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Weekly News Brief: Amendment 64--Communities in Transition

Amendment 64 passed months ago, but the state is just now releasing it's first batch of regulation proposals. Dispensary owners, law enforcement, marijuana users a large percentage of the state is holding their breath, waiting to see how legalized marijuana is going to work.

The KDNK news team has been preparing stories to look at the changes heading for Colorado, and the first story debuts on Monday. For this week's news brief, KDNK's Eric Skalac and Ed Williams give a preview of the new KDNK News series "Amendment 64: Communities in Transition."

Weekly News Brief: Grand Avenue access plan

For this week's news brief, KDNK's Ed Williams spoke to nelson Harvey about the latest developments in the plans to potentially renovate Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs.

Weeky News Brief: North Fork Gas Leases Deferred

In early February, the Bureau of Land Management removed 20 parcels of land near Paonia from an upcoming gas lease auction. On this week's news brief, KDNK's Eric Skalac and Amy Hadden Marsh talk about the controversial gas leases in the North Fork Valley, and the community's response to this most recent turn of events.

Weekly News Brief: Drought, Winter Fire and Nervous Farmers

Despite heavy snowfall this week, the West is still struggling through drought. On this week's news brief, KDNK's Ed Williams and Eric Skalac talk about a fire in Rocky Mountain National Park, NOAA predictions and farmers in and around Colorado.

Weekly News Brief: Pitkin Update

This week on the KDNK news brief, Aspen Journalism's Brent Gardner Smith gives us a Pitkin County update. KDNK's Eric Skalac spoke with Gardner-Smith from the Aspen Journalism office upvalley.

Gas Rules, Gas Land

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, or COGCC, recently issued some new, preliminary rules rules that require water testing near gas drilling sites and that also limit how close a drilling operation can be to homes, schools, and other sites.

On this week's news brief, KDNK's Eric Skalac and Ed Williams talk about how county residents feel about those preliminary rules and about what it's like to interview the people living in the heart of gas country.

Weekly News Brief: Rules for water testing and setback distances tweaked

This week the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission met to create new rules on groundwater protection and setback distances for fracking operations in the state. For this week's news brief, KDNK's Ed Williams talked to Jim Pullen of KGNU in Boulder about the decisions and controversies to come out of the meetings.

News Brief: Colorado's Fiscal Cliff Vote

Early this week Congress reached a last minute deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. For this week's news brief, KDNK's Ed Williams broke down our congressmens' votes with Denver Post Washington Correspondent Allison Sherry.

Weekly News Brief: Drug Raids in Carbondale

For this week's news brief, KDNK's Ed Williams and Sophia Clark take a look at the drug bust that went down in Carbondale last week.

Weekly News Brief: Waste Station Approved

A new waste transfer facility and recycling center is coming to Carbondale. On this week's News Brief, KDNK's Eric Skalac and Lynn Burton of the Sopris Sun discuss the controversial decision.

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