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NPR for Cortez and the Four Corners. KSJD's mission is to inform and empower the people of the Four Corners through news, music, and public media service. ksjd.org Cortez, CO Joined August 2009-
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20 years after the murder of a Native American man on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation, the FBI says it’s offering a new $10,000 reward for any information about the crime. ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-l…
Delbert Anderson is rallying musicians from the Four Corners to perform his compositions, where one note comes every few months. In Farmington, New Mexico, Anderson teaches the community about the historical impact of the Long Walk of the Navajo. ksjd.org/2024-01-04/nav…
Farmers, landowners and local government agencies will come together on Wednesday in Towaoc, on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation, for the latest listening session on a plan to protect and manage the Mancos River. ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-l…
After nearly 20 years of keeping Montezuma County informed, the final issue of the Four Corners Free Press recently hit newsstands across Cortez and the Four Corners region. ksjd.org/2024-01-27/all…
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe says they were never meaningfully consulted by the state of Colorado about the reintroduction of gray wolves or the potential consequences it could have for tribal ranchers on the West Slope. @KSJDRadio ksjd.org/2024-01-22/col…
The EPA has announced that it reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority that means the NTUA has agreed to improve wastewater treatment facilities in Chinle, Kayenta and Tuba City, Arizona. ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-l…
On Friday, a Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council Member was indicted by a grand jury for 12 counts of alleged sexual abuse and assault that took place on the reservation in southwest Colorado. @ChristopherJCl8 ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-l…
At a Shiprock Chapter meeting this Wednesday, officials will vote on a resolution that calls for independent oversight of cleanup efforts after an oil spill north of town, as well as an investigation into the cause of the incident. @ChristopherJCl8 ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-l…
“When we are looking at an increase in their yellowcake production, we're going to see more uranium in the air,” says Scott Clow, the environmental programs director for the tribe. Listen here:
“When we are looking at an increase in their yellowcake production, we're going to see more uranium in the air,” says Scott Clow, the environmental programs director for the tribe. Listen here:
The first conventional uranium mining done in the U.S. in eight years is underway at three mines in Utah and Arizona. Energy Fuels Resources says that it plans to stockpile and eventually process the uranium at its White Mesa mill in southeastern Utah. ksjd.org/2024-01-04/fir…
More than a week after an oil spill on agricultural land near Shiprock, New Mexico, some Navajo residents in the area say they have concerns about the pace and scale of the environmental cleanup. @KSJDRadio ksjd.org/2023-12-21/nav…
A federal program tasked with surveying abandoned uranium mines used during the Cold War era held an informational meeting last week about mines near Sanostee, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation. @ChristopherJCl8 ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-l…
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Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park is almost double the size of nearby Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, and is home to archaeological sites, cliff dwellings, pottery sherds and Hopi solstice markers on canyon walls. This story features Rickey Hayes, a guide at the park. ksjd.org/2023-12-16/ute…
Rickey Hayes is the head interpretive guide at Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park near Towaoc, Colorado, and Mesa Verde National Park. Here's an audio postcard from @KSJDRadio recorded during a tour in September, led by Hayes: ksjd.org/2023-12-16/ute…
The DEAP school is in Navajo, New Mexico, and was created to Indigenize education for local students by including Navajo practices and spaces in the curriculum – especially after decades of cultural erasure due to the U.S. Indian boarding school system. ksjd.org/2023-12-14/a-n…
As part of a cultural exchange with Montezuma Land Conservancy, Navajo sheep herders from Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, grazed their rare breed of sheep at an MLC farm north of Cortez in return for education on weaving and wool. ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-l…
Sgt. Michael Moran was shot near South Broadway in Cortez on Wednesday and later died from his injuries. The suspects fled in their vehicle but were quickly located. @KSJDRadio ksjd.org/2023-11-29/cor…
A Cortez police officer was killed after a shooting near South Broadway on Wednesday. @ChristopherJCl8 has more: ksjd.org/2023-11-29/cor…
