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Roughly two years ago Sweitzer Lake State Park announced huge upgrades to the park just south of Delta off Highway 50. However, initial construction for southside renovations were delayed due to Covid restraints and the promise of new money from the state.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has closed a bridge on US Highway 50 west of Gunnison. The Federal Highway Administration requested the bridge closure after an inspection on Thursday identified defects in the structure.The closure is in place between US Hwy 50 Mile Point 131 which is the intersection with Colorado Highway 92 and MP 138. Local traffic will be allowed through the closure point to reach residences.

FEATURE: The shortgrass prairie of Northeast Colorado's Pawnee National Grassland is home to a unique and fragile ecosystem. But development is starting to spill onto the plains, threatening one of the country’s largest untouched expanses of prairie habitat. KUNC’s Rae Solomon reports for the Mountain West News Bureau.

FEATURE: The Colorado River has a problem. Too much demand for water, and not enough supply. Right now, the seven states that decide its future are stuck in disagreement about HOW to cut back. KUNC’s Alex Hager and KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny explain how today’s tensions are rooted in three words from a hundred years ago.

Jonathan Cohee, CEO Delta Health, shares concerns on Medicaid cuts and Senator John Hickenlooper talks about potential cuts to public media

FEATURE: Chris Wright has been tapped as the Energy Secretary for Donald Trump’s second administration. He’s the C-E-O of Denver-based fossil fuels company Liberty Energy. Rocky Mountain Community Radio's Caroline Llanes reports on what his appointment could signal for green energy development in western states.Given the possible appointment of Chris Wright as US Energy Secretary, KVNF reached out to Natasha Leger, Citizens for a Healthy Community Executive Director, on what concerns environmental groups are facing under a second Trump administration.

According to local media, some businesses had no idea they were being touted as investment opportunities by Ezubao, an online lender.

How did the cars and the people inside end up in western Oklahoma's Foss Lake? That's still a mystery. The vehicles and those last seen in them went missing in the '60s and early '70s. They were found by chance when sheriff's deputies were testing sonar equipment.

The staffers were on their way to deliver livestock materials when they were attacked in the province of Jawzan. The International Committee of the Red Cross says it doesn't know who is responsible.

The economy staged a comeback from a tepid first quarter, but still fell short of the turbo-charged 3 percent growth rate promised by the Trump administration.