Delbert Anderson of Farmington, New Mexico, channels his ancestors to honor those lost in the 1860s forced relocation of the Navajo. He's performing his composition over four and a half years, playing a new single note every few months.

Since it started three weeks ago the Babylon Fire has consumed more than 106,000 acres of forest in the mountains outside the town of Monticello, Utah. People there remain ready to evacuate at a moment's notice.

A 56-year-old man from British Columbia was identified as the pilot killed Sunday while responding to the Gold Mountain fire. Nicholas Dale of Sooke, British Columbia, was identified by the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office Monday afternoon.

Trump first reduced the two Utah monuments in 2017, but this most recent action goes even further, slashing their acreage to under 10% of their original sizes.

Federal land agencies want to know how many people are hiking, camping and sightseeing on public lands -- and are testing dozens of pilot projects to get better data.

As people are evacuated from wildfires this summer, rushing to protect their family and homes, others are heading to betting sites like Polymarket to put money down on the fires.

When the federal government flooded the valleys around the Piedra River in the early 1960s to create Navajo Lake, the Gallegos family had to leave and start over like hundreds of other residents. Here’s the latest episode of the TERRITORIES podcast, from Magic City Studios and KSUT.

Red flag warnings and air quality alerts have also been issued across the state, with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Sunday warning residents to limit time outdoors because of heavy smoke.

The Trump administration has killed tax credits for renewable energy, fought to end wind farms, and called solar panels "ugly.” The Ute Mountain Ute tribe managed to bring a big solar project online anyway.

Among the seven stories highlighted in "The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier" are several Wyoming characters including Sacajawea and the Northern Cheyenne leader Little Wolf.

Wildfires burning in Utah and Colorado have sent smoke across the Western Slope, prompting air quality advisories. Public health officials say to treat smoky skies like bad weather.

Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.

Here’s the latest updates on the Ferris Fire northwest, as of Friday morning.

In the primary race for Congressional District 3, Republican Congressman Jeff Hurd handily won another primary victory. Meanwhile, former Aspen City Councilman Dwayne Romero was declared the winner in the Democratic primary.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has defeated U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the Democratic primary in the race to become Colorado’s next governor. The Associated Press called the race for Weiser just before 8 p.m.

Polls close at 7 p.m. in Colorado. We’ve got the latest statewide primary election results on our website.

Trump administration seeks to stomp out all fires quickly, reviving policy that has been discredited

The state’s highest court is preventing Democrats’ attempt to counter Republicans' mid-cycle redistricting.

Have you voted yet? Polls close at 7 p.m. today. Here’s our handy Primary Election Guide to answer your questions.

NEW: It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water, but Native American communities in northern Arizona are still fighting for their rights to the Colorado River. With @kjzz.org

With multiple deadly and destructive wildfires across Colorado, it’s a “battle for resources,” officials say

ELECTION UPDATE: Voters unaffiliated with a political party, who make up over half of all of Colorado’s active registered voters, are on track to account for a record 40% or more of all ballots cast in the 2026 Colorado primary elections. coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/30/2...

Here’s the latest on the Ferris Fire northwest of Cortez:

With Election Day almost here, the two Republicans vying for the nomination in Colorado’s sprawling 3rd Congressional District are making their final case to the public.

Rural doesn’t necessarily mean conservative, and the opinions of these 10 voters run the gamut. Our news partner CPR News spoke to rural voters across the state to hear their perspectives on the politics of the moment.

Sydney Watson, 26, of Warrior, Alabama; Nick Hutcherson, 27 of Glendale, Arizona; and Emily Barker, 38, of Clinton Township, Michigan, were identified as the deceased. They were killed Saturday while battling a fire along the Utah/Colorado border.

Michael Bennet and Phil Weiser are trying to set themselves apart from one another in the final days of the gubernatorial primary, despite similar views on environmental issues in Colorado.

The firefighters were involved in a burnover incident and deployed their shelters. Parts of Mesa County are under pre-evacuation notices, and areas north of Ouray have already been evacuated. And the Ferris Fire is burning in Dolores and Montezuma Counties, forcing evacuations.

