Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Bernadette Demientieff is the executive director of Gwich’in Steering Committee in Fairbanks, Alaska. She talks to host Amy Hadden Marsh about how oil extraction in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge and the Coastal Plain will devastate Gwich’in culture and the sacred Caribou on which they depend.

On this edition of Valley Voices... a debate produced as part of Colorado Decides by PBS12, CBS4, and The Colorado Sun. Proposition 117 would establish a requirement of voter approval before the state can collect new enterprise funds of a certain size. Originally aired October 14 on KVNF's Local Motion. It has been edited for Valley Voices, with special thanks to Gavin Dahl.

John Bruna is the co-founder of Carbondale-based Way of Compassion Foundation and Mindful Life Program . His work in the recovery community is ever-growing, with mindfulness practices incorporated into many diffferent treatment modalities. His workbook The Essential Guidebook to Mindfulness in Recovery is now officially available. He joined Amy Hadden Marsh on Valley Voices recently to talk about how mindfulness compliments any recovery program.

The Grizzly Creek Fire has burned over 32,400 acres and is 91% contained but not before two Type 1 Incident Management Teams from the Great Basin and Alaska, swooped in to bring the blaze under control. Roads are beginning to open up but the Glenwood Canyon is still too dangerous to ride a bike or walk through or hang out at the rest areas. This week's show features a clip from the final, live Facebook update, held almost every other night for a month, by the leading team. The show also features

Barbe Chambliss splits her time between Carbondale and Paonia, where she is an organic farmer. She is a psychotherapist and professional mediator, and has been working on her new book, Women Peacemakers: What We Can Learn from Them , for decades. The book was published in August. Chambliss was a guest on Valley Voices shortly thereafter to talk about the book and what it means to make peace.

Daniel Paul Nelson is the director of Lakota People's Law Project and talks with Amy Hadden Marsh about recent decisions on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, South Dakota's response to Lakota COVID-19 checkpoints, and how they impact Native American sovereignty.

Author Gary Ferguson and Dr. Mary Clare were guests on Valley Voices on June 26, 2020 and the show was so popular, they agreed to continue the conversation. Today's show features Ferguson's new book The 8 Master Lessons of Nature and more about Full Ecology .

Author Gary Ferguson and Dr. Mary Clare talk about Ferguson's new book The 8 Master Lessons of Nature and their joint venture Full Ecology .

Since the killing of George Floyd on May 25th, protests across the nation have spurred conversations about police brutality. Minneapolis may dismantle the police department, and the mayor of Los Angeles is canceling planned budget increases for that city’s department. But, policing looks different in small, rural communities. KDNK's Kathleen Shannon spoke with Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling and his soon-to-be replacement Lieutenant Kirk Wilson about the town's police department - it's

Today's show features clips from a Facebook webinar hosted by the City of Glenwood Springs and featuring Mayor Jonathan Godes and Rob Stein, Superintendent Roaring Fork School District. Click here for the entire bilingual forum , featuring Brianda Cervantes, School Community Organizer.