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COVID-19 Update: San Juan Basin Public Health

Tribal Radio’s Sarah Flower talks with Executive Director of San Juan Basin Public Health Department, Liane Jollon, about what we’ve learned these past three years and what she thinks COVID-19 will look like in the years ahead.

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Avalanche danger in southwest Colorado

Three people died from avalanche-related deaths this past weekend in southwest Colo. With a winter storm warning in effect until Thursday morning, avalanche forecasters are asking backcountry enthusiasts to be cautious.

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Double your support for KSUT News with a matching grant on Colorado Gives Day, Tuesday, December 6

Double your support for KSUT News with a matching grant on Colorado Gives Day, Tuesday, December 6

All donations made to KSUT for Colorado Gives Day support its essential local and regional news coverage. Your pledge to KSUT will be matched by a grant from the Colorado Media Project and their #newsCOneeds campaign, up to $5000. This statewide campaign spotlights and supports great local journalism that serves our communities.

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Tribal breakthrough? Four states, six tribes announce first formal talks on Colorado River negotiating authority

Tribal breakthrough? Four states, six tribes announce first formal talks on Colorado River negotiating authority

Colorado and three other Upper Colorado River Basin states have, for the first time in history, embarked on a series of formal meetings to find a way to negotiate jointly with some of the largest owners of Colorado River water rights: tribal communities.

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COVID-19 updates for Aug. 23 -Aug. 30, 2022

COVID-19 updates for Aug. 23 -Aug. 30, 2022

COVID metrics across Colorado are showing a downturn of cases and hospitalization rates. However, locally, those trends are increasing and both La Plata and Archuleta Counties are at level medium with transmission. KSUT’s Sarah Flower joins San Juan Basin Public Health Department to talk about amending the current public health advisory and the potential for an omicron specific fall booster.

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Experts explain the monkeypox virus and global health emergency

Experts explain the monkeypox virus and global health emergency

Another virus is making headlines across the globe. The world health organization has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. KSUT’s Sarah Flower talks with the infection disease department at Mercy regional medical center about monkeypox and how transmissible this virus really is.

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Vaccines for children under five-years-old approved by the CDC while high transmission of COVID-19 reported in La Plata County

Vaccines for children under five-years-old approved by the CDC while high transmission of COVID-19 reported in La Plata County

La Plata County is now reporting high levels of community transmission on COVID-19, and several variants are being detected in wastewater samples. This comes at a time when the CDC and FDA has approved vaccines for children as young as 6 months.

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Emergency Preparedness: Part 2, La Plata County and Southern Ute Indian Tribe enter Stage II Fire Restrictions

Emergency Preparedness: Part 2, La Plata County and Southern Ute Indian Tribe enter Stage II Fire Restrictions

La Plata County is experiencing higher than normal temperatures, windy conditions and very little rain. In part 2 KSUT’s Sarah Flower talks with the county’s emergency preparedness team on how they handle and execute emergency information to its residence.

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Southern Ute Indian Tribe recognizes Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives on National Day of Awareness for MMIP

Southern Ute Indian Tribe recognizes Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives on National Day of Awareness for MMIP

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness Day is officially recognized by the Southern Ute Tribal Council on May 5th. On the same day, the United States Department of the Interior announced its collaboration with the Not Invisible Act Commission, a national group addressing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s crisis in Indian Country.

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Covid-19 the latest updates

Covid-19 the latest updates

The state of Colorado announced a new chapter in mitigation measures to COVID-19 and lessened restrictions across the state.

KSUT’s Sarah Flower talks with Liane Jollon, executive director of San Juan Basin Public Health, about this new road map and gives an update about a recent ruling on a lawsuit against the health department.

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