You probably won't stumble on the Iglesia de San Antonio. To find it, you have to drive a grid of rural dirt roads near Ignacio, Colorado. Come along as we visit the nearly-100-year-old church in the latest episode of TERRITORIES, the history podcast from Magic City Studios and KSUT.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore signs and exhibits at national parks that were removed under an executive order to eliminate negative portrayals of American history. The judge accused the administration of trying to “rewrite the Nation’s history with a white-out pen.”

This week, Tom & Darrin talk garden conditions, good and bad, with the early season heat. They also discuss the “free crop” from garlic beds, an “inspirational” angle on climate change, and drip irrigation. Listen to the latest episode and hear Garden Guys Saturdays at noon. 🌺🌱

Terry Tempest Williams' latest book, The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary, was inspired by a dream during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this KSUT Conversation, Williams shared the bewildering genesis story of the book.

A new study out of the University of Utah and University of Colorado Boulder surveyed about 170 adults in Colorado over the age of 60 about why they wanted to purchase edible cannabis products. They were primarily seeking to manage pain, sleep or health concerns.

Colorado has mailed ballots to every active registered voter for more than a decade. To ensure these ballots are counted correctly on Election Day, county clerks spend months preparing.

Ballots for the 2026 Colorado primary election were mailed out this week. The Primary Election is June 30. We assembled a handy voter guide that features election and candidate resources, important dates, and links.

KSUT Executive Director Tami Graham is among four individuals chosen to receive the Governor’s Creative Leadership Award. Graham, who will celebrate a decade as KSUT’s Executive Director on July 18, received the 2026 Arts and Community Action Award.

Jazz might not be the first thing that comes to mind in rural northwest New Mexico. But in San Juan County, a decades-long tradition of jazz education and performance has helped keep the music alive.

Republican Jeff Hurd and Democrats Alex Kelloff and Dwayne Romero weigh in on some of the big environmental issues in Western and Southern Colorado.

An icon, an iconoclast: Both terms apply equally to Miles Davis, who was born a century ago, on May 26, 1926. He looms as large in the popular imagination as any jazz artist you can name.

Check out this remembrance of jazz great Sonny Rollins, complete with performance videos. Rollins was beloved internationally as the last man standing, the reigning star of the generation that turned jazz from bluesy entertainment into a personally expressive, ever-changing art form.

Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the network of volunteers alerting their community to ICE activity in southwestern Colorado has steadily grown. Olivia Prentzel reports for The Colorado Sun.

Colorado bill SB20-83 prohibits ICE from making arrests at courthouses and protects people while they’re going to and from court. Enrique Orozco-Perez, the executive director of Compañeros Immigrant Resource Center in the Four Corners, the law was potentially violated in Durango last fall.

The agreement allows the nearly 1,500-member tribe to handle its own business — without obtaining expressed permission from the feds to lease energy projects and issue right-of-ways on the 700,000-acre reservation near Durango.

In this week’s KSUT Conversation, Tami Graham speaks with two people working to launch PulsePoint, a public notification system for cardiac emergencies, in La Plata County.

Over 7,000 animals were killed in wildlife-vehicle collisions on Colorado roads in 2025. An organization in the Roaring Fork Valley is working to make one highway safer.

What happened at the Colorado Legislature’s 2026 session? What bills were passed? How will new laws affect you? Listen to KSUT Thursday (May 21) at 6 pm to a statewide call-in show and legislative recap. Share your thoughts via phone at 800-737-3030 or email at [email protected].

Some communities could use it to remove dead vegetation and protect watersheds from wildfires. Others could pay ranchers and other water right holders to keep more water in the river. Projects could also include rehabilitating land so that water slows down and remains in headwater areas longer.

The worsening outlook is driven by record-low snowpack around the west and a March heat wave.

The bill would have required data center companies to pay the full cost for the power needed to run their facilities. It would also have ensured that data centers don’t blow the state’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Its sponsor vowed to reintroduce the legislation next session.

Spring… (or is it an extended fall from last year?) is springing. And, we all want to go plant some stuff. Seedlings are sensitive… and sometimes hard to grow under lights at home, but this doesn’t stop our intrepid Garden Guys! Tune in Saturdays at noon and listen to the latest episode here: