Clark Adomaitis
ReporterClark Adomaitis is a Durango transplant from New York City. He is a recent graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he focused on reporting and producing for radio and podcasts. He reported sound-rich stories on the state of recycling and compost in NYC.
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 and humorous hip-hop music.
He’s excited to learn and share stories from underrepresented voices in the Four Corners region, including reports from the Ute tribe, the Navajo Nation, the LGBTQ+ community, and the Latinx community.
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The school board vote comes after nearly a year of activism by a small group of high school students in Durango. School district administrators envision a policy that promotes training and limits legal exposure for schools. -
Durango’s 9R school district has proceeded cautiously on whether to permit students to carry an opioid-reversal drug called Narcan. The district has expressed concerns about possible adverse situations if Narcan is used improperly. Medical experts told us there aren’t any overdose scenarios where Narcan shouldn’t be used.
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At Durango’s 9R School District, administrators have taken a careful and measured approach to the question of whether to allow students to carry Narcan on campus. One charter high school that operates outside the district has given students a little more 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 what could be done 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 district administrators, teens decided to take their fight for drug policy change public.
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A single overdose event in 2021 was the spark that ignited a teen harm reduction movement in Durango. This is an account of two teens who were close to the individuals involved in that event.
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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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Montezuma Youth Pride recently hosted its first-ever party for local LGBTQ+ youth.
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Colin Denny will interpret America the Beautiful during the pregame show.
