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KSJD Local Newscast - October 21, 2021

By Lucas Brady Woods

Published October 21, 2021 at 4:55 PM MDT

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The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to climb in Colorado, with a vast majority of patients unvaccinated.
The Navajo Nation Council’s fall legislative session has adjourned, but not before it passed the Air Is Life Act this week.

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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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