Local News
Reporting on issues important to the Four Corners region.
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The new law grew out of a teen harm reduction movement in Durango, and several Durango teens helped write the bill. It provides good samaritan protections for teens and eliminates liability risk for schools and districts.
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The measure to remove the statute of limitations for all sexual abuse claims failed in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday, April 17.
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Wilson, the organization's executive director, spoke with KSUT's Tami Graham about their work.
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Native American speed skier Ross Anderson to be inducted during Park City event.
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The discovery of a rare Cranston printing press in Mancos sparked the creation of a community art space, illustrating the potential of rural places as artistic and creative hubs.
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The Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribal chairmen gave their annual address to the Colorado state legislature last week as part of the celebration of Ute Day at the capitol. It’s the tribes’ second annual address to the state.
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Young people leave their homes to explore and learn everywhere, not just in rural America. However, rural spaces offer some unique advantages that inspire many to return and bolster their communities.
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During Women’s History Month, the Women’s Resource Center, a nonprofit in Durango, celebrated ten women who work as community organizers in La Plata County.
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In Silverton, the tangled debate over how — and whether — to protect wetlands in town goes on and onThe Silverton board of trustees has been grappling with how to handle its wetlands amid a desperate need for housing since 2022. After pausing construction while they figure it out, they’re at it again.
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Immigrants from Mexico, Cambodia, Germany, and Russia recently gathered at the La Plata County Courthouse for their ceremony.
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A plan to ask President Joe Biden to use the Antiquities Act to create a 400,000-acre national monument along the Dolores River in Montrose and Mesa counties stirs concerns over crowds, mining, and motorized access.
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In January, the city announced a 3-year grant-funded position to elevate two local poets' voices. Zoe Golden and Esther Belin recently read their poetry at the Durango Public Library.
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The sport is growing in popularity on the Navajo Nation, even without a single bike shop.
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Buffalo Soldiers: reVision is a museum exhibit, book, and film that explores the complicated history of Buffalo Soldiers in the West. During American westward expansion, cavalries of Buffalo Soldiers participated in the removal of Indigenous peoples—a history artists are trying to reckon with.
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The health screening truck was set up near the Navajo Transitional Energy Company coal mine. Active and retired coal miners were screened for black lung, a disease from inhaling coal silica particles.
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Construction on the Sun Bear Solar Farm is set to start later in 2024 and will need more than 500 laborers and electricians.