Tristan Ahtone
Poverty and Public Health ReporterTristan Ahtone is a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. He’s also German and English and a few other dashes of European (just to make things more interesting). Before becoming a reporter, Tristan held a number of exciting jobs, such as door-to-door salesman, delivery driver, telemarketer, secretary, janitor, busboy, and office clerk to name a few. In 2006, Tristan graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts with a bachelors degree in Creative Writing. In 2008, he received a masters degree in broadcast journalism from the Columbia School of Journalism. Since 2008, Tristan has specialized in covering Native American, environmental and healthcare issues, and has worked with The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, National Native News, Frontline, Indian Country Today, Sirius Satellite Radio and NPR. Before moving to the southwest, Tristan worked as Morning Edition Host and Reporter for Wyoming Public Radio. He currently serves as KUNM's Poverty and Public Health Reporter.
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Premieres Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. For the first time in his life, Scott Yoo has agreed to compose a piece of music, and he has no idea how to begin. Follow Yoo's surprising journey of discovery, allowing viewers to experience the challenges and rewards of creating his Opus 1.
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The New York State Court of Appeals overturned Weinstein's 2020 conviction last week, ruling that his trial was unfair.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs plans to sign the repeal of the law that bans nearly all abortions — keeping the state's 15-weeks-of-pregnancy ban in place. But it's unclear when the repeal takes effect
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The Senators and Assembly members thanked other first responder groups and asked Newsom's office to look for emergency money to repair the pier.
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Students at UC San Diego established a "Gaza Solidarity" encampment on the campus' Library Walk Wednesday, joining dozens of universities around the world where students maintain pro-Palestinian sites.
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Los ambientalistas advierten que el proyecto de ley de un demócrata de California “mete una excavadora” en la nueva ley estatal que protege a los árboles Joshua del peligro del desarrollo comercial. Pero el legislador dice que su empobrecida región desértica necesita desesperadamente el impulso económico.
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