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An individual at Montezuma-Cortez High School has been diagnosed with COVID-19; The Colorado Independent Redistricting Committee has released preliminary maps and is currently taking comments from the public.

Teachers are pleading with school board members to address urgent and critical staff shortages in the Montezuma-Cortez school system. The pleas came from teachers, principals, and other staff at the board’s regular meeting on Tuesday.

The Department of Energy is launching a new research lab in Colorado; A wildfire broke out on Friday about six miles southwest of Mancos, near Weber Mountain.

Axis Health System is merging with another healthcare provider, The Center for Mental Health; In Arizona, a federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration’s changes to the Clean Water Act.

In a survey from 2019, one in ten Coloradans reported they felt like they weren't getting enough food. This problem - food insecurity - stems from individuals not having enough money to feed themselves or their families. In this week's Health & Prevention Report, KSJD's Tay Glass looks at food insecurity in the Four Corners and one potential solution that may be in your back yard.

The Mount Weber Fire burning southwest of Mancos is now at 50 percent containment as a team of scientists and emergency responders say that Colorado’s wildfire mitigation efforts have some flaws and need reform; Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser says three officers and two paramedics have been indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the death of Elijah McClain.

The Biden administration is moving the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters out of Grand Junction and back to the nation’s capital; The Kayenta community broke ground on a new wellness center last week.

Economists at the Colorado state Capitol are boosting their revenue expectations by hundreds of millions of dollars despite a summer wave of coronavirus cases; The Montezuma County Board of Commissioners agreed to provide initial funding for a Community Intervention Program at its regular meeting on Tuesday.

The Montezuma-Cortez School District has seen a substantial rise in COVID cases in schools this week; Colorado State lawmakers are raising the minimum wage for health care workers who treat patients at their homes.

In the Four Corners region, there are a bunch of environmental and medical factors that can affect respiratory health. Whether that’s wildfire smoke, viruses, or simply allergies, almost no one is completely safe from some sort of respiratory issue around here. But there are also some industrial effects that are specific to the Four Corners - with roots decades old - that leave some of the region’s elderly population particularly vulnerable. For this week’s Health and Prevention Report, KSJD’s Lucas Brady Woods spoke to Dr. Ed Razma, a lung specialist at Southwest Health System in Cortez.