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Local Newscast: Trustees Ben Bohmfalk & Marty Silverstein Talk Board Vacancy

Steve Skinner

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

What’s next for Hunter S. Thompson’s Owl Farm in Woody Creek? The Aspen Times published a feature over the weekend discussing the author’s wife Anita Thompson’s plans for the land and his legacy. She bought the 42-acre property in June including the two-bedroom house where Hunter lived and wrote from the 1960s until his suicide in 2005. She also took control of the Gonzo logo and laid claim to his likeness, which she will use to create a Gonzo brand of cannabis that will be distributed to dispensaries. She claims to have saved six different strains Hunter himself smoked. Meanwhile, Anita has established two scholarships in his name, one for journalism students at the University of Kentucky, the other for military veterans at Columbia University. Next year, she plans to renovate Owl Farm and eventually open a writer’s retreat and museum. Read more in the Aspen Times.  

The ski season finally began at Aspen Mountain yesterday. The Little Nell chairlift and run offered the first skiing of the season on the lower mountain after Aspen Ski Co delayed its planned Thanksgiving Day opening due to unseasonably warm weather. Snowmass Ski Area opened Thursday at the Elk Camp Meadows beginner area and lower Fanny Hill.

A 20-year study recently published in the academic journal “Global Change Biology” found that certain insects reliant on cold water from glaciers and snowmelt are endangered from global warming. The study was a collaborative effort between the USGS, University of Kentucky, University of Montana and Glacier National Park. Scientists found that the meltwater stonefly and western glacier stonefly have a narrow distribution and are restricted to short sections of cold, alpine streams often below glaciers predicted to disappear over the next two decades. Carbondale’s own Joe Giersch, USGS entomologist and lead author of the study, said quote, “Although this research is focused on two insect species, our findings apply to entire communities of alpine stream organisms, the survival of which depends on the presence of permanent ice and snow feeding the streams in which they live.” Alpine streams environments in the northern Rocky Mountains are especially vulnerable to climate change due to rapid warming resulting in loss of glaciers and snowpack. As Bob Berwyn writes for Summit County Citizens Voice, quote “Glacier National Park is iconic of the combined impacts of climate change and snow and ice loss. Over 80 percent of the park’s glaciers have been lost since the mid-19th century.” Read more at Summit County Voice.

Carbondale Town Trustees Ben Bohmfalk and Marty Silverstein recapped last week's meeting with KDNK's Bob Schultz and Jeff Dickinson on Wednesday. In this clip, they discuss how to fill the seat on the Board left vacant by mayor Dan Richardson.

The Obama administration has been busy since the election implementing rules to increase solar and wind energy production on public lands. Eric Galatas reports.

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.