Rocky Mountain Community Radio
Explore vital journalism produced by reporters at Rocky Mountain Community Radio (RMCR) stations.
RMCR is a network of public media stations. KSUT is part of the RMCR coalition. Other stations include:
• KSJD/Cortez
• KOTO/Telluride
• KZMU/Moab
• KVNF/Paonia-Montrose
• KDNK/Carbondale-Glenwood Springs
• Aspen Public Radio
... and others.
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The short documentary won the People’s Choice Award at this year's 5Point Adventure Film Festival and will be showing at the festival's encore screening on Saturday, May 4. The film follows Triston Chaney and his Alaskan Yup'ik family as they fight to protect their culture and fishing livelihood against a proposed mining project.
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With each passing day, small business owners who depend on the highway are calculating the impacts of the U.S. 50 closure between Montrose and Gunnison around the dinner table. Hear a conversation with one family in Montrose whose livelihood is being significantly affected.
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The high school mariachi band recently wrapped up a six-day trip to Boulder County, Colorado, on a tour that brought healing to two communities still reeling from mass shootings that took place a year apart.
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Twenty-five years after his son was killed at Columbine, Tom Mauser reflects on curbing gun violenceApril 20 was the 25th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting, where 13 people were murdered in a Littleton high school. Tom Mauser lost his son Daniel that day and has been fighting for gun reform ever since.
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The Roaring Fork School District officials say that they could introduce drug-sniffing dogs as early as this spring. They’ve got a general idea of how the system will work, but the practice could leave the school district vulnerable to lawsuits.
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Across the region, Planned Parenthoods are seeing a spike in out-of-state patients. Many of Colorado’s neighboring states have enacted strict abortion laws in the past two years, leaving many with no choice but to travel for care.
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On March 28, the city of Denver cleared out an immigrant camp at Elitch Gardens, an amusement park at the edge of downtown. About 60 people, mostly from Venezuela, have camped there for several weeks in the shadow of the waterslides and roller coasters.
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Several inmates at Delta County Jail were able to get replacement photo IDs and driver’s licenses through the Colorado Mobile DMV Initiative, also known as DMV2GO.
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Leadville hosted its 76th annual Ski Joring competition, one of the longest continuous-running skijoring events in the world and one which has helped bolster the town through boom-and-bust mining cycles.
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The pilot UPK program served more total 4-year-olds, but new standards have reduced support for other vulnerable preschoolers.
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March 22, 2024, marks the third anniversary of the shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, where ten people were killed.
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In this episode, Navajo Nation homes get new addresses; people are 1moving back to rural places like Montezuma County, and more.
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April showers bring May flowers, and spring snow storms bring… more snow plows! In a rare treat during one such storm, News Director Hattison Rensberry took a ride with one to get a taste of what happens when a snow storm hits our region.
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Aspen School District officials are trying to lessen classroom distractions caused by cellphones. Most students think new restrictions are unnecessary, while some value technology breaks. But it’s unclear how these kinds of policies affect students suffering from smartphone addiction.
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The goal is to make voter registration easier and more accurate. But the new addresses have had other benefits, like faster emergency response times and better mail service.
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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.