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Bark beetles are common across the Western US. They’re tiny insects that burrow into the bark of pine trees to lay their eggs, often killing the tree in the process. They can also spread across huge areas of woodland. One way to mitigate beetle outbreaks is through prescribed burns. But as KSJD’s Lucas Brady Woods reports, the drought conditions fueling their spread aren’t so easy to address.

After last week’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, one Utah lawmaker wants to introduce what he calls modest gun reform.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill to spend one hundred million dollars on programs to reduce homelessness. And avian flu is spreading throughout Utah.

A new bill in the U.S. House aims to expand the use of data to understand and manage water nationwide. And a domestic cat in San Miguel County has tested positive for the plague, but there have been no human cases to-date.

Colorado is preparing to spend one point five million dollars on a variety of programs aimed at getting youth from underserved communities into the great outdoors. And a federal judge has vacated a plan for drilling and fracking in the North Fork and Thompson Divide areas of Colorado.

A USDA Crop Progress report has rated half of the country's pasture and range conditions as poor, filling a tractor tank daily now costs some farmers $1,000, twice what it was a year ago, and the USDA addresses baby formula shortages and possible milk substitutes.

U-S Forest Service investigators say the east troublesome fire that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in twenty twenty was human caused. And Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill to stop charging state sales taxes on menstrual products and diapers.

Cattle ranchers are getting squeezed by high costs of maintaining their herds while calf prices fall, the government continues to fund a variety of agriculture programs, United Nations officials warn that the war in Ukraine threatens a hunger crisis, and a farm in Ukraine takes in displaced animals.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has vetoed a bill that would have required developers to include electric vehicle chargers in new building projects. And lawmakers in Washington, D.C. discussed the Western water crisis on Tuesday.

Primary ballots are being sent out to Colorado voters this week. That includes in the state’s third congressional district, where primary candidates are meeting Wednesday at a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Colorado. The organization’s board president, Karen Sheek, talks about what to expect from the event.