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Four Corners USA

by Barry Smith

News from Four Corners communities in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, as well as random bits of journalism from Barry Smith, former director of the Nevada Press Association who is now living in New Mexico. Older episodes are from the Nevada Press podcast.

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Episodes

  1. Visit from the new Interior secretary

    Bears Ears gets a visit from Deb Haaland, and the conversation over land swaps with Utah begins anew. Also, Oljato Trading Post is one of 'most endangered' in the country. And we find out just how many BLM employees moved to Grand Junction. Four Corners Quiz #7.

  2. Talking trash

    Investigative story about garbage. Also, a new temple for Farmington and more about Bears Ears.

  3. 40 years of the D&SNG

    How the Durango railroad became a tourist train and transformed the town. Also, Rep. Lauren Boebert invites Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to Grand Junction, and San Juan County, NM, achieves turquoise level. And Four Corners Quiz #5.

  4. Language of landscapes

    What’s missing from debate over oil and gas leading moratorium. Also, what is hidden in museums.

  5. Dine engineer for Mars rover

    Also, rushing toward nuclear waste, the Dullest Man and Four Corners Quiz #3.

  6. COVID-19 and the Four Corners

    News from newspapers in Farmington, Durango, Pagosa Springs. Blanding and Quiz #2

  7. The end of coal

    Navajo Generating Station, the Millwood Junction and what not to do in your RV. Also Four Corners Quiz #1.

  8. Four Corners. New name, new location

    Welcome back after a lengthy hiatus. News from the region where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona come together.

  9. Don’t abandon the roads

    Stuff you didn’t know from Battle Mountain, Weed Heights and Sparks. Dig in.

  10. Don’t know your rights?

    News from and about Nevada communities.

  11. Selling what you don’t own

    And more local news from Elko, Battle Mountain, Lovelock

  12. Rolling giant water tanks

    Also, little libraries and smashing computers.

  13. Tesla’s in Sparks

    Also, abandoned Kingston Mine, disappearing Walker Lake

  14. Upside Down Church

    Art, history and a recording studio

  15. Epic biking, tribal marijuana, Ferrari racing

    Epic biking, tribal marijuana, Ferrari racing

  16. ‘Trump of Pahrump’

    Election Day, graduation days and fact-checking

  17. Portuguese, drug dog and a fish farm

    News from Nevada community newspapers.

  18. Strange, sad stories

    Babysitter in Elko, Amtrak victim, missing cows and dead burros.

  19. Driving fast in Ely

    Also, pot and murder

  20. Deadly weapon

    Rant on crime and courts coverage.

  21. Marijuana killing?

    More news from community newspapers in Virginia City, Sparks

  22. Virtual reality, owl cam, infamous journalist

    Fun stories from Nevada newspapers, because there’s too much bad news.

  23. Dead horses, sage grouse, nuclear waste

    Local newspapers covering national issues.

  24. New school superintendents

    Clark, Lander, Elko and Churchill all have new school chiefs.

  25. Cemetery, pets and pot

    News from Winnemucca, Ely and West Wendover

  26. Art Bell death in Pahrump

    Also, school superintendents, livestock auction

  27. Mold in old middle school

    Cell phones in Lyon, misdemeanor for ex-DA

  28. Mental health crisis

    Rural Nevada looking for solutions.

  29. Drive-in news

    Sparks, Lovelock, Hawthorne

  30. Wisdom of letter to editor

    National political news fatigue? Here the cure.

  31. Crime and more crime

    News from Lovelock, Yerington and Storey

  32. Small town living

    When they close the street for the Transportation Secretary

  33. Missing couple

    News from Mesquite, Tonopah, Boulder City

  34. Tiregate

    Fascinating stuff from Douglas County, Hawthorne and Ely.

  35. Wells 4-day School

    Nevada community news from Elko, Laughlin and Fallon

  36. When local goes national

    Mariah and Sister Jean, grave robbers, Yerington Senior Center

  37. Interstate 11 through Nevada

    Also, not smart criminals

  38. One-sided stories

    Snitching on a student, killing an elk, $5 million consultant

  39. Wild horses

    A look at the economic attraction of wild horses, new assessor for Mineral, new superintendent for Churchill

  40. Rolling coal at protestors

    News from around Nevada, including mining in Elko and an 85th anniversary of in Hawthorne

  41. Five felonies, four counties

    What reporters got right and wrong

  42. Making the tough call

    Some news, some advice

  43. Bizarre robbery at Dottys

    News from Nevada newspapers

  44. Love Ranch suspension

    News from Nevada

  45. Threats and rumors at schools

    Threats and rumors at schools • Nevada Quiz

  46. Carson City soccer

    Carson City soccer plans, flu deaths, Rye Patch power • Nevada Quiz

  47. Missing woman in Pershing

    Missing woman in Pershing, Lyon County religious flyers, no Bathtub Races • Nevada Quiz

  48. Autopsy reports

    Autopsy reports as public records. Great Basin glacier, no pot store for Elko • Nevada Quiz

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

News from Four Corners communities in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, as well as random bits of journalism from Barry Smith, former director of the Nevada Press Association who is now living in New Mexico. Older episodes are from the Nevada Press podcast.

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News from Four Corners communities in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, as well as random bits of journalism from Barry Smith, former director of the Nevada Press Association who is now living in New Mexico. Older episodes are from the Nevada Press podcast.

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Four Corners USA is created and hosted by Barry Smith.
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