WATER NEWS: We begin this week with two stories about water in the West. First, a recent study on groundwater in the Colorado River basin is raising concerns AND the Dam that holds back Lake Powell recently had some improvements made. KVNF's Brody Wilson shares both stories.
FEATURE: The House of Representatives narrowly approved legislation recently to eliminate the next two years of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Senate still has to vote on the cut of $1.1 billion dollars, that’s less than one-one-hundredth of one percent of the federal budget.
For Rocky Mountain Community Radio, K-H-O-L’s Sophia Boyd-Fliegel sat down with Ruby Calvert, chair of the board for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, which helps fund National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service, NPR and PBS.