Newscast 3-13-26

By KOTO News

March 13, 2026

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This week on the Regional Roundup, we hear a report on the growing outdoor recreation economy, a look at an abortion doula program supporting patients in Western Colorado, and a feature on youth activists rallying at the Utah legislature in support of efforts to save the Great Salt Lake. The show also features a story about a new mobile food bank serving rural communities in Colorado, and explores free speech and censorship: from a Durango bookstore’s lawsuit to block police from accessing a customer’s book purchase records, to a conversation with a Colorado librarian featured in the documentary The Librarians, which examines the rise of book bans and challenges to libraries.

  • A report on the outdoor economy in the Mountain West. (RMCR)
  • A report on an abortion doula program in Western Colorado. (Aspen Public Radio)
  • A feature on youth activists rallying in support of legislation to save the Great Salt Lake in Utah. (KRCL)
  • A feature on a new mobile food bank in Western Colorado. (KLZR)
  • A feature on Maria’s Bookstore in Durango suing to block the police department from accessing book purchase records for a customer. (KDUR)
  • A two way with a Colorado librarian who is part of a new documentary, The Librarians, which looks at censorship and book banning. (RMCR)

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