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

Glenwood Springs resident Juan Carlos Membreño Portillo was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month on suspicion of being an MS-13 gang member. Portillo is being held at the ICE detention facility in Aurora. KDNK’s Lily Jones spoke to his friend and landlord, who attended his most recent bail hearing.

Across Western Colorado there are many counties and small communities that lack easy access to medical specialists, Dr. Mark Deutchman at the University of Colorado Anschutz is trying to change that. Dr. Deutchman directs the Rural Program at the University’s School of Medicine. It’s his goal to fill the care gap in so many small towns across the state. Two of his students, Joslin Blair and Aidan Sokup, are getting a hands-on education at Valley View in Glenwood Springs. This episode covers their unique insights on healthcare access in rural areas and the unique challenges and privileges in the Roaring Fork Valley

The Business Incubator Center recently commissioned a study of the economic impact of agriculture on the Western Slope. The study was done by Colorado Mesa University Davis School of Business Economics Professor Dr. Nathan Perry, and focused on Garfield, Mesa, Rio Blanco, Delta and Montrose Counties. Dr. Perry says the study also included a census and surveys, and studied agriculture trends over time.

Two collared grey wolves have died in Colorado over the past month. KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh has this update.

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

Colorado US Senator Michael Bennet plans to introduce legislation to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement. KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh has this report.

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

Roughly 100 teenagers from schools across the Roaring Fork Valley left school and gathered at the Carbondale roundabout with homemade signs decrying ICE. KDNK's Lily Jones and Marilyn Gleason talked to these young protesters about their cause and why they care.

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