KSUT|Sarah Flower |OCT.13, 2021 Colorado is preparing their COVID-19 vaccine rollout as early as next week for children ages 5-11. This comes at a time when Colorado health officials say that the same demographic had a 400% increase in cases during the months of...
By Deepa Shivaram| Published October 26, 2021, at 10:48 AM MDT A textbook published by Hodder Education asks students whether treatment of Native Americans was “exaggerated.” The textbook is no longer being sold, Hodder said. A textbook on U.S. history...
By SARAH FLOWER Katheryn Maloney, San Juan Basin Public HealthA Southwest Colorado Regional Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) volunteer administers a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the La Plata County Fairgrounds on Saturday, October 23, 2021. The Food and Drug...
By MAGGIE MULLEN • OCT 13, 2021 An aerial photograph of the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada.ECOFLIGHT / ECOFLIGHT News Brief On Friday, President Biden signed proclamations to formally restore the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand...
By Maggie Mullen • Oct 15, 2021 An image of COVID-19 data for American Indian communities across the country. Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health / News brief When Navajo Nation saw its first cases of COVID-19 in March 2020, Jourdan Bennett-Begaye started...
KUNC | By Robyn Vincent Published October 21, 2021 at 7:34 PM MDT A view of the mountains on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. News Brief Many American towns and metropolises have initiated unions with international locales – “sister cities,” where citizens...
By Scott Neuman Published October 19, 2021 at 8:20 AM MDT Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a speech during his visit to Tk’emlups the Secwepemc First Nation in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada on Monday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
By Nell Clark Published October 19, 2021 at 10:25 AM MDT Charles “Chuck” F. Sams III is President Biden’s pick to lead the National Parks Service. Charles “Chuck” F. Sams III could soon become the first Native American to head the...
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock/Shutterstock As the Food and Drug Administration has approved booster shots for the Pfizer vaccine, information on the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters is still pending, but expected soon. KSUT speaks with Liane Jollon of San...
By Jey Born, Aisha Turner, Emma Bowman Published October 15, 2021 at 3:09 AM MDT Grete Bergman, left, and Sarah Whalen-Lunn at their StoryCorps recording in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2018. Grete Bergman had long wanted to get traditional facial markings, a practice for...
KSUT’s Sarah Flower talks with hospital executives from San Juan Regional Medical Center on how they’re handling this latest surge. Four Corners Public Radio | By Sarah Flower Published October 15, 2021 at 9:04 AM MDT The county’s number of positive...
By Jonathan P. Thompson/The Land Desk Published October 8, 2021 at 3:07 PM MDT The Valley of the Gods, pictured here, will once again be part of Bears Ears National Monument. Jonathan P. Thompson / President Joe Biden announced Thursday he will restore Bears Ears...
By Emma Bowman Published October 11, 2021 at 1:47 AM MDT Protesters marched in an Indigenous Peoples Day rally in Boston on Oct. 10, 2020, as part of a demonstration to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Boston made that change last week. This...
By Deepa Shivaram Published October 7, 2021 at 6:00 PM MDT President Biden will restore the boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts national monuments at a signing ceremony on Friday, the administration announced on...
By SARAH FLOWER Stasia LanierColorado 2021 State Ballot Information Booklets are arriving in mailboxes this week, mail-in ballots should arrive next week. Mail-in ballots for registered voters across Colorado should arrive in mailboxes next week. KSUT’s Sarah Flower...
By Rae Ellen Bichell/Kaiser Health News Published October 4, 2021 at 10:04 PM MDT Mark DugganSilverton, Colorado This story was originally published in the Colorado Sun. San Juan County, Colorado, can boast that 99.9% of its eligible population has received at least...
By Kevin Beaty/Denverite Published October 4, 2021 at 11:24 AM MDT Colorado Public RadioRaul (10) competes in a grass dance competition at the Denver Art Museum Friendship Powwow and American Indian Cultural Celebration at the Denver Indian Center on...
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock/ShutterstockSilverton, in San Juan County, Colorado has one of the highest vaccination rates in the U.S., yet they’re still seeing cases of COVID-19. A pharmaceutical company has released data about a pill that could reduce...
By SARAH FLOWER Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet As the U.S. Senate voted to avoid a government shutdown on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will move forward with a vote on the president’s $1 Trillion infrastructure bill. In her exclusive interview...
