Austin Cope
ReporterAustin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.
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The number of active Covid-19 cases in Montezuma County is at its highest since the pandemic began, and local health officials say resources are at…
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As Covid-19 cases surge across Montezuma County, the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school district will move to fully remote classes beginning Thursday, 11/12.…
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On Wednesday, November 4, the Montezuma County Public Health Department reported its highest number of COVID-19 cases in one day since the pandemic began…
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KSJD is tracking live results for Montezuma County’s general election and for two state offices representing the area. Updated at 7:10 a.m. WednesdayThe…
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The account is brief but clear: in 1917, according to The Mancos Times-Tribune, the Ku Klux Klan celebrated Halloween with Mancos students. “Saturday…
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In mid-October, KSJD News visited students at Montezuma-Cortez High School and Southwest Open School in Cortez to hear what was on their minds about the…
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A Cortez couple has filed a civil complaint against Montezuma County sheriff’s deputy Donnie Mack Brown, seeking relief from damages stemming from a horse…
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As local schools finish the first month of a new school year, teachers are facing overlapping challenges, like starting their classes in the midst of the…
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With just over two months until Election Day, Montezuma County is preparing for a high-stakes election season. But to Montezuma County Clerk Kim Percell,…
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Lifelong Cortez resident Richard McClellan remembers going to the Arroyo Drive-in movie theater on the northwestern side of town when he was a kid. His…