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Local elected officials told the public this week that they are organizing a response to the change in National Park Service policy allowing ATVs and UTVs on Utah’s park roads. City Manager Joel Linares said staff and elected leaders will “take action in the interest of what we’re hearing from our constituency.” Southeast Utah Group Superintendent Kate Cannon publicly opposes this policy, stating Tuesday that allowing off-road vehicles in the parks would be “detrimental to the experience of visitors.” Plus, our partners at H20 Radio report on the infrastructure crisis at the country’s reservoirs.

[Photo: An off-road vehicle on a trail near Moab. Credit discovermoab.com]

Local elected officials told the public this week that they are organizing a response to the change in National Park Service policy allowing ATVs and UTVs on Utah’s park roads. City Manager Joel Linares said staff and elected leaders will “take action in the interest of what we’re hearing from our constituency.” Southeast Utah Group Superintendent Kate Cannon publicly opposes this policy, stating Tuesday that allowing off-road vehicles in the parks would be “detrimental to the experience of visitors.” Plus, our partners at H20 Radio report on the infrastructure crisis at the country’s reservoirs.

[Photo: An off-road vehicle on a trail near Moab. Credit discovermoab.com]

The Moab UMTRA project reached a major milestone this Fall – 10 million tons of uranium mill tailings were removed from the banks of the Colorado River. That means over 62 percent of the estimated 16 million ton pile is now gone. Representatives from the Department of Energy, local elected officials, and interested community members gathered to celebrate this week. Many spoke about healing the community and the environment, crediting the hard work and dedication of passionate people to get the project this far.

The Moab UMTRA project reached a major milestone this Fall – 10 million tons of uranium mill tailings were removed from the banks of the Colorado River. That means over 62 percent of the estimated 16 million ton pile is now gone. Representatives from the Department of Energy, local elected officials, and interested community members gathered to celebrate this week. Many spoke about healing the community and the environment, crediting the hard work and dedication of passionate people to get the project this far.

Agriculture is more than what we eat – it has the power to shape culture and socio-economic divides. This has played out in many areas across the West. KUNC’s Esther Honig has the story of how lettuce changed one of the poorest regions in neighboring Colorado, the San Luis Valley.

[Photo: A field pack machine slowly makes its way through the rows of lettuce. Credit Esther Honig/KUNC]

Agriculture is more than what we eat – it has the power to shape culture and socio-economic divides. This has played out in many areas across the West. KUNC’s Esther Honig has the story of how lettuce changed one of the poorest regions in neighboring Colorado, the San Luis Valley.

[Photo: A field pack machine slowly makes its way through the rows of lettuce. Credit Esther Honig/KUNC]

Opposition mounts against a National Park Service order to allow off-road vehicles like ATVs and UTVs on Utah’s park roads, as critics call for a public environmental analysis. Amid fears that rangers will have difficulty enforcing such vehicles to stay on the road, a recent memo by the Superintendent of Arches and Canyonlands states, “the propensity of these vehicles to be driven off-road where prohibited is well established in research.” Learn more during the News and Public Lands Corner. Plus, a coalition of environmental groups is suing the federal government over the operation of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.

Opposition mounts against a National Park Service order to allow off-road vehicles like ATVs and UTVs on Utah’s park roads, as critics call for a public environmental analysis. Amid fears that rangers will have difficulty enforcing such vehicles to stay on the road, a recent memo by the Superintendent of Arches and Canyonlands states, “the propensity of these vehicles to be driven off-road where prohibited is well established in research.” Learn more during the News and Public Lands Corner. Plus, a coalition of environmental groups is suing the federal government over the operation of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.

In today’s booming economy, more and more employers are facing a shortage of workers; one that they might fill by reaching out to people with disabilities. But what about the cost of accommodations for workers with disabilities? In their series Diagnosed, our partners at Utah Public Radio take a look at some misconceptions about the cost of employing a non-typical worker, whether they need high-tech, low-tech or no-tech solutions.

[Photo: For some, using voice to text technology is a matter of convenience. For some with disabilities, it's the only way to send a text]

In today’s booming economy, more and more employers are facing a shortage of workers; one that they might fill by reaching out to people with disabilities. But what about the cost of accommodations for workers with disabilities? In their series Diagnosed, our partners at Utah Public Radio take a look at some misconceptions about the cost of employing a non-typical worker, whether they need high-tech, low-tech or no-tech solutions.

[Photo: For some, using voice to text technology is a matter of convenience. For some with disabilities, it's the only way to send a text]