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KVNF Regional Newscast: November 14, 2024

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FEATURE: With the General Election in the rear view mirror KVNF’s Brody Wilson takes us deep into how counties in our listening area voted and voter turn out totals in this special report.

TOP STORY: State Democrats and Republicans have picked their leadership in the House of Representatives for Colorado’s next legislative session. The Democratic majority is keeping their existing team in place. House Speaker Julie McCluskie of Dillon is the first speaker in seventeen years to get a second term. McCluskie was reelected despite some rifts within her caucus during her first term.

Monica Duran will continue to serve as Majority Leader and Jennifer Bacon will continue as Assistant Majority Leader. Republicans selected mostly the same leadership team, including Rose Pugliese as Minority Leader and Ty Winter as Assistant Minority Leader.

Eric Galatas, Colorado News Connection, reports on a new kind of power plant is bringing resilience and reliability to rural Colorado.

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Lisa was born in Texas but grew up on a small farm in Olathe, Colorado and considers herself a “Colorado native after six years of age.” Lisa served nearly four years as the KVNF Regional Newscast Host and Senior Staff Reporter. She retired in March of 2026, but continues as a freelance reporter for the station.