The use of Narcan – a life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdoses – has gone up in Cortez in the last year. That’s according to Dennis Delaney, a paramedic at Southwest Memorial Hospital. And lawmakers have been appointed to a new state committee looking at rising utility rates.
Chris Clements is a former news reporter for KSJD. He had previously covered literary arts as a reporter for The Chautauquan Daily in Chautauqua, New York, and graduated with a degree in English from Arizona State University. At KSJD, Chris has collaborated with KUNC (northern Colorado NPR) on water conservation stories, and had his spots regularly featured on NPR's national newscasts.