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KSJD Local Newscast - September 29, 2021

By Lucas Brady Woods

Published September 29, 2021 at 3:35 PM MDT

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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.

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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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