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Each spring, a week-long quilt workshop takes over the Gateway Resort along a remote stretch of the Dolores River in Colorado's Canyon Country.
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KSUT and the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College are teaming up to bring Franti's Togetherness Tour to the Four Corners. Tickets on sale now.
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After Injury Reserve, RiTchie gets back in the game
In his first solo outing, the rapper breaks free of the stifling expectations set by the experimental music of his group in pursuit of a pure love of rapping.
50 years ago, 'Come and Get Your Love' put Native culture on the bandstand
Redbone's hit cracked the Billboard Top 5 this month in 1974. It was a first for a band with all Native and Mexican American members — but the song itself had a quietly political message, too.
ISIS destroyed his instruments. He made a new one from scraps and composed an album
Musician and composer Ameen Mokdad opens up about his album The Curve, which he composed while living under ISIS occupation in Mosul, Iraq.
Ethiopian singer Muluken Melesse dies at 73
One of the most popular Ethiopian vocalists of the late 20th century, he rose to fame at a time of great political unrest in Ethiopia.
'Hello there, I'm Hazel Scott': Jazz's unsung artist-activist
Jazz Night shines a light on the artistry and activism of pianist and singer Hazel Scott, and the efforts to recover her legacy.
ABBA fans celebrate 'Waterloo' Eurovision victory, 50 years on
The song's win at Eurovision Song Contest on April 6, 1974 launched the Swedish supergroup on its path to success.
Voices From the Edge of the Colorado Plateau
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The Colorado Channel/YoutubeThe Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribal chairmen gave their annual address to the Colorado state legislature last week as part of the celebration of Ute Day at the capitol. It’s the tribes’ second annual address to the state. -
Clark Adomaitis/KSUT/KSJDDuring Women’s History Month, the Women’s Resource Center, a nonprofit in Durango, celebrated ten women who work as community organizers in La Plata County.
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Tillie Torres is an English teacher in Las Vegas with more than $80,000 in student loan debt. She tells her students to be careful with loans, and in a bittersweet moment, saw her own child graduate debt-free and become a teacher. When she had her own loan forgiven, it felt like a "huge weight" was lifted. -
For the first time, the federal government is putting limits on “forever chemicals” called PFAS in the nation’s drinking water – a move that will protect communities across the Mountain West. -
The National Park Service is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail earlier this month. -
Some 70 West Bank-rescued dogs were flown across the Atlantic Ocean, ending up at different shelters across the country. It’s a taxing journey for any animal, but for 10 of these dogs, their trip ended here in Wyoming at The Kindness Ranch, an animal sanctuary tucked into flat, grassy lands on Wyoming’s eastern plains. -
New superintendent Lena Pace brings years of experience, from working on a floating ranger station in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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