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Local Newscast: GarCo Clerk Jean Alberico on Ballot Tabulation

KDNK's Local Newscast airs weekday mornings at 6:41 and 7:41 during Morning Edition. 

If you want some new insights behind Colorado's lengthy ballot battles, follow the money at work for and against measures. Eric Galatas reports.

 
The Air Force released new details yesterday about a previously reported discharge of contaminated water into the Colorado Springs sewer system at Peterson Air Force Base. As our Rocky Mountain Community Radio partner KRCC's Jake Brownell reports, officials are now saying the discharge didn't quite happen as originally reported.
 
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump may have a problem with Colorado's mail-in voting process but he hasn't been to Garfield County. Amy Hadden Marsh and Gavin Dahl visited Garfield County Clerk Jean Alberico to find out about the voting process and get some last minute tips about where to take ballots between now and Tuesday.
 
Governor John Hickenlooper’s nearly $29 billion dollar budget proposed for the next fiscal year would increase state spending, but also make cuts in key areas. Rocky Mountain Community Radio network reporter Bente Birkeland has more.

Gavin became one of the youngest station managers in public radio on February 1, 2017. He is a writer and producer with a passion for community media. Prior to starting at KDNK as news director in 2016, Gavin worked for national radio programs Alternative Radio with David Barsamian and Nonprofit Radio with Tony Martignetti along with local stations KGNU Boulder, KYRS Spokane, KRBX Boise, KAOS Olympia, and Air America Radio affiliate KPTK Seattle. His nonprofit management experience includes Open Media Foundation, where he led a government transparency team, and Common Frequency, where his policy advocacy supported dozens of noncommercial radio startups. Boulder Weekly, Raw Story, Austin American-Statesman, Boise Weekly, and The Sopris Sun have published his reporting. His TV credits include directing teams at Colorado Channel, crewing for Democracy Now!, and hosting on Free Speech TV. He graduated from the Evergreen State College in 2008 with a BA in media production and community organizing.