By Mia McCormick Indy Staff Writer
After testing positive for COVID-19, one reporter tells-all about her stay in FLC's COVID hotel
Isolation room 336 smelled like cleaning products and fresh linens the first time I entered it. When I hurried out the door on my fourth and final day in the COVID hotel, the air that followed me was thick with the odor of soggy, untouched food and unhinged boredom.
I got my positive COVID-19 test results on Jan. 28. A few hours after I got the dreaded email from the health clinic, I got a call from a COVID case manager who told me to pack a bag because I would be spending the...
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By Julian Zastrocky Indy Staff Writer
From coffee-making to plant-care to art, here's how some students on campus pay the bills.
What better way to make a little extra money than a side hustle. Some students at Fort Lewis College sometimes need a little extra money, so they use their interests and skills to make the extra cash they need. But other times that little extra cash can turn into more.
Devyn Valandra is a sophomore at FLC, majoring in entrepreneurship. When he was a senior in high school, he took a business class and through that, started his coffee company, he said.
Valandra knew nothing about...
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By Dorothy Elder Editor-in-chief
Behind a four-day, 232 mile prayer run that stretched all around the Four Corners region to raise awareness and pray for missing and murdered Indigenous women.
For around an hour on a cold, brisk Friday in February, the First Assembly of God’s church parking lot in rural Dove Creek saw the most action it’d probably seen in years, as cars swiftly pulled in, sandwiches were exchanged and runners eagerly drank water.
It was a small pitstop, just off U.S. Highway 491, in a rather large endeavor: a four-day, 232 mile prayer run that stretched all around the Four Corners region to raise awareness and pray for missing and murdered...
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By Alx Lee Indy Staff Writer
Effective on March 1, LeManuel “Lee” Bitsóí, associate vice president for diversity affairs and Special Advisor for Indigenous Affairs has left his position at Fort Lewis College.
Effective on March 1, LeManuel “Lee” Bitsóí, associate vice president for diversity affairs and special advisor for Indigenous affairs has left his position at Fort Lewis College.
The news first broke after an email sent from Bitsóí to Fort Lewis College President Tom Stritikus was shared with the FLC community.
The email included Bitsóí’s acceptance to the position of Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Brandeis University, a private...
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By Julian Zastrocky Indy Staff Writer
Last week, the La Plata County coroner released an autopsy report that confirmed that a student at Animas High School had died of a fentanyl overdose, bringing concern to the community about the drug’s prevalence in La Plata County.
Last week, the La Plata County coroner released an autopsy report that confirmed that a student at Animas High School had died of a fentanyl overdose, bringing concern to the community about the drug’s prevalence in La Plata County.
In recent years, La Plata County has seen a significant increase in the amount of fentanyl-related cases, Casey Malone, a commander at the Durango Police Department, said.
Fentanyl is a controlled substance designed to sedate or relax...
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