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2K Followers 268 Following Independent Journalist: investigative & environmentThe Ute Mountain Ute Tribe says they were never meaningfully consulted by the state of Colorado about the reintroduction of gray wolves or the potential consequences it could have for tribal ranchers on the West Slope. @KSJDRadio ksjd.org/2024-01-22/col…
Despite clear opposition from regional tribes Energy Fuels has resumed uranium mining in AZ and UT. They will process at White Mesa facility, directly adjacent White Mesa Ute community and Bears Ears, where there is already groundwater contamination. ksjd.org/2024-01-04/fir…
“As I look out the window now, there goes a dump truck full of contaminated soil, going to drop it off at the staging area of that big contamination pile,” says Beverly Maxwell, a Shiprock resident. “And it’s not done.” @KSJDRadio
At a Shiprock Chapter meeting this Wednesday, officials will vote on a resolution that calls for independent oversight of cleanup efforts after an oil spill north of town, as well as an investigation into the cause of the incident. @ChristopherJCl8 ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-l…
The first conventional uranium mining done in the U.S. in eight years is underway at three mines in Utah and Arizona. Energy Fuels Resources says that it plans to stockpile and eventually process the uranium at its White Mesa mill in southeastern Utah. ksjd.org/2024-01-04/fir…
NEWS: The first conventional uranium mining done in the U.S. in eight years is underway at three mines in Utah and Arizona. The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe opposes the increase in uranium production due to concerns over air pollution, groundwater. @KSJDRadio ksjd.org/2024-01-04/fir…
More than a week after an oil spill on agricultural land near Shiprock, New Mexico, some Navajo residents in the area say they have concerns about the pace and scale of the environmental cleanup. @KSJDRadio ksjd.org/2023-12-21/nav…
More photos from the park:
Rickey Hayes is the head interpretive guide at Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park near Towaoc, Colorado, and Mesa Verde National Park. Here's an audio postcard from @KSJDRadio recorded during a tour in September, led by Hayes: ksjd.org/2023-12-16/ute…
“We always say that our best and most important teacher is the land,” says Kayla Begay, an educator at the charter school. “That's who we're going to learn with. That's who we're going to learn from. And that's how our people have learned historically, as well.”
One of DEAP school’s founders says it was created out of a desire to Indigenize education for students by including traditional Navajo practices in the curriculum – especially after decades of cultural erasure due to the U.S. Indian boarding school system. ksjd.org/2023-12-14/a-n…
Sgt. Michael Moran was shot near South Broadway in Cortez on Wednesday and later died from his injuries. The suspects fled in their vehicle but were quickly located. @KSJDRadio ksjd.org/2023-11-29/cor…
Advocate Reva Stewart says a member of her group lost a close friend to a drug overdose in one of these homes recently. “No one’s speaking up about it,” says Stewart. “So she works in the field. So she’s just as angry as she should be. These facilities just took another life.”
Almost one year after the first news stories on fraudulent Arizona sober homes broke, it appears many facilities are finding ways to operate and recruit even after having their payments from the state Medicaid agency suspended. @ChristopherJCl8 has more: ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-l…
Deal is a community liaison for the Navajo nonprofit Tó Nizhóní Ání, which works to protect water sources in the region. He said Nature and People First and its CEO haven’t done enough to involve nearby communities in its plans.
Another controversial pumped hydropower proposal, this one on the Navajo Nation: kunc.org/news/2023-11-2…
A hydro company is proposing pumped storage projects on the Navajo Nation. Some say they'll bring jobs to a region that needs them. Others are pushing back on projects that could damage an area with environmental & cultural significance. @KSJDRadio, @KUNC ksjd.org/2023-11-21/an-…
“It seems like from his perspective, his project is going to improve what's here, but his project is going to destroy what’s here.” -Percy Deal, Black Mesa Resident #NoBMPSP #ProtectNavajoWater #NoFalseSolutions via @KSJDRadio @ChristopherJCl8 ksjd.org/2023-11-21/an-…
New Mexico promised to take care of laid off fossil fuel workers. But in Farmington, a miners’ union has been battling a coal company over severance payments for nearly a year and a half. On the complications of a just transition for @highcountrynews hcn.org/articles/labor…
Three out of four open seats on the Montezuma-Cortez school board have candidates running unopposed in today’s election. Two of those candidates said they might refuse to follow statewide education policies if they conflict with their personal values. ksjd.org/2023-11-06/two…
A new study has found inequities in the delivery of federal benefits for Indigenous coal miners in the western U.S. who are suffering from black lung. It’s helping shine a light on an under-researched subject. This @KSJDRadio spot will air on NPR today. ksjd.org/2023-11-07/a-s…