Clark Adomaitis
ReporterClark Adomaitis is a local news reporter for KSUT. He was previously the reporter for the Voices from the Edge of the Colorado Plateau reporting project.
In 2024, Clark won several awards from the Colorado Broadcasters Association, and his stories have aired on NPR stations nationwide.
Originally from New York City, he graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in 2021, where he reported sound-rich stories on the state of recycling and composting in the city. Before his graduate studies, he wrote lifestyle spreads about local food and drink for the City College of New York's Campus Magazine. In his free time, he produces experimental hip-hop music.
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The college's board of trustees appointed Heather Shotton as the first Indigenous president of the Durango-based institution. Fort Lewis has a complicated history with Native Americans, as it was a federal Indian boarding school from 1892 to 1909. -
Tribes defend Grand Staircase-Escalante in southern Utah as Trump Admin focuses on energy productionIn March, representatives of six tribes announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition to work to protect the national monument. -
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe will use the money to renovate the Pool Canyon Trail, which has been closed since 2021 due to erosion and rock slides. Tribal members and environmentalists will complete the restoration project later this year. -
This year marks a century since the Denver Art Museum began collecting Indigenous art from North America. To celebrate the anniversary, the museum is putting on a series of exhibitions throughout the year.
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The December 15 event was billed as a peaceful response to a group called the Free Land Holders' attempt to lay claim to more than 1,000 acres of public land in the San Juan National Forest. -
In The Paranormal Ranger, author Stanley Milford, Jr. shares his encounters with the supernatural and intertwines them with the Navajo creation stories that have shaped his cultural identity. As he reveals the chilling details, he steps into a space that is both expected and taboo, daring to shed light on mysteries that most would leave untouched. -
The measure will reallocate county lodger’s tax revenue for affordable housing and childcare. -
The 9-R School District banned flags in response to a parental complaint. Community support influenced board members’ decision to remove the ban. -
A group called the Free Land Holders fenced off more than 1,400 acres of national forest land in southwest Colorado this week and released a proclamation declaring ownership of the tract. Community members quickly showed up and began removing miles of the barbed wire fence. -
A new Netflix film follows the Chuska Warriors, a high school basketball team from a town on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. A Shiprock-based designer created the team’s basketball uniforms, which reclaim Native American imagery.
