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On the Weekly News Reel today, we talk to Doug McMurdo, editor of the Times-Independent, about the hostile work environment that prompted Grand County Administrator Mallory Nassau to resign. We’ll also talk about an upcoming rate increase for trash collection in Moab City and changes to how residents will have to recycle glass. We finish off with an update from Lena Pace, the National Park Service Superintendent for southeastern Utah, about timed entry and possibly going cashless for park admittance.

- Show Notes -

• Citing improper actions by Winfield, Nassau resigns
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/citing-improper-actions-by-winfield-nassau-resigns/

• City, solid waste district agree to new contract
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/city-solid-waste-district-agree-to-new-contract/

• Pace outlines her goals for area parks, monuments
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/pace-outlines-her-goals-for-area-parks-monuments/

Today we hear from our partners at the Utah News Connection about getting people of color access to public lands. We also hear from KGNU about a rally of janitors in Denver who came out to protest unfair wages and commemorate the anniversary of a violent janitor's protest that happened in California in 1990.

Today we hear from our partners at Aspen Public Radio about replanting native species after a fire in western Colorado. We also hear from KDNK about a new program to engage kids outside with augmented reality.

Today we hear from our partners at KUER about wildfire risks despite heavy precipitation in Utah the last two years. We also hear from KSUT about a federal program to remediate coal mines on the Navajo Nation. And we finish with a story from Aspen Public Radio about cuts to the music departments at Carbondale schools.

Today on the Regional Roundup, we hear a two way with the author of Killdozer: The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage, about the twentieth anniversary of the armored tank rampage in Granby, Colorado, and the disinformation that persists, from KFFR. We also hear a feature on increasing tree canopy in one Denver neighborhood, from KGNU. Plus, a feature on an all-female wild land fire fighter crew, from Aspen Public Radio.

On the Weekly News Reel today, we talk to Doug McMurdo, editor of the Times-Independent, about Grand County’s response to a state investigation into whether transient room taxes were misallocated during an economic diversification program that was cut short in 2023. We’ll also talk about the county’s reaction to a new state law that could give developers of a controversial housing project on Kane Creek the power to create their own municipality and bypass Grand County zoning codes. Plus, we’ll talk about uranium mining in southeastern Utah as the industry picks up amid recent import bans and an increased demand for nuclear energy. And we finish off with a quick story about a father and two sons who were rescued by Moab locals last week after the family’s kayak flipped on the Colorado River.

- Show Notes -

• As Utah’s uranium booms again, miners and land will be protected this time, industry vows
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/as-utahs-uranium-booms-again-miners-and-land-will-be-protected-this-time-industry-vows/

• Commission responds to state auditor’s draft report that claims financial mismanagement of TRT
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/commission-responds-to-state-auditors-draft-report-that-claims-financial-mismanagement-of-trt/

• What does SB258 do — and how did it slip by the commission?
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/what-does-sb258-do-and-how-did-it-slip-by-the-commission/

• Dad and sons rescued on the river after kayak flips
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/dad-and-sons-rescued-on-the-river-after-kayak-flips/