Grand County Commissioners are considering handing off the Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission to the Red Cliffs Foundation, a new non-profit affiliated with the Moab Museum of Film and Western Heritage. We also hear from our partners at KUER and KDNK about Utah’s dwindling flood budget and drag queen storytelling in Colorado.

Plus, the Weekly News Reel! Sophia Fisher of The Times-Independent has comments from the lead auditor tasked with looking into government performance in Grand and San Juan Counties. Plus, Grand’s commission once again nixed the Rally on the Rocks event and Lianna Etchberger is leaving the helm of USU-Moab. Alison Harford of the Moab Sun News discusses critical infrastructure repair at the wetlands preserve, noxious weed eradication and the return of the April Action Car Show.

//Show Notes:

//Photo: The county’s film commission could soon partner with the Red Cliffs Foundation, an affiliate of the Moab Museum of Film and Western Heritage pictured here. Photo by Dave Hensley via Flickr.

//KUER: Utah will dip into rainy day funds to keep up with flood relief, says Gov. Cox

https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2023-04-20/utah-will-dip-into-rainy-day-funds-to-keep-up-with-flood-relief-says-gov-cox

//KDNK: Storytime just got glamorous

https://www.kdnk.org/local-news/2023-04-18/storytime-just-got-glamorous-roaring-divas-host-a-reading-at-the-bluebird-cafe

//Weekly News Reel Mentions:

//The Times-Independent: Grand barely mentioned in ‘sham’ audit

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/grand-barely-mentioned-in-sham-audit/

//The Times-Independent: Commission again nixes Rally on the Rocks event

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/commission-again-nixes-rally-on-rocks-event/

//The Times-Independent: Etchberger leaving USU-Moab June 30

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/etchberger-leaving-usu-moab-june-30/

//Moab Sun News: What’s happening at the Matheson Wetlands Preserve?

https://moabsunnews.com/2023/04/20/whats-happening-at-the-matheson-wetlands-preserve/

//Moab Sun News: A conversation with the plant detective

https://moabsunnews.com/2023/04/20/a-conversation-with-the-plant-detective/

//Moab Sun News: Peruse the region’s best hot rods

https://moabsunnews.com/2023/04/20/peruse-the-regions-best-hot-rods/