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A new bill would let victims of child labor violations sue for remedies not included in standard workers compensation.

The Bureau of Reclamation is responding to a state request and suspending ramped up releases from a major reservoir along the Colorado River.

The four-bill package covers red flag laws, waiting periods for gun purchases, age requirements for gun purchases and liability for firearms manufacturers. Republicans promise fierce opposition to the proposed measures.

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has Wednesday's updates, including a threat to Summit County Schools causing a "secure lockout" at educational facilities up and down the Roaring Fork Valley this morning.

The Ute Mountain Ute tribe’s chairman, Manuel Heart, and the Southern Ute tribe’s chairman, Melvin J Baker, praised lawmakers for working with the tribes, but said they have also been left out of important legislation in the past.

The process of getting Amache under the National Park Service umbrella involved years of effort. It means more funding for preservation in the short term. But no matter who administers the site, everyone involved hopes the survivors – and their stories – stay front and center.

It started with a teacher who saw an opportunity to do a living history project and wound up volunteering to keep up the site at Amache for 30 years. Today, historians, survivors, and archaeologists are fighting to preserve the history there.

The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is something many don’t know about. The descendants of those imprisoned at Amache are sharing their family stories and helping to shed light on this dark period in history.

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry has Wednesday's news, including a forecast for dangerous conditions in the backcountry this week. Also, gas prices continued their drop during the holidays. And the field is set for March 2023's municipal elections in Aspen.