
Clark Adomaitis
ReporterClark Adomaitis is a shared radio reporter for KSUT in Ignacio, CO, and KSJD in Cortez, CO for the Voices from the Edge of the Colorado Plateau project.
He covers stories that focus on underrepresented voices from the Four Corners region including the Southern Ute tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute tribes, the Navajo Nation, the LGBTQ+ community, the Latinx community, and high school students.
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 for the City College of New York's Campus Magazine about local food and drink. In his free time, he produces experimental hip-hop music.
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The Ute Mountain Ute tribe is receiving funding to renovate one of its sacred trails in southwest Colorado. The Pool Canyon trail has been closed since 2021 due to erosion and rock slides. Tribal members and environmentalists will complete the restoration project in 2025.
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In 2025, the Denver Art Museum will mark 100 years since it began collecting Indigenous art from North America. To celebrate the anniversary, the museum is putting on a series of exhibitions throughout the year.
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On December 15, residents of Mancos, Colorado, organized a Public Land Celebration as a peaceful response to a land grab attempt on over 1,000 acres of public land in the San Juan National Forest.
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has signed two water rights agreements, that settle four tribe’s water rights.
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In The Paranormal Ranger, Stanley Milford, Jr. shares his encounters with the supernatural and intertwines them with the Navajo creation stories that have shaped his cultural identity. As he reveals the details, he dares to shed light on mysteries that most would leave untouched.
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The measure will reallocate county Lodger’s Tax revenue for affordable housing and childcare.
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The 9-R School District banned flags in response to a parental complaint. Community support influenced board members’ decision to remove the ban.
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A group fenced off over 1400 acres of National Forest land north of Mancos in southern Colorado this week, triggering a backlash from the local community and accusations of a land grab.
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A new Netflix film follows the Chuska Warriors, a high school basketball team from a town on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. A Shiprock-based designer created the team’s basketball uniforms, which reclaim Native American imagery.
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The Fort Lewis College Center of Southwest Studies has been hosting an exhibit featuring Indigenous artists’ interpretations of Star Wars art.