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Jodi Barr, Tamara Nimmo, Elizabeth Taylor and Kathryn Kuhlenberg are facing off for two seats on the Roaring Fork School District Board of Education. They have different priorities and solutions for issues facing the Roaring Fork School District.
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On today's newscast: Parking at the Buttermilk parking lot will be free again this winter; Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet says he regrets voting to confirm Coloradan Chris Wright as Energy Secretary; and a new study shows Nevada’s groundwater — and the ecosystems that rely on it — is under growing strain. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Ariana Cubillos/APVenezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela. -
Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Uber, X and The Free Press; Cindy Ord/Getty ImagesIt's Nobel season — but other stuff happened, too. If you're up on France, legacy media and authors both high- and low-brow, you'll get at least four questions right. -
Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesIn just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities. -
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesEmployees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters.
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John Candy was one of the most beloved comedic actors of his time, with starring roles in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Uncle Buck. His life and work are celebrated in a new Amazon Prime documentary by Colin Hanks, John Candy: I Like Me. -
The AI story in Tron: Ares is grandiose but, according to our critic, a waste of pixels. Lucky for theater-goers, there are lots of choices at cineplexes this weekend. -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true. -
Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote. -
The indictment comes after steady pressure from President Trump to prosecute James, who successfully sued Trump and his company for inflating the value of some of its properties. -
Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for the "first phase" of a plan promoted by President Trump to end the war in Gaza. A ceasefire is expected to go into effect after an Israeli Cabinet vote.
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