Annie Perry, originally from the Roaring Fork Valley, is an attorney in Seattle. She is working on bringing an Afghani family into the US. She talks to KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh about the complications and dangers facing the family.

Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, former head councilwoman of the Ute Mountain Ute Nation, former co-chair of the Inter-Tribal Coalition on Bears Ears, and now cross-culture program manager for the Montezuma Land Conservancy, talks with Amy Hadden Marsh about the recent restoration of the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument.

The Bureau of Land Management's controversial Sandwash Basin mustang roundup has come to an end except for horses outside the boundaries of the herd management area. Delia Malone of the Sierra Club and Eric Molvar of Western Watersheds Project talk about why the groups are against it.

This month marks the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945). Amy Hadden Marsh and Dr. Naoko Wake talk about Wake's new book, American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and how events from seven decades ago still affect American and Asian lives.

Aaron Taylor, director of Carbondale's Way of Compassion Foundation, talks about the 4th Annual Compassion Film Festival, opening Friday August 13.

Guests Elise Thatcher, CDOT's Region 3 Communications Manager, Eagle County Master Deputy Heath Mosness, and Sgt. Levy Burris of the Garfield County Sheriff's office talk about I70 mudslide closure safety protocol and who's handling Cottonwood Pass.

The late Northern Ute elder Clifford Duncan, friend to many in the Roaring Fork watershed, lived in Roosevelt, UT. KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh traveled there in January, 2010 and brought back this conversation.

The 20-year drought across the US West is taking a real toll on the Colorado River. Lakes Powell and Mead are at historic lows. Host Amy Hadden Marsh talks with Andy Mueller, general manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation District, about western water reality.

Larry Day's sketches appear in The Sopris Sun every week and will soon grace t-shirts and posters for the 50th Carbondale Mountain Fair. He joins Sopris Sun editor Raleigh Burleigh and host Amy Hadden Marsh to talk about his craft.

Suzanne Roy, Executive Director of the advocacy group American Wild Horse Campaign, joins KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh on Valley Voices to talk about the current state of mustangs and burros in the American West.