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A new study shows that toxic chemicals are leaking from oil and gas wells that aren’t even operating, raising concerns about the millions of abandoned wells scattered across the country.
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In less than four months, temporary pay raises given to federal wildland firefighters are set to end just as the season typically starts winding down. This week a group of Western senators, including one Republican, sent a letter to leaders of the Homeland Security Committee urging “swift consideration of legislation that authorizes a long-term solution to increase wildland firefighter recruitment and retention.” Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat, said that “failure is not an option” when it comes to addressing the pay issue.
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A federal judge in Wyoming has ruled in favor of four hunters in a case that tested the legality of "corner crossing," or stepping from one parcel of public land to another over a common corner shared with private property – a common practice due to the checkerboard pattern of land ownership in parts of the Mountain West.
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KDNK News Director Morgan Neely has Friday's updates, including a look at Glenwood's looming Downtown Design Overlay, and how it could impact the pedestrian experience in the historic commercial district.
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The remains of five Native American children who died at a notorious Indian boarding school more than a century ago will be returned to their living relatives.
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KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has Wednesday's updates, including a trip to Redstone as town residents prepare for possible flooding.
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently sided with a couple battling federal officials over plans to build a house on a wetland in northern Idaho. Some call the ruling a victory for property rights, but its consequences extend to wetlands and waterways nationwide.
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A new study out of the University of Colorado Boulder shows that less snow is falling and snow is melting earlier in the Mountain West, a trend that has big implications for agricultural, wildfire risk and water supplies.
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KDNK’s News Director Morgan Neely brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
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Late last week, Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva and New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich introduced the Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act. It would make a number of changes to the Mining Law of 1872, including the collection of royalties from hardrock mining.