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Oct. 1, 2024: Grocery store merger heads to court; Colorado’s Filipino community celebrates 70 years

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Shoppers leave a City Market store in Cañon City on March 22, 2023. City’s Market’s parent company, Kroger, is seeking to buy Albertsons. The merger has set off alarm bells in some rural communities that already have few grocery store options.

The Colorado lawsuit to stop what would be the largest grocery store merger in U.S. history heads to court. We look at what it could mean for shoppers. Then, the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley faces scrutiny after claims of an unsafe workplace and inhumane living conditions. Plus, a 70th anniversary milestone for Colorado's Filipino community. And new citizens sign up to vote for the first time.