Austin Cope
ReporterAustin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.
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On Wednesday, health care and emergency response personnel in Montezuma County made about 1,000 COVID-19 tests available to the community for free. Though…
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When Sharing COVID-19 Case Counts, Public Health Officials Say They’re Careful Not To Share Too MuchIn early March, Durango resident Miriam Gillow-Wiles attended a business meeting with people from around southwest Colorado. She's the director of the…
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The six weeks between mid-March and early May leading up to the seasonal closure of The Bridge’s emergency shelter in Cortez were unlike any the…
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The Montezuma County Commission unanimously voted to rescind the county’s local health disaster emergency declaration Thursday, one day after it shared…
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Montezuma County’s request to ease some of the restrictions in Colorado’s safer-at-home order has been denied by the Colorado Department of Public Health…
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Reporter Jim Mimiaga of The Journal has been following the Burro Fire north of Dolores extensively since it started at the end of last week. He joined…
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The City of Cortez is encouraging businesses to liven up their premises this summer by partially funding beautification projects.According to a release,…
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In March of 2017, shortly after President Obama designated the Bears Ears National Monument, KSJD spoke with two people who lived near the monument's new…
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The US Forest Service began the first-ever closure of the San Juan National Forest on Tuesday. According to a Forest Service statement, the decision is…
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At the end of May, the Community Radio Project Board of Directors chose Wynn Jones to be the next Executive Director of KSJD and the Sunflower Theatre. In…