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Today we hear from our partners at KUNC about a new study that predicts more precipitation at the headwaters of the Colorado River in the coming years. We also hear from KSUT and KSJD about a program to bring fiber optic cables to the Ute Mountain Ute tribe. Plus, we hear from KHOL about the beginning of this year's shed antler hunting season and how things are different now that out-of-state hunters are barred from participating in the first week.

On Tuesday, Grand County Commissioners voted to deny a conditional use permit that would enable developers to build a wastewater treatment facility for the new Kane Creek housing complex. The vote was a big win for local organizers opposed to the project, which is under construction in an undeveloped corridor of the Colorado River. The battle isn't over yet, though. Organizers with Kane Creek Development Watch are worried a new state law could override the county's authority by granting developers municipal oversight on their property. We also hear from KHOL about a new Mexican community center that hopes to connect Jackson's Hispanic residents with their roots.

- Show Notes -

• New state law that could override county's authority, State Bill 258
https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0258.html

• Grand County Commission Meeting 5/7/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UPPBGoXrkw

Today, we hear from our partners at KDNK about rises in the number of cases of syphilis, especially in newborn children. We also hear from Aspen Public Radio about how local law enforcement is trying to prevent DUIs in high schoolers after prom.

On the latest Regional Roundup, we hear a story about an award-winning high school mariachi band from Uvalde, TX, which just wrapped up a tour of Boulder, Colorado. We also hear an interview on a new helpline for Indigenous Women in Utah. Plus, an interview with the film makers behind a new documentary about navigating housing and healthcare in Chaffee County, CO. To finish up, we hear a two-way with Derek Gow about his new book, Hunt for the Shadow Wolf, in which he explores the mythology, mystery and history of wolves, and their speckled history with our species.

Today on the Weekly News Reel, we talk to Sophia Fisher, reporter with the Moab Times-Independent, about a conditional use permit that was approved for a guiding business in a residential area in Spanish Valley. We also talk about plans for the Utah Renewable Communities Coalition, and what that could mean for renewable energy projects in Moab in the future. We also discuss the City Council’s response to upcoming evictions at the Walnut Lane trailer park. Plus, we talk about the GOP’s nomination of local House Representative, Phil Lyman, for Utah’s upcoming gubernatorial election.

- Show Notes -

• Hearing officer overturns county’s conditional use decision
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/hearing-officer-overturns-countys-conditional-use-decision/

• Clean energy program adjusts as Rocky Mountain Power pivots
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/clean-energy-program-adjusts-as-rocky-mountain-power-pivots/

• Council devastated by Walnut Lane issue; vow to see project through
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/council-devastated-by-walnut-lane-issue-vow-to-see-project-through/

• Gov. Cox beat at GOP convention, Lyman wins big
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/gov-cox-beat-at-gop-convention-lyman-wins-big/

On the latest Regional Roundup: an event in our region aims to welcome more people of color to the mountains and snow sports. Plus: a selection of cowboy poetry, recorded at a cowboy poetry gathering in 1990, from the archives. And: an interview with environmental historian Jessica Lee who explores borders, plants and belonging in her new collection of essays, 'Dispersals.'