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On today's newscast: The Colorado Department of Education released attendance data for the 2024-2025 academic year last week, but Aspen officials say that excused absences obfuscate the data; in Colorado, more than a third of counties are now considered maternity care deserts, as they have no obstetric facilities or providers; and the Trump administration is pushing forward a plan to rescind a two-decades-old rule that blocks road building and logging on millions of acres of national forests. Tune in for these stories and more.

Drug deaths in the U.S. are at their lowest level since March 2020, according to federal data. Trump continues to cite fentanyl as justification for policies ranging from tariffs to immigration.

The move comes after the Justice Department last week made changes to who could qualify as a temporary immigration judge —effectively lowering the requirements and removing the need to have prior immigration experience.

A record number of congressional lawmakers have announced they don't plan to run for their current seats in 2026, including three sitting senators leaving Washington to run for governor.

As a U.S. federal judge blocked the deportation of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, the government of Guatemala says in a statement it suggested the U.S. return its children to their home country.

Truancy and chronic absenteeism at the Aspen and Roaring Fork school districts trended downward in the 2024-2025 academic year, according to attendance data released by the Colorado Department of Education last week.

This week's publishing highlights are a bumper crop of biography, science and fiction — including new reads the from authors of The Sweetness of Water, The God of Small Things, and Deadliest Enemy.

Malle takes over as the leader of American Vogue immediately. Malle, who has been with the publication since 2011, will still report to Anna Wintour who remains Condé Nast's chief content officer.

On today's newscast: Residents at Cavern Springs Mobile Home Park near Glenwood are trying to buy the land under their homes, but they’re having a hard time raising funds; The city of Aspen will ask voters to approve an $85-million bond for improvements to the Castle Creek water treatment facility; and Colorado's youth suicide rate has dropped to its lowest level in more than 15 years. Tune in for these stories and more.

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