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Jeremy Wade Shockley/The Southern Ute DrumIn December 2024, a rupture on an Enterprise Products pipeline on tribal and county land near Durango caused tens of thousands of gallons of refined gasoline to spill onto Florida Mesa. Now, the Environmental Protection Agency is getting involved in the cleanup process. -
Tyrone TurnerAn executive order in May prohibited federal agencies from providing funding to NPR and prevented public radio stations from using federal funding to pay for NPR programs. KSUT is a co-plaintiff and argues that the lawsuit remains relevant, despite Congress's rescission package this summer. -
Kane talks about his love for history and his new book. The Durango-based teen recently self-published 'World On Fire: A Middle Schooler Looks at World War II.' -
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsToo few people practice it for numbers to show up in national religious studies.
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Several dozen tribal radio stations were caught in the crossfire of federal funding cuts this fall. NPR's Frank Langfitt visited one station in Colorado navigating its survival. -
Southern Ute Indian Tribe responds to a judge dismissing a tribal lawsuit over online sports bettingIn October, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes against Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Division of Gaming over online sports betting. The tribes say the state violated federal gaming laws and damaged state-tribal relations. -
The family that was detained last month in Durango by ICE agents is asking to be voluntarily deported back to Colombia. -
Kino Benally’s unique ability to capture sounds from the environment and orchestrate them into music—whether for film or for dancing—has earned him widespread admiration. -
The Trump administration has announced its intention to rescind a 10-mile buffer zone prohibiting future oil and gas drilling around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The buffer zone was established under the Biden administration in 2023. -
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Nearly 200 concerned community members filled the Durango City Hall chamber. -
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Masked federal agents pulled Fernando Jaramillo-Solano over after mistaking him for someone else, but arrested him and his two children anyway, according to advocates. -
On Monday, a protest erupted outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Bodo Park just after ICE detained one adult and two children. The protest continued for over 24 hours before ICE agents used pepper spray and rubber bullets.
