- Cable TV subscribers in southwest Colorado may finally be getting Denver channels.
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing $86.4 million to the Navajo Housing Authority to help fund affordable housing on the Navajo Nation.
For decades, the many Southwest Colorado residents who receive cable or satellite TV have known more about New Mexico news and politics than what’s happening in their own state. That’s because Montezuma and La Plata counties are in a “designated market area” for Albuquerque and Santa Fe TV. But in-state TV, including Denver Broncos games and Denver news, may be on the way at last. On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it has finalized a rule that would allow local county commissioners to petition the FCC to have in-state channels added to their market. The announcement comes after years of effort by Colorado’s congressional representatives, including Senator Michael Bennet and former Senator Mark Udall. Last April, Bennet, Senator Cory Gardner, and Representative Scott Tipton wrote a joint letter to the FCC urging it to implement the new policy.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing $86.4 million to the Navajo Housing Authority to help fund affordable housing on the Navajo Nation. A total of 587 tribes or their designated housing entities, including Colorado’s two Ute tribes and some 20 tribes in New Mexico, have awarded portions of HUD’s $660 million allocations.
