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KSJD Local Newscast - September 27, 2021

By Lucas Brady Woods

Published September 27, 2021 at 4:53 PM MDT

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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.

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Lucas Brady Woods

Originally from Southern California, Lucas spent the last decade living in New York City, which is where he started his journalism career. He's been an audio journalism junkie for as long as he can remember, but really fell in love with reporting radio news at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he received his master's degree.

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