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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In 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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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The protest is happening outside of the ICE field office in Durango after a man and his two children were detained Monday morning. Advocates say the family is seeking asylum and has an active case. There were reports that officials responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. -
The data system will be used to track cases and support the families of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. -
History Colorado will host listening sessions for survivors of federal Indian boarding schools and descendants across the state. Two sessions will take place in Durango in October and November.
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The conference in White Mesa, Utah, focused on abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation and the operating uranium mill near the Ute Mountain Ute community in White Mesa. -
The project, which would bring fresh water to over 200,000 people, was authorized under the Obama Administration in 2009. The federal government is contributing $2.2 billion to the project.
