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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A Durango-based support group for people with disabilities celebrated the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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The Southern Ute tribe hosted a summer seminar series open to the public, where students can learn the basics of the Ute language. Hanley Frost, the Southern Ute elder who led the class, has collected Ute dictionaries and taught the language for years.
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Tribal attorneys nationwide are concerned about a recent Supreme Court ruling on Navajo Nation water rights. An attorney for the Ute Mountain Ute tribe says the ruling calls into question the trustee relationship between tribes and the federal government.
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In June, the Biden Administration placed a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands within a ten-mile radius of Chaco Canyon National Park. The drilling ban is part of an effort to preserve historical sites in and around Chaco Canyon, and it was prompted by advocacy from tribal people. But Navajo landowners in the region are split over the decision.
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Until November last year, the commission provided perspective for Durango’s City Council on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. Seven months after four of the five members resigned, the city has no new plan for addressing the diversity commission.
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On June 2, the Biden administration placed a 20-year moratorium on new oil, gas, and mineral development in a 10-mile radius around Chaco Canyon national park. While several tribes supported the decision, the decision upset leaders of the Navajo Nation.
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Miembros de la comunidad latina pusieron en escena una producción teatral clásica bilingüe, y los miembros de la comunidad mostraron su bullicioso apoyo. Una de las intérpretes comparte sus historias personales sobre la feminidad y el logro de la confianza en sí misma.
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Latina community members put on a bilingual production of classic theatrical production, and community members showed their boisterous support. One of the performers shares her personal stories of womanhood and achieving self-confidence.
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One professor at Fort Lewis College draws on students' life experiences in the actual coursework. Dr. Tapati Dutta incorporates her South Asian cultural background in her public health classes.
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A Native American wellness and sobriety program is uplifting Native people in recovery. And it’s helped one Navajo man turn around and help his peers.