By Rachel Treisman Published September 30, 2021 at 7:36 AM MDT People march during the Every Child Matters walk in honor of children who lost their lives in Canada’s Residential School system, in Toronto, Canada, on July 1. Thursday is Canada’s first-ever...
Thank you to listeners around the Four Corners for their vote of confidence, garnering KSUT its 9th consecutive “Best Radio Station” honor in the annual Durango Herald Best of Durango and La Plata County Awards. We don’t take this award for granted,...
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock/Shutterstock Covid-19 booster shots are available, but who is eligible to receive them and when? In today’s Covid-19 update, Sarah Flower speaks with Liane Jollon, from San Juan Basin Public Health to help clarify some of those...
By STAFF Robert Ortiz/KSUT Staff Thank you to all of our new and existing members, business members and increased sustainers who contributed during our Fall Fund Drive this week! Additional thanks to the sponsors and guests who joined us on-air, donated prize...
By Sarah Flower Recent national media coverage of Gabby Petito sheds light on the vast differences in how it’s covered nationally compared to other races. I talked to with two Native American women who are activists in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous...
Four Corners Public Radio Shutterstock/Shutterstock It’s the last day of our annual Fall Fund Drive and your final chance to pledge your support for KSUT, for entry into our grand prize drawing for a trip to Mexico! Here’s what else is happening:...
Four Corners Public Radio Published September 22, 2021 at 10:06 PM MDT Shutterstock/Shutterstock It’s Books & Coffee Day, day 4 of our annual Fall Fund Drive. Here’s what’s happening: Our guests today include:8-9 AM: KSUT Reporter Sarah...
Four Corners Public Radio Shutterstock/ShutterstockView from Purgatory Resort. Day three of our annual Fall Fund Drive is Ski Day on KSUT. Here’s what’s happening: Our guests today include:8-9 AM: Charles Leslie, Community Concert Hall at Fort...
Four Corners Public Radio Published September 20, 2021 at 10:17 PM MDT Courtesy Of Osprey Packs It’s Outdoor Gear Day, the second day of our annual Fall Fund Drive. Here’s what’s happening: Our guests today include:8-9 AM: KSUT Alumni Bruce Campbell...
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock/Shutterstock Pfizer is reporting that their preliminary information on vaccines for children ages 5 through 11 indicates it’s safe and effective. In this week’s COVID-19 Update, KSUT’s Sarah Flower spoke with Liane Jollon of...
Four Corners Public Radio Published September 20, 2021 at 7:17 AM MDT Mark DugganLong Table Farm at Durango Farmers Market Today is the first day of our annual Fall Fund Drive, and the theme is Growers & Gardeners Day. Here’s what’s happening: Our...
Four Corners Public Radio | By KSUT Staff Published September 16, 2021 at 4:42 PM MDT KSUT is launching a weekly newsmagazine, Four Corners Edition. Every Friday at 8:30 AM, we’ll explore news and issues important to the region. Hear stories and reporting...
By Sofia Stuart-Rasi/KSJD Published September 15, 2021 at 3:16 PM MDT Niagara Rockbridge is crowned at the Miss Navajo Nation event, in a screenshot taken from the event’s video stream. The 69th Miss Navajo Nation Pageant concluded on Saturday. Large in-person...
By Joy Martin/The Colorado Sun Published September 15, 2021 at 2:33 PM MDT Ben Brashear, Special To The Colorado SunWith all travel, lodging, and food costs covered through the Native American Agricultural Fund, Fort Lewis College student Kalyn Kervin has access to...
KUNC | By Scott Franz Published September 14, 2021 at 5:52 PM MDT Heidi Ganahl is hoping to become Colorado’s first Republican governor in more than a decade. The University of Colorado regent from Lone Tree formally launched her campaign Tuesday morning at a diner in...
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock/Shutterstock With the Biden administration’s recent announcement of mandating vaccines for some workforce environments throughout the country, KSUT’s Sarah Flower talks with Liane Jollon, Executive Director of San Juan Basin Public...
KSUT is pleased to welcome The Dream Warriors back to Southwest Colorado. The Dream Warriors are a collective of Indigenous recording artists, who provide education, training and musical performances to Native American communities throughout Indian Country....
Four Corners Public Radio | By Sarah Flower Published September 8, 2021 at 11:15 PM MDT Sarah FlowerAaron Kimble from Mountain Studies Institute (left) speaks to Senator Michael Bennet (right) and local officials at Lion’s Den at Fort Lewis College. Colorado...
