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How much input a school board member should give when it comes to the district budget was a matter of debate during Wednesday’s Roaring Fork School District School Board meeting. Board Member Jasmin Ramirez requested…

Thanks to the USDA’s decision to extend the waiver program, schools across the country will be able to provide free meals to their students through June 2022. The extension was discussed at the previous Roaring Fork School Board meeting where Superintendent Rob Stein clarified that even though applications aren’t required from students and families to receive the meals, it is still important that they fill them out. “The main point is we still want people to continue, if they think they q...

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The promise of CRISPR for curing congenital eye disorders What is city talk? Keziya is a health research professional specialising in biotechnology. Genome editing is emerging as a powerful tool with the potential to eliminate a range of genetic disorders. Now the CRISPR-cas9 gene-editing tool, which is adapted from the bacterial anti-viral defense system, has broken new scientific ground by being directly administered into the body of live patients for the first time, in a...

A lawsuit filed by a former Glenwood Springs High School student and her family against the local school district and a GSHS administrator/coach is headed for a settlement. In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver in January 2020 — Jane Doe vs. Roaring Fork School District and Patrick Engle — the family alleged district and school officials mishandled a student harassment case involving their daughter and other students in the fall of 2017. Plaintiffs said their daughter was su...

Swiss Billionaire Quietly Becomes Influential Force Among Democrats Hansjörg Wyss, who recently dropped his bid to buy Tribune Publishing, has been a leading source of difficult-to-trace money to groups associated with Democrats. Hansjörg Wyss, who was born in Switzerland, first visited the United States as an exchange student in 1958, and became enchanted with America’s national parks and public lands. After becoming wealthy, he began donating his fortune primarily to conservation and envi...

© press Swiss national Hansjörg Wyss has pumped millions of dollars into helping Democrats win in U.S. elections A billionaire Swiss national, who doesnt appear to be an American citizen, has spent over $200 million on influencing U.S. elections on behalf of Joe Biden and Democrat candidates, a bombshell new report has revealed. An explosive report from The New York Times outlines how Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has become a top player in secretly influencing Americas politics. Accor...

How can Roaring Fork schools make best use of $4 million? That question drove discussion among school board members Wednesday after the Roaring Fork School District received its third round of Esser federal funds (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds). The district is currently planning how to spend the surplus in a way that is best for the district, Chief Financial Officer Nathan Markham explained at the board meeting Wednesday night the parameters set in place for how the fu...

The Roaring Fork School District announced plans at Wednesday’s school board meeting to provide COVID-19 vaccine clinics for students by the end of the school year.

Rob Stein is a correspondent and senior editor on NPRs science desk. An award-winning science journalist with more than 30 years of experience, Stein mostly covers health and medicine. He tends to focus on stories that illustrate the intersection of science, health, politics, social trends, ethics, and federal science policy. He tracks genetics, stem cells, cancer research, womens health issues, and other science, medical, and health policy news. Before NPR, Stein worked at The Washington Post...