Voices From the Edge of the Colorado Plateau
Voices From the Edge of the Colorado Plateau is a reporting collaboration between KSUT Public Radio and KSJD Community Radio. It seeks to cover underrepresented communities in the Four Corners.
The multi-year project will cover Native, Indigenous, Latino/Latina, and other communities across southwest Colorado.
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The Durango skate park and gathering place must leave its current downtown location. Skateboarders and community members recently celebrated the space at "Farewell Ramp Jam."
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The bill seeks to add a Climate Education Seal of Literacy to high school diplomas. Durango High School students helped advocate for the bill to state legislators.
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The international powwow hosted over 550 tribes from around the United States and over 200 from Canada. It included competitions in dance, singing, and drum groups.
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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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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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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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The school board vote comes after nearly a year of activism by a group of high school students in Durango. District administrators envision a policy that promotes training and limits legal exposure for schools.
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Durango’s 9R school district is proceeding cautiously on permitting students to carry an opioid-reversal drug called Narcan. The district has expressed concerns about possible adverse situations.
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At Durango’s 9R School District, administrators have taken a careful and measured approach to whether to allow students to carry Narcan on campus. One charter high school that operates outside the district has given students a bit of leeway on the issue.
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Students launched a harm-reduction campaign in Durango to push for permission to carry Narcan on campus and expressed concern about the slow response of administrators. Superintendent Karen Cheser told us that allowing students to carry Narcan is a complex issue, but there has been progress.
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After the Durango community lost one teenager to an opioid overdose, many high school students wondered how to prevent another. As a harm-reduction movement emerged, students began pushing for permission to carry Narcan in school. After months of back and forth with school administrators, teens decided to make their fight for drug policy change public.
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A single overdose in 2021 led to a teen harm reduction movement. Here is an account of two teens close to the individuals involved.
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Ed Kabotie is a provocative artist who mixes music and history from an Indigenous perspective. The musician and educator recently performed at the Canyon of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum.
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A new federal grant program will subsidize the projects on tribal lands. The program might support solar and hydro projects in the Four Corners.
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Last November, the Navajo Nation elected its youngest president and the first female vice president to hold that position. Nine of the 24 tribal council members elected are women. And in an election of firsts, the tribal council selected Crystalyne Curley as council speaker, the first woman ever to hold that position.
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Montezuma Youth Pride recently hosted its first-ever party for local LGBTQ+ youth.