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Summer is still here, but CDOT already has its eye on the upcoming winter season. The Montrose Community Recreation Center reopened yesterday after a thorough cleaning, but due to a lifeguard shortage, pool hours are now reduced. Congresswomen Lauren Boebert, representing Colorado’s Third District, made a quick stop in Delta just before the Labor Day Holiday. A recent conversation with Montrose County School District’s Data Specialist Suzy King sheds light on how Montrose has managed to see positive enrollment trends this year, despite national declines.

Also: Bank of America agrees to pay billions to Fannie Mae; oil rig that ran aground off Alaska is refloated; Syrian opposition rejects Assad's "peace plan;" NHL players and owners reach tentative deal, season may start soon; NFL playoffs get underway.

The criminal trial against Tina Peters, former clerk for Mesa County, has been postponed, reports the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. The delay came after Peters fired her second set of attorneys last week. This is the second time the trial has been delayed. Peters faces numerous felony charges stemming from alleged election misconduct in 2020. A new trial date is set for July 31.

Cookbook author Diane Morgan says there's much more to a carrot than the orange part. But too often, she says, the root vegetable's frilly green fronds end up in the trash.

Not paying someone for a job they did is illegal. It's called wage theft. But in California, the worst offender has paid only a tiny fraction of the millions of dollars in wages he owes workers.

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Ballots for Colorado’s upcoming primary election are being mailed out starting today. As Scott Franz reports, voters also face a deadline today to switch their party affiliation. Plus, some states will quickly restrict abortion if Roe versus Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Robyn Vincent reports the fight to preserve abortion access in our region reflects a divided nation.

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We have election results for Paonia, Hotchkiss, Cedaredge, Montrose, Palisade, and Ridgway. Plus, Kate Redmond reports access to labor and employment standards can be inconsistent for guest workers coming to the U.S. to do farm and ranch work. A local advocacy organization, Hispanic Affairs Project, is making great strides to remedy that.

Some very interesting items now reside within the walls of the Public Safety Complex in Montrose. With the goal of offering a window into present-day public safety, the Montrose Police Department has placed a time capsule within the stone walls of the new multi-million dollar safety complex. Those residing in Montrose in the year 2072 will get the chance to peep into the past. KVNF’s Lisa Young has the details.