School Safety

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

At a recent forum in Glenwood Springs hosted by CoWest Noticias Collaborative ahead of the November election, opponents running for seats on the Roaring Fork School District Board of Directors faced off. Two areas within the School District have elections this year, District A and District E. Jodi Barr and Tammy Nimmo are running for the District A seat. District A takes in the territory south of highway 82 from old Snowmass to Carbondale, and its western boundary is Hwy 133 from Carbondale to Marble. KDNK’s Lily Jones brings highlights, starting with school safety, as Tammy Nimmo was questioned by Moderator Raleigh Burleigh, editor of the Sopris Sun newspaper.

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

The Pitkin County Sheriffs have been joined by Otto the golden retriever. Otto and his person, School Resource Officer Lucchesi are committed to serving their community

The Roaring Fork School District Board is turning to community members to find safety solutions for our schools.

Roaring Fork School District is hosting several meetings this week for families to give the district feedback on safety initiatives and meet some of the staff or community partners involved in caring for student safety. The meetings are an opportunity for the district to hear more about where stakeholders want safety resources to be prioritized.

The Regional Roundup, a production of the Rocky Mountain Community Radio Coalition. This week's edition features the closest radio can get you to experiencing the awe of a shooting star. Also, students are experiencing trauma from the Covid-19 Pandemic, climate change, and shootings. And we hear monologues from DACA dreamers.

An environmental group recently released its grades for how states are handling lead contamination in school drinking water – and half of the states in the Mountain West states are failing.

In the wake of another deadly school shooting in Colorado, a new study shows that Colorado teens have easy access to firearms.

The Sopris Sun's James Steindler steps in to host Wednesday's local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.