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A new law gives the state authority to test water quality in mobile home parks and force owners to fix any issues. The testing program officially begins this summer, but state officials have gotten a head start at one community in the Colorado River Valley that helped spur the legislation.
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On today's newscast: crews from Roaring Fork Fire Rescue responded to a fire at a mobile home in El Jebel, Aspen’s city council is considering new policies for keeping construction and demolition waste out of the landfill, an astronomer will speak about the value of dark skies and the impact of light pollution at TACAW, and more.
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Jack Walker/West Virginia Public BroadcastingThe AP called the race, making Attorney General Patrick Morrisey the frontrunner going into the November election in the heavily Republican state. But a Democrat hopes for an upset. -
The former two-term governor's win in Tuesday's primary gives Republicans a chance at a Senate seat in deep blue state. Hogan will face Democrat and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.
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Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesCredit card delinquencies rose in the first three months of the year. That's a sign of the growing financial stress that some families are feeling in an era of rising prices and high interest rates. -
STR/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Biden administration is quadrupling tariffs on China-made EVs. The tariffs are part of a broad swath of protectionist policies first imposed by former President Trump.
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The College of New Jersey is making room for native plants, and students are digging it. -
President Biden is keeping the tariffs on Chinese imports put in place by his predecessor and 2024 opponent, former President Donald Trump. And he's adding new ones for things like electric vehicles. -
System of a Down singer Serj Tankian covers fleeing the Lebanese Civil War as a child, advocating for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and why his band hasn't made a new album since 2005. -
A Jesus made of vegetables, bizarre log cabins, products that don't exist. AI-generated images are creating new forms of clickbait and causing some users to doubt what's real. -
When Thorsten Siess was in graduate school, he came up with the idea for a heart device that's now been used in hundreds of thousands of patients around the world. -
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and said some new U.S. aid already arrived and more will reach the battlefield in the coming weeks.
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