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Colorado’s Oldest Synagogue Closes, And This Man Could’ve Been The First Black Astronaut

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The holiest days of the Jewish year are coming up, but a synagogue in Trinidad, near the New Mexico border, won't hold services for the first time in 127 years. It's been operating longer than any other synagogue in Colorado, but has been sold and is closing. Then, an online petition wants Colorado's Ed Dwight Jr. to become an honorary astronaut. He was the first African-American candidate for the U.S Space program, but following the death of President John F. Kennedy, Dwight was cut from the program. Plus, how budget cuts have hurt one Colorado school district, and an upcoming closure on a main road into Rocky Mountain National Park.