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KVNF Regional Newscast: May 21, 2020

  • Colorado National Monument reopening some facilities
  • State reminds drivers to stay sober behind the wheel for Memorial Day weekend
  • New mental health phone chat service available
  • Coalition urges Colorado to avoid massive budget cuts
  • Testing every nursing home resident and staffer in state would cost $15 million
  • Air travel increasing but far from normal
  • Accurate census count more difficult during pandemic

Jodi Peterson grew up on Colorado’s Front Range and attended Colorado State University, earning a B.A. in English and an M.A. in communication development. She spent 16 years working as a technical communicator with computer company Hewlett-Packard, then made a career shift to journalism. In 2005, she became news editor for the award-winning nonprofit newsmagazine High Country News; later she served as its managing editor for five years. In 2017, she went part-time as a contributing editor. Jodi was hired as KVNF’s news director in April 2019, and shifted to the news editor role in November 2020, before going freelance in January 2021.