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Local Newscast for October 7th

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

Ursa Resources will not pursue permits for a proposed natural gas well pad in Parachute.  According to the Post Independent, in a letter to Garfield School District 16 and county commissioners Wednesday, Ursa stated that the proposal did not meet the "absolute best" criteria. The company's concerns are more about impacts such as truck traffic than safety and health, despite the pad's 700-foot proximity to Grand Valley High School.  The company will continue to evaluate alternatives for drilling from the pad, but for now, all plans are on hold.

The Eighth Street Bridge in Glenwood Springs will be closed to vehicle traffic from this Saturday, October 8th to Tuesday, October 18th. This bridge connects downtown to Midland Avenue. The closure will have a significant impact on daily traffic to and from downtown as well as school traffic.  In the morning, students will be transferred from bus to bus at Glenwood Springs High School. For busloads of middle school students who live in South Glenwood, Sopris Elementary will be the transfer station in the afternoons.

Denver-based Associated Press reporter Sadie Gurman published a major national investigation into police database abuse last week, along with AP’s justice department reporter Eric Tucker. Officers across the country have been routinely misusing confidential databases to get information having nothing at all to do with daily police work, on romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, and journalists.

Colorado ranks 48th in the nation for spending on behavioral health, but that could change with the November election. Eric Galatas explains.

 
 

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.