There’s a vital race that happens across the country – everywhere there’s a paved road. It’s the reason you have ripe tomatoes or ice cream or paperclips. Those in Moab know the race well. Trucks move over 70 percent of the nation’s freight by weight, and Moab is on the trucking routes supplying products across the Southwest. Today on the news, we hear from truckers passing through our community hauling goods.

// Plus, the Weekly News Reel! Doug McMurdo of The Times-Independent talks skunk problems, flood debris removal and Grand County High School’s new principal. Alison Harford of the Moab Sun News discusses financing flood recovery, a new round of covid boosters available and the upcoming YGP Harvest Festival.

// Show notes:

// Photo: Moab is on the trucking routes supplying products across the Southwest / Credit Rennett Stowe

// ATA: Economics and Industry Data

https://www.trucking.org/economics-and-industry-data

// Trucks: Federal Data Shows Trucking Remains One of America’s Deadliest Jobs

https://www.trucks.com/2021/01/11/federal-data-shows-trucking-remains-one-of-americas-deadliest-jobs/

// CDC: Long-Haul Truck Drivers

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/truck/health.html

// Sounds in Today’s Newscast include ‘truck semi-trailer approach slow to stop turn and pull away slow heavy rattly diesel’ by kyles, ‘cb junk on 19’ by goose278, and ‘CB-Radio Report’ by sentryx86

//Music in Today's Newscast include 'Theme for The Mad Thinker' by Dr. Fankenstein and 'Dirt Rhodes' by Kevin MacLeod

// Weekly News Reel Mentions:

// The Times-Independent: A skunky problem

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/a-skunky-problem/

// The Times-Independent: City removes 2,800 tons of debris

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/city-removes-2800-tons-of-flood-debris/

// The Times-Independent: County approves flood relief grant program

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/county-approves-flood-relief-grant-program/

// The Times-Independent: Meet Grand County High’s new principal

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/meet-grand-county-highs-new-principal/

// Moab Sun News: Moab reviews flood recovery

https://moabsunnews.com/2022/09/15/moab-reviews-flood-recovery/

// Moab Sun News: Another round of COVID boosters available at Health Department

https://moabsunnews.com/2022/09/15/another-round-of-covid-boosters-available-at-health-department/

// Moab Sun News: Celebrating the harvest

https://moabsunnews.com/2022/09/15/celebrating-the-harvest/