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Four states – Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico – have watched shares of their water from the Colorado River flowing downstream for nearly a century. But now they want to claim that promised water with a massive water pipeline in southwestern Utah. Today we hear the final installment of the series “The Final Straw,” from our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio.

[Photo: Gary Turner uses his turf harvester to peel 2-by-5-foot strips grass at his Washington City farm. He says the land and the water rights are so valuable in this fast-growing area that he often gets offers for the property in the heart of Utah redrock country. Judy Fahys / KUER News]

Four states – Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico – have watched shares of their water from the Colorado River flowing downstream for nearly a century. But now they want to claim that promised water with a massive water pipeline in southwestern Utah. Today we hear the final installment of the series “The Final Straw,” from our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio.

[Photo: Gary Turner uses his turf harvester to peel 2-by-5-foot strips grass at his Washington City farm. He says the land and the water rights are so valuable in this fast-growing area that he often gets offers for the property in the heart of Utah redrock country. Judy Fahys / KUER News]

In response to an incredible mosquito year – coupled with incredible public pressure – Moab’s Mosquito Abatement District plans to spray chemical fog near the wetlands tonight around 9pm. Because fogging kills all kinds of insects, not just mosquito larvae, local beekeepers have been notified and plan to protect and cover their hives. The district's director says they do not plan to fog neighborhoods tonight. Learn more about mosquitoes on today’s news, as well as a contemplation on silence and ecology from our partners at Utah Public Radio.

In response to an incredible mosquito year – coupled with incredible public pressure – Moab’s Mosquito Abatement District plans to spray chemical fog near the wetlands tonight around 9pm. Because fogging kills all kinds of insects, not just mosquito larvae, local beekeepers have been notified and plan to protect and cover their hives. The district's director says they do not plan to fog neighborhoods tonight. Learn more about mosquitoes on today’s news, as well as a contemplation on silence and ecology from our partners at Utah Public Radio.

In response to an incredible mosquito year – coupled with incredible public pressure – Moab’s Mosquito Abatement District plans to spray chemical fog near the wetlands tonight around 9pm. Because fogging kills all kinds of insects, not just mosquito larvae, local beekeepers have been notified and plan to protect and cover their hives. The district's director says they do not plan to fog neighborhoods tonight. Learn more about mosquitoes on today’s news, as well as a contemplation on silence and ecology from our partners at Utah Public Radio.

In response to an incredible mosquito year – coupled with incredible public pressure – Moab’s Mosquito Abatement District plans to spray chemical fog near the wetlands tonight around 9pm. Because fogging kills all kinds of insects, not just mosquito larvae, local beekeepers have been notified and plan to protect and cover their hives. The district's director says they do not plan to fog neighborhoods tonight. Learn more about mosquitoes on today’s news, as well as a contemplation on silence and ecology from our partners at Utah Public Radio.

Civic leaders from Moab, Park City, and St. George recently gave the Political Subdivisions Interim Committee a rundown of the many challenges facing resort communities. The committee heard about housing, infrastructure, and transportation – issues that are straining economic development in Utah’s tourism hubs. “We are a city of five thousand, and we are carrying capacities of three million – that’s the same population of the state of Utah,” city council member Karen Guzman-Newton told lawmakers. “We have serious work to catch up on.” Learn more on today’s news.

[Photo: Moab City Council Member Karen Guzman-Newton testified last week about challenges facing resort communities to state lawmakers. Credit Moab City]

Civic leaders from Moab, Park City, and St. George recently gave the Political Subdivisions Interim Committee a rundown of the many challenges facing resort communities. The committee heard about housing, infrastructure, and transportation – issues that are straining economic development in Utah’s tourism hubs. “We are a city of five thousand, and we are carrying capacities of three million – that’s the same population of the state of Utah,” city council member Karen Guzman-Newton told lawmakers. “We have serious work to catch up on.” Learn more on today’s news.

[Photo: Moab City Council Member Karen Guzman-Newton testified last week about challenges facing resort communities to state lawmakers. Credit Moab City]

Civic leaders from Moab, Park City, and St. George recently gave the Political Subdivisions Interim Committee a rundown of the many challenges facing resort communities. The committee heard about housing, infrastructure, and transportation – issues that are straining economic development in Utah’s tourism hubs. “We are a city of five thousand, and we are carrying capacities of three million – that’s the same population of the state of Utah,” city council member Karen Guzman-Newton told lawmakers. “We have serious work to catch up on.” Learn more on today’s news.

[Photo: Moab City Council Member Karen Guzman-Newton testified last week about challenges facing resort communities to state lawmakers. Credit Moab City]

Civic leaders from Moab, Park City, and St. George recently gave the Political Subdivisions Interim Committee a rundown of the many challenges facing resort communities. The committee heard about housing, infrastructure, and transportation – issues that are straining economic development in Utah’s tourism hubs. “We are a city of five thousand, and we are carrying capacities of three million – that’s the same population of the state of Utah,” city council member Karen Guzman-Newton told lawmakers. “We have serious work to catch up on.” Learn more on today’s news.

[Photo: Moab City Council Member Karen Guzman-Newton testified last week about challenges facing resort communities to state lawmakers. Credit Moab City]