three trustee seats opening as well as the position of mayor.