Fresh Air | By Terry Gross Published September 7, 2021 at 10:46 AM MDT Joy Harjo’s memoir is <em>Poet Warrior. </em>She plays saxophone and recites poetry on the new album, <em>I Pray for My Enemies.</em> Joy Harjo, the nation’s first Native...
By SARAH FLOWER Dr. Ellen Paul, Chair And Professor Of History At Fort Lewis CollegeHundreds gathered for a ceremony at the Fort Lewis College clocktower on Monday to celebrate the removal of Indian boarding school panels. Sweet grass and sage filled the air at the...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Monica Castillo/CPR News Published September 7, 2021 at 11:42 AM MDT Colorado Public RadioIn Telluride on Sunday, August 29, 2021. As the Telluride Film Festival gets ready to roll out its welcome mat, the talk of the town isn’t on the...
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock/Shutterstock Beginning this week, every school district in Southwest Colorado is opening their doors for in-person learning. In this week’s Covid-19 update, KSUT’s Sarah Flower spoke with San Juan Basin Public Health Department about...
By Cory Turner Published September 1, 2021 at 7:41 AM MDT A student attends summer classes at E.N. White School in Holyoke, Mass. In a new survey of school superintendents, 75% of respondents said they were using federal COVID-19 relief dollars to pay for summer...
Four Corners Public Radio Ursala HudsonYoga classes will be offered at the Ponderosa Pavilion at 8:30 AM Saturday and Sunday. In addition to the Main Stage, Late Night Stage, Workshops and Kids Tent, we’re pleased to offer the following extra activities free to...
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock/Shutterstock The Colorado State Board of Health voted in an emergency session on Monday to mandate vaccines for healthcare workers in high risk settings. KSUT’s Sarah Flower spoke with San Juan Basin Public Health about this, and recent...
By Cory Turner Published August 30, 2021 at 12:35 PM MDT Nashville kindergarten teacher Amber Updegrove leads her class in a lesson earlier this month. On Monday, the U.S. Education Department announced an investigation into Tennessee’s requirement that schools...
Four Corners Public Radio Published August 27, 2021 at 3:27 PM MDT This year’s Four Corners Folk Festival has a great late-night lineup, with four bonus sets at the Ponderosa Pavilion, Friday and Saturday nights, generously sponsored by 4 Corners Organics....
By Sam Yellowhorse Kesler Published August 28, 2021 at 4:00 AM MDT This cemetery on the grounds of Carlisle Barracks holds the remains of students from the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School. After the remains of more than 1,300 First Nations students were...
SARAH FLOWER Governor Jared Polis screenshot from Press Conference 8/25/21 Observers were expecting Colorado Governor Jared Polis to announce a mask mandate at Wednesday’s press conference, but Polis says the state does not need to implement one just yet. KSUT’s...
Four Corners Public Radio Courtesy Of Valerie June/ We regret to announce that Lucinda Williams has canceled her performance at the 2021 Four Corners Folk Festival, citing her health in a statement from management: “Our apologies for this, but it is with deep regret...
By Sharon Pruitt-Young Three girls pose for photos after getting their hair braided by Brittany Starks and other volunteers. In homes, churches and in braiding shops around Nashville, Brittany Starks and a team of dedicated volunteers are helping parents lighten their...
By Joe Hernandez, Joe Neel, Rob Stein A nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Pasadena, Calif., on Aug. 19. Updated August 25, 2021 at 8:37 AM ET Johnson & Johnson says it has evidence that people who received its...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Clarissa Guy/Rocky Mountain PBS Rocky Mountain PBSSupporters of the Hughes Land Back initiative gather in Fort Collins. An alliance of Native and Indigenous leaders is asking for Colorado State University (CSU) to return 165 acres once...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Mark Duggan KSUT is introducing a new short feature to our weekend programming lineup. Garden Guys is hosted by Tom Bartels and Darrin Parmenter. Hear Garden Guys on KSUT Saturday mornings at 8:35 (during Weekend Edition).The first...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Chris Aaland In the interest of public safety, and due to a rapidly changing health environment, KSUT and the Four Corners Folk Festival have amended their health and safety protocols for this year’s event, to be held on Reservoir...
