Colorado is one big step closer to having new congressional districts after a politically diverse committee agreed on a new district map late Tuesday night; The Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 School District has rescheduled its open house event for the public to meet the candidates running for school board.

In less than two months, the open enrollment period begins for the Colorado state-run, health insurance exchange, Connect for Health Colorado; Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day.

There were at least 40 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 School District over the weekend; A lawsuit filed last week in Colorado aims to remove a statewide ballot question from the upcoming November election.

Two members of the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 School Board have resigned.

The Montezuma-Cortez High School Homecoming parade was almost cancelled this year...again. But the community came together to make it happen after all. And with so much controversy and division in society these days, homecoming was a reminder of how important it is, both for students and the community, to come together.

The Montezuma-Cortez School District has seen a substantial rise in COVID cases in schools this week; Colorado State lawmakers are raising the minimum wage for health care workers who treat patients at their homes.

In the Four Corners region, there are a bunch of environmental and medical factors that can affect respiratory health. Whether that’s wildfire smoke, viruses, or simply allergies, almost no one is completely safe from some sort of respiratory issue around here. But there are also some industrial effects that are specific to the Four Corners - with roots decades old - that leave some of the region’s elderly population particularly vulnerable. For this week’s Health and Prevention Report, KSJD’s Lucas Brady Woods spoke to Dr. Ed Razma, a lung specialist at Southwest Health System in Cortez.

Teachers are pleading with school board members to address urgent and critical staff shortages in the Montezuma-Cortez school system. The pleas came from teachers, principals, and other staff at the board’s regular meeting on Tuesday.

Economists at the Colorado state Capitol are boosting their revenue expectations by hundreds of millions of dollars despite a summer wave of coronavirus cases; The Montezuma County Board of Commissioners agreed to provide initial funding for a Community Intervention Program at its regular meeting on Tuesday.

The Biden administration is moving the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters out of Grand Junction and back to the nation’s capital; The Kayenta community broke ground on a new wellness center last week.