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KZMU wraps up the news week with Doug McMurdo, associate editor of The Times-Independent. This week - Moab City passes it's own prohibition on new overnight lodging, following the county's vote last week. City officials say the move is temporary as they create new development standards for overnight accommodations. Then, the change of government study committee favors a five person legislative body, although they're not yet in agreement whether that should be a commission or council. Tune in and learn more.

KZMU wraps up the news week with Doug McMurdo, associate editor of The Times-Independent. This week - Moab City passes it's own prohibition on new overnight lodging, following the county's vote last week. City officials say the move is temporary as they create new development standards for overnight accommodations. Then, the change of government study committee favors a five person legislative body, although they're not yet in agreement whether that should be a commission or council. Tune in and learn more.

Immigration continues to be a major topic of conversation across the United States. While the main focus is widely concentrated on border states, other areas are affected too. Our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio report on one man’s experience with ICE, and the greater impacts on the community in a rural mountain town in Southwest Colorado.

Immigration continues to be a major topic of conversation across the United States. While the main focus is widely concentrated on border states, other areas are affected too. Our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio report on one man’s experience with ICE, and the greater impacts on the community in a rural mountain town in Southwest Colorado.

As of Tuesday night, both Moab City and Grand County have prohibitions in place on new lodging development. The bans are the result of a six month planning process, one intended to respond in some way to the impacts of the lodging industry, including negative effects on long-term affordable housing, economic diversity, and water use. And later in the newscast, our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio highlight the argument for “big, bold actions” when it comes to balancing the southwestern watershed.

[Photo: The Green and Colorado Rivers meet at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Luke Runyon/KUNC]

As of Tuesday night, both Moab City and Grand County have prohibitions in place on new lodging development. The bans are the result of a six month planning process, one intended to respond in some way to the impacts of the lodging industry, including negative effects on long-term affordable housing, economic diversity, and water use. And later in the newscast, our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio highlight the argument for “big, bold actions” when it comes to balancing the southwestern watershed.

[Photo: The Green and Colorado Rivers meet at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Luke Runyon/KUNC]

New overnight accommodations - with some exceptions – are now prohibited in Grand County, after a special meeting last week. Council members also approved an overnight accommodations overlay map, which safeguards existing overnight rentals, a few parcels with viable takings claims, and includes certain parts of Crescent Junction, Thompson Springs, and Cisco. Moab City will consider a similar ordinance restricting overnight lodging at their meeting Tuesday July 23rd. And later on the newscast, an update on West Nile Virus mosquitoes and data tracking the number of deaths on Colorado’s rivers compared to years with similar high flows.

[Photo: Rafters scout a rapid along the Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument in May 2019. Luke Runyon/KUNC]

New overnight accommodations - with some exceptions – are now prohibited in Grand County, after a special meeting last week. Council members also approved an overnight accommodations overlay map, which safeguards existing overnight rentals, a few parcels with viable takings claims, and includes certain parts of Crescent Junction, Thompson Springs, and Cisco. Moab City will consider a similar ordinance restricting overnight lodging at their meeting Tuesday July 23rd. And later on the newscast, an update on West Nile Virus mosquitoes and data tracking the number of deaths on Colorado’s rivers compared to years with similar high flows.

[Photo: Rafters scout a rapid along the Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument in May 2019. Luke Runyon/KUNC]

A fire sparked by lightening last week has now burned over 150 acres in the Dark Canyon Wilderness of the Manti-La Sal National Forest. U.S. Forest Service officials say that the Peavine Canyon Fire is cleaning up “nature’s kitchen” by removing vegetation littering the forest floor. And later on the news, Public Lands Corner receives insights into the meaning of wilderness from a kid fresh from an outdoor adventure.

[Photo: The Peavine Canyon Fire in the Manti-La Sal National Forest. Credit Jason Kirks/Bureau of Land Management]

A fire sparked by lightening last week has now burned over 150 acres in the Dark Canyon Wilderness of the Manti-La Sal National Forest. U.S. Forest Service officials say that the Peavine Canyon Fire is cleaning up “nature’s kitchen” by removing vegetation littering the forest floor. And later on the news, Public Lands Corner receives insights into the meaning of wilderness from a kid fresh from an outdoor adventure.

[Photo: The Peavine Canyon Fire in the Manti-La Sal National Forest. Credit Jason Kirks/Bureau of Land Management]