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Colorado is launching a new financial aid program to help students who want to become health care workers. And the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona announced it will abandon a multi-state deal on the Colorado River to keep its biggest reservoir from declining.

Students and teachers are heading back to classrooms this week. Keeping schools staffed - from cafeteria workers to instructors - is an ongoing challenge. The high cost of living in many parts of Colorado has become a huge issue.

Colorado Democrats have chosen new leaders for the current legislative session. And Utah Gov. Spencer Cox tried his hand at something a little different on Tuesday: substitute teaching.

Colorado’s recently concluded congressional redistricting process is starting to shake up the upcoming campaigns for the U-S House, including the state's third congressional district; Students in the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 School District will return to in-person classes on Monday after a temporary closure due to widespread COVID-19 infections, but two school bus routes have been suspended for the next week due to extreme staff shortages.

The Montezuma-Cortez School Board held a virtual emergency meeting on Friday to consider providing the Superintendent authority to move schools into remote learning.

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.