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Today on the Regional Roundup, we hear a feature about an immersive theater production that aims to heal the historical trauma of the Sand Creek Massacre from Rocky Mountain PBS. We also hear a two-way with Dr. Anne Giesen, a gerontologist with 20 years of hospice care about end of life choices from KGNU. And we finish off with an interview with Holly Carlin who is terminally ill and Jude Higgins, a death doula about having a peaceful death from KRCL.

On the Weekly News Reel today, we talk to Doug McMurdo, editor of the Times-Independent, about the cost of trash collection, which is expected to rise in Moab this summer. We also talk about an old pipeline that could be repurposed from the Crescent Junction UMTRA site to bring water to the town of Thompson Springs. Plus, we preview the Moab Arts Festival and give updates on big repairs needed at the Moab Recreation and Aquatics Center. And we finish off with a story about two people who stole artifacts from Canyonlands National Park.

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/cost-of-trash-pickup-will-increase-for-city-residents/
• Need for repairs delays MRAC outdoor pool opening
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/need-for-repairs-delays-mrac-outdoor-pool-opening/
• This weekend: The 30th Moab Arts Festival
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/this-weekend-the-30th-moab-arts-festival/
• Water district looks to acquire federal water pipeline
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/water-district-looks-to-acquire-federal-water-pipeline/
• NPS needs help solving archeological theft incident at Canyonlands National Park
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/nps-needs-help-solving-archeological-theft-incident-at-canyonlands-national-park/

Today, we hear an interview with Sam Mihara, a survivor of the Heart Mountain Prison Camp for Japanese Americans in Wyoming. He spoke at the Moab Museum on Tuesday as part of the museum’s current exhibit on the history of the Moab Isolation Center, a Japanese incarceration camp that operated north of town during WWII. We also hear from the Utah News Connection about the disenrollment of children from the Medicaid system in Utah.

- Show Notes -

• A Moab Prison Camp: Japanese American Incarceration in Grand County
https://moabmuseum.org/exhibition/a-moab-prison-camp/

• Sam Mihara
https://sammihara.com/

A new state law makes it easier for unincorporated land to become a municipality. The new legislation was passed earlier this month, just days before Grand County denied developers of the controversial Kane Creek housing complex the permits they would need to construct a wastewater treatment facility on the property. The developers have already applied to become a municipality through this new program, and if approved, they would be able to bypass county laws and establish their own land use codes. Organizers with Kane Creek Development Watch have reason to believe the new law targets Grand County. Plus, we hear from Aspen Public Radio about a new initiative in Colorado to test drinking water at mobile home parks.

- Show Notes -

• State Bill 258
https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0258.html

• New law could override county's vote against wastewater facility at Kane Creek
https://soundcloud.com/user-452372146-352514478/new-law-could-override-countys-vote-against-wastewater-facility-at-kane-creek-development

• Kane Creek improvement district helmed by developers, not county
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/kane-creek-improvement-district-helmed-by-developers-not-county/

Last week, the U.S. banned the import of Russian uranium, which supplied over 20 percent of the country's fuel demands. Mines in the La Sal Complex south of Moab and at Pinyon Plain near the Grand Canyon have been ramping up production to meet domestic energy demands in response. Today we also hear from the Utah News Connection about fire weather in Utah. Plus, we hear from KSJD about a new law to repatriate sacred objects to Native American tribes. We finish off with a story from KUNC about Colorado River negotiations.

- Show Notes -

• House of Representatives Uranium Industry Report 2023
https://www.congress.gov/118/crpt/hrpt296/CRPT-118hrpt296.pdf

• Salt Lake Tribune: Biden banned Russian uranium imports. Here’s why Utah will feel that.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2024/05/15/bidens-ban-russian-uranium-imports/

Today on the Regional Roundup, we hear a story about the connection between beavers and humans from KSUT. We also hear a two-way with Dr. Daniel Wildcat, a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, who was a speaker at a recent conference in Colorado on using Indigenous knowledge to address the climate crisis, produced by KGNU. Plus, an interview with a veteran on challenges facing veterans trying to get compensation for radiation exposure at the Nevada Test and Training Range, from KSJD. We finish off with a feature about shed antler hunting from KHOL.