Veterans who served at the Nevada Test and Training Range over the past 50 years are experiencing health issues that many of them attribute to exposure to radiation and other contamination during their time there.
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As our country and our state recover from the pandemic, new data shows that our emergency response may have had unintended consequences. Syphilis, a disease nearly eradicated in the nineties, is on the rise. KDNK's Lily Jones spoke with Dr. Ina Park to find out why.
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The 41st annual Gathering of Nations took place this past weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It’s the largest powwow in North America.
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With each passing day the impacts from the US 50 closure between Montrose and Gunnison are being calculated around the dinner table by small business owners who depend on the highway. KVNF’s Brody Wilson recently spoke to one family in Montrose whose livelihood is being significantly affected.
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After three weeks in the spotlight of the national debate on abortion, Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal the law banning almost all abortions. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs promised to sign it.
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En un voto de 2 a 1, los comisionados del condado de Montezuma este martes negaron un permiso de alto impacto para una tienda de dólar entre Cortez y Dolores.
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With a 2-to-1 vote, the Montezuma County commissioners on Tuesday denied a high-impact permit for a Dollar General store at Highway 145 and Road N
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza continues to cause problems with dairy cattle in the U.S. as the virus spreads, a virus is attacking cacao trees in the West African countries of Ghana and the Ivory Coast, the world has added 398 million harvested acres of feed grains, food grains, and oil seeds during the 21st century, and the EPA reports that while U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased from 2021 to 2022 by 1.3%, agricultural emissions dropped 1.8%.
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Rocky Mountain states have some of the highest suicide rates in the country, and those working in agriculture are even more susceptible. In Colorado specifically, farmers and ranchers are dying at higher rates than the general population.
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For the first time in decades, the U.S. will resume processing uranium ore. The Navajo Nation and others along uranium ore transport routes worry about the health risks.
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U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Halland signed an administrative withdrawal on April 3rd that will close most of the Thompson Divide to new oil and gas leasing for the next twenty years.
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