Jessica KirwanAs students return to school, activity at the Covid testing site at Fort Lewis College has increased with the spread of the Delta variant. Kids are returning to school for in-person learning during a surge of positive COVID-19 cases, mostly driven by the...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Olivia Prentzel, John Ingold, and Michael Booth/The Colorado Sun Published August 20, 2021 at 6:27 PM MDT Mark DugganSan Juan County, Colorado, home to the town of Silverton, has 81% of residents vaccinated. But more than 29 cases of...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Thy Vo/The Colorado Sun Stephanie A. Terry CC BY-SA 4.0 <Https://Creativecommons.Org/Licenses/By-Sa/4.0>, Via Wikimedia CommonsSite of the November 29, 1864, massacre of more than 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people–mostly women and...
Four Corners Public Radio Courtesy Of Darrell Scott Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Darrell Scott has been added to the 2021 Four Corners Folk Festival lineup. He replaces the Irish band JigJam who unfortunately had to cancel due to Covid-related travel...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Seth Boster/Denver Gazette Published August 16, 2021 at 5:12 PM MDT The Gazette/Wildflowers line a trail along the Rio Grande, with Blanca Peak in the distance. In the fields beyond Alamosa, it was a rare morning. Cleave Simpson found...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Sarah Flower Stasia LanierIgnacio High School in Ignacio, Colorado. 9R’s unanimous vote Thursday night mandates face coverings as part of the dress code. It also sets them apart among school districts in southwest Colorado. But the...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Chris Aaland Ksutpresents.Org/Four Corners Folk Festival Attendees, staff, volunteers and performers will be required to present proof of full Covid-19 vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test in order to attend the 25th annual Four...
Four Corners Public Radio Courtesy Cristina Vane/ Nashville-based Cristina Vane is on the road in support of her debut CD Nowhere Sounds Lovely, and will join host Tami Graham in KSUT’s new performance studio, Wednesday at 1:30 PM. Born in...
By Joe Hernandez Published August 10, 2021 at 10:41 AM MDT A child watches as a nurse administers a shot of COVID-19 vaccine during a pop-up vaccination event at Lynn Family Stadium on April 26, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. Updated August 10, 2021 at 3:01 PM ET...
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock/ShutterstockSan Juan Basin Public Health is recommending masks for students, especially those under the age of 12, due to the spread of the Delta Variant. The Delta variant is the most dominant strain of COVID-19 across the state and...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Kate Perdoni, Rocky Mountain PBSPublished August 6, 2021 at 7:00 AM MDT Rocky Mountain Public Media/The Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center’s new exhibit takes a look at an oft-ignored part of Colorado’s history....
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock/Shutterstock Vaccine conspiracy theories have increased in recent months around the available COVID-19 vaccinations. In part-two of reporter Sarah Flower’s interview with pediatricians across the state, they discuss these myths and...
By SARAH FLOWER Dr. Kelly Miller with Pediatric Partners of the Southwest, KSUT’s Sarah Flower, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Dr. Jessica Cataldi from Children’s Hospital Colorado, and Denver pediatrician Dr. Rusha Lev. With schools across...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Sarah Tory/The Colorado Sun Corey Robinson, Special To The Colorado TrustDue to record drought conditions, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Farm & Ranch Enterprise in southwest Colorado is operating on a fraction of the water needed to...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Claire Cleveland/CPR News Courtesy Of The Museum Of Western ColoradoThe Teller Institute was one of more than 350 federally run boarding schools in the U.S. to assimilate Native American children. It closed in 1911 and now a state task...
Shutterstock/Shutterstock The Center for Disease Control is expected to announce new guidelines today on mask wearing for those that are vaccinated and returning to school. KSUT’s Sarah Flower spoke with Brian Devine, Deputy Incident Commander for COVID-19 Response at...
Four Corners Public Radio Shutterstock/Shutterstock San Juan Basin Public Health will host vaccine clinics at KSUT’s two Parties in the Park in Durango this Friday and Pagosa Springs this Saturday. They will have two tents at each event – one for education and...
By SARAH FLOWER Mercy Regional Medical Center With the latest number of Covid-19 cases trending upward and the Delta variant’s rapid spread, health officials across the nation are concerned that the pandemic is heading in the wrong direction. Area doctors are...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Chris Aaland Tami Graham/The Afrobeatniks will open KSUT’s Party in the Park in both Durango and Pagosa Springs. KSUT will hold two of its signature “Party in the Park” events this month – Friday, July 30 in Durango’s...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Lindsey Toomer Darwin sniffs out a bumblebee on Pennsylvania Mountain Friday, July 9. Darwin is currently the only bumblebee-focused conservation dog in the U.S. Photo from Jacqueline Staab Jacqueline Staab found a way to combine her two...
