What’s the perfect thing that you could come across by accident at night driving down a two-lane highway? For fans of folklore its Desert Oracle Radio – created / written / produced / and performed by the one Ken Layne. His home desert is Joshua Tree, California but KZMU listeners may have caught him live here in Moab over the weekend. The writer visited canyon country to share stories live in person and over the airwaves. Today on the news, we hear some thoughts on community radio from this longtime radio artist.

// Plus, the Weekly News Reel where we check in with reporters on their latest stories of the Moab area. Doug McMurdo of The Times-Independent talks timed entry at Arches National Park, USU-Moab’s grand opening and a state-level objection to local housing plans. Maggie McGuire of the Moab Sun News discusses a new incentive that could attract more film projects to rural Utah and amazing local students like the Grand County sterling scholars.

// Show Notes

// Photo: ‘The Voice of the Desert’ aka Ken Layne live performing Desert Oracle Radio at KZMU on April 2nd.

// Desert Oracle Radio

https://www.desertoracle.com/radio/

// MSN: KZMU presents its radio play festival, radiothon

https://www.moabsunnews.com/get_out_and_go/article_a6fa0efc-b6d1-11ec-914f-f7c9fb060962.html

// Weekly News Reel Mentions

// The Times-Independent: USU-Moab open for business

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/usu-moab-open-for-business/

// The Times-Independent: ‘We were in…within five minutes’

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/we-were-in-within-five-minutes/

// The Times-Independent: Lawmakers, Realtors object to city’s workforce housing plan

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/lawmakers-realtors-object-to-citys-workforce-housing-plan/

// The Times-Independent: Kovash appointed to commission

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/kovash-appointed-to-commission/

// Moab Sun News: New incentive could attract more film projects to rural Utah

https://www.moabsunnews.com/news/article_366674ce-b6d5-11ec-b72c-4fb6bf4efa6a.html

// Moab Sun News: Grand County Sterling Scholars reap rewards with hard work

https://www.moabsunnews.com/get_out_and_go/article_013ef85a-b6d2-11ec-b1ae-4b5fef34d954.html