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There will be a free screening of 'A Decent Home' tonight (10/3/25) in Carbondale's Third Street Center, as well as a speaker panel. Any donations will go towards the purchase efforts of the Mountain Valley Mobile Home Park.Mobile home parks are a new front in the struggle for affordability, as they are snatched up by distant investors who ratchet up rents for the lower-income families who live there. Two mobile home parks in the RFV are in a high-stakes fight to control their destiny on a short deadline. April Long stopped by the KDNK studios to tell about a new front in the battle to hold onto affordable neighborhoods from Aspen to Parachute.

Update 9/11/25: The shooter, 16-year-old Desmond Holly, died Wednesday night of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The two students he injured remain in the hospital. One of them is still in critical condition. The fourth student took themselves to the hospital for injuries they sustained in their escape from the high school.

In late July the City of Glenwood Springs hosted a virtual town hall webinar on homelessness. The meeting came about a month after a fire broke out in a rugged gully northeast of Walmart, causing a nearby apartment building to be evacuated. Although the fire lasted less than a day and reached only one and a half acres in size, its proximity to the town and likely origin in a homeless camp caught officials’ attention. The panel included Glenwood’s Chief of Public Safety, Fire Marshall, Parks and Recreation director, the District Attorney and Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario.KDNK reporters Lily Jones and Amy Hadden Marsh and News Director Marilyn Gleason all attended the Zoom meeting separately. In Part 2 of our reporter's roundtable, Amy Hadden Marsh digs into the private property inhabited by the unhoused at the Palmer Fire, and Marilyn Gleason remarks on law enforcement's 'revolving door.'

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Leadville is saying goodbye to long serving municipal court Judge Chris Floyd as she moves on to pursue state election, and welcoming Judge Courtney Holm. Here’s Leadville Mayor Dana Greene speaking with KDNK’s Lily Jones on Municipal Matters.

For nearly fifty years, a Glenwood Springs nonprofit has helped youth in the 9th judicial district battle substance use, learn life skills, and connect with their community. Most of YouthZone’s funding comes from the state, but budget upheavals within the Trump administration are causing uncertainty for advocates, and for the families they serve.

A wolf has killed three sheep in Rio Blanco County, but wildlife officials say the Elk Fire that has burned over 13,000 acres is preventing them from deploying lethal force.

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Colorado’s collared grey wolves are forming new packs with new pups. But, livestock producers are still contending with predation.

Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a lawsuit on July 22nd against a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy mandating him to follow state laws that bar state agency and local government employees from cooperating with federal officials on immigration civil enforcement.