KZMU News

Doug McMurdo, associate editor of The Times-Independent, visits the KZMU studios to discuss some of the paper's most recent coverage. This week, the Grand County Council failed to pass an overlay zone for higher density in the county. However, they did approve salary bumps for themselves and other elected officials. Also, learn why the petition on the middle school construction project is not yet over and get an update on the "snail fever" disease affecting local dogs. Tune in!

Doug McMurdo, associate editor of The Times-Independent, visits the KZMU studios to discuss some of the paper's most recent coverage. This week, the Grand County Council failed to pass an overlay zone for higher density in the county. However, they did approve salary bumps for themselves and other elected officials. Also, learn why the petition on the middle school construction project is not yet over and get an update on the "snail fever" disease affecting local dogs. Tune in!

Ongoing drought, scarcity issues, and climate change are all part of the conversation when it comes to water issues in the West. Reporter Luke Runyon, from our partner station KUNC, says water managers are focused on critical drought planning for one of the West's most crucial resources - the Colorado River. KZMU News spoke with Luke about his coverage, and whether despair or hope rules the day when it comes to water in the West.

[photo: With its headwaters in northern Colorado, the Colorado River supplies water to 40 million people in the southwest. Nick Cote for KUNC/LightHawk]

Ongoing drought, scarcity issues, and climate change are all part of the conversation when it comes to water issues in the West. Reporter Luke Runyon, from our partner station KUNC, says water managers are focused on critical drought planning for one of the West's most crucial resources - the Colorado River. KZMU News spoke with Luke about his coverage, and whether despair or hope rules the day when it comes to water in the West.

[photo: With its headwaters in northern Colorado, the Colorado River supplies water to 40 million people in the southwest. Nick Cote for KUNC/LightHawk]

Ongoing drought, scarcity issues, and climate change are all part of the conversation when it comes to water issues in the West. Reporter Luke Runyon, from our partner station KUNC, says water managers are focused on critical drought planning for one of the West's most crucial resources - the Colorado River. KZMU News spoke with Luke about his coverage, and whether despair or hope rules the day when it comes to water in the West.

[photo: With its headwaters in northern Colorado, the Colorado River supplies water to 40 million people in the southwest. Nick Cote for KUNC/LightHawk]

- Juvenile fire starter gets 30 days, reports Moab Sun News

- Tribal water study released for Colorado River

- 'Ubuntu' upcycles plastic, creates community at KZMU

[photo: Community members gather at KZMU studios to celebrate Moab's first building project made from Ubuntu Blox, dense bales of compressed plastic. Upcycle Santa Fe/Resiliency Hub]

- Juvenile fire starter gets 30 days, reports Moab Sun News

- Tribal water study released for Colorado River

- 'Ubuntu' upcycles plastic, creates community at KZMU

[photo: Community members gather at KZMU studios to celebrate Moab's first building project made from Ubuntu Blox, dense bales of compressed plastic. Upcycle Santa Fe/Resiliency Hub]

- Juvenile fire starter gets 30 days, reports Moab Sun News

- Tribal water study released for Colorado River

- 'Ubuntu' upcycles plastic, creates community at KZMU

[photo: Community members gather at KZMU studios to celebrate Moab's first building project made from Ubuntu Blox, dense bales of compressed plastic. Upcycle Santa Fe/Resiliency Hub]

When you take a shower, wash the dishes, or do anything else that might require a drain, where does all that material go? Every flush in the Moab Valley now makes its way through the sewer system to a brand new, $14.5 million wastewater reclamation facility. With the new facility, officials say Moab's waste is now putting much less pressure on the Colorado River and using remarkably less potable water. Chief operator Greg Fosse took KZMU News on a tour of the new place.

When you take a shower, wash the dishes, or do anything else that might require a drain, where does all that material go? Every flush in the Moab Valley now makes its way through the sewer system to a brand new, $14.5 million wastewater reclamation facility. With the new facility, officials say Moab's waste is now putting much less pressure on the Colorado River and using remarkably less potable water. Chief operator Greg Fosse took KZMU News on a tour of the new place.