By SARAH FLOWER A Colorado Mobile Vaccine Clinic will be at the Ignacio Public Library, July 29, 12-7 PM, and the Walmart in Cortez from 2-7 PM. The Center for Disease Control says that the new more contagious Delta variant is the dominant coronavirus strain in the...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Judith Kohler Helen H. Richardson/DP/THE DENVER POST THORNTON, COLORADO – MAY 19: The drilling rig at the Ivey Pad site is visible from miles away on May 19, 2021 in Thornton, Colorado.The Ivey Pad site in Adams County is operated...
By JENNIFER CASTOR, ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS Rocky Mountain Public Media/Resident Conductor Christopher Dragon leads a rehearsal. by Jennifer Castor, Rocky Mountain PBS “We are on the other side, with one foot still on the line.” It was almost exactly one year ago when...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Rae Ellen Bichell Lydia Zuraw/KHN)/Wyoming’s Platte County and Colorado’s San Miguel County each have a population of a little over 8,000 people. Both counties entered June 2021 with high covid transmission rates and sustained them for...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Jenny Brundin Mark Duggan For KSUT Colleges are keenly focused not just on who is coming in the door but who’s staying. As the pandemic picked up steam, officials at Fort Lewis College in Durango asked this question: “How do we express...
By SARAH FLOWER Mercy Regional Medical Center/ Dr. Jennifer Rupp As the community grieves the recent loss of a child due to the plague, KSUT’s Sarah Flower spoke with Dr. Jennifer Rupp, Infectious Disease Specialist with Mercy Regional Medical Center about...
Four Corners Public Radio | By Judy Fahys Like other climate scientists, he knew from research papers and worldwide storm patterns that a warming atmosphere is thirstier and sops up more moisture from oceans and the land. “But, in the Southwest, we’ve seen the...
By SARAH FLOWER As the Delta Variant rages across the country, KSUT’s Sarah Flower spoke with Brian Devine of San Juan Basin Public Health about how it’s affecting Southwest Colorado. Transcript: Sarah Flower 00:00Hi, I’m Sarah flower with KSUT News....
By SARAH FLOWER Shutterstock Laboratory testing has confirmed a case of the plague in La Plata County that led to a fatality. KSUT’s Sarah Flower has more. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in conjunction with San Juan Basin Public Health...
Information Provided By AMY J. BARRY, PIO/Incident Management Team As new variants spread throughout the country, the State of Colorado, and throughout La Plata County, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe continues to be proactive with health and safety actions...
By LUKE RUNYON Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, has been hit hard by warming temperatures and downstream demands.LUKE RUNYON / KUNC Originally published on July 7, 2021 4:12 pm The Colorado River is tapped out. Another dry year has left the...
By SARAH FLOWER San Juan Basin Public Health is reporting several recent Covid-19 outbreaks in La Plata and Archuleta counties. Covid’s Delta variant is believed to be the cause. KSUT’s Sarah Flower spoke with Brian Devine, SJBPH COVID-19 Response Deputy...
By KYLE MACKIE/KHOL RADIO St. Stephens Indian School is a former federal Indian boarding school that now operates under the control of the Bureau of Indian Education and the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes.COURTESY OF ST. STEPHENS INDIAN SCHOOL A...
By KATHLEEN SHANNON/KDNK RADIO The cost of housing is rising across the West. And for some people who were already dealing with housing insecurity, COVID-19 was the tipping point. But there are signs of hope. Kathleen Russell with KDNK Radio in Carbondale reports on...
By WILL WALKEY/KHOL RADIO Townhomes on Meadow Ridge Road in Vail, Colorado, that were converted to deed-restricted properties through Vail InDEED. COURTESY OF GEORGE RUTHER As the demand to live in the Mountain West continues to explode, the housing crunch for local...
By KSUT STAFF Here’s Hollis Walker, opinion editor of the Durango Herald, with the 20th commentary in the series FOCUS 2021, Doing Business Better: “Our View: More Tourism?”. The views and opinions in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the...
By MICHAEL BOOTH/THE COLORADO SUN The Dolores River between Naturita and Gateway, Colorado during a year of higher flows. Photo from July, 2019MARK DUGGAN The Dolores River between Naturita and Gateway, Colorado during a year of higher flows. Photo from July, 2019MARK...
By STINA SIEG/CPR NEWS A sign depicting Grand Junction Central High School’s soon-to-be-former mascot stands at the school.COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO After 75 years, Grand Junction’s Central High School will keep the name Warriors, but the school’s mascot — that...
