This week on the News Reel, we talk to Andrew Christiansen, reporter at the Times-Independent, about a protest at the Velvet-Wood mine in San Juan County that took place on Saturday. The uranium mine is the first project in the country approved under a new federal process that drastically reduces the environmental review period. We also discuss the Kane Creek luxury housing development, now called Echo Canyon, which is the first development in the state to receive approval to become a limited, self-governing preliminary municipality. We finish with a quick update on the lease for the National Park Service office building in Moab, which will no longer be terminated in April.

- Show Notes -

• Protesters rally against Velvet-Wood uranium mine

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/dont-fast-track-utah-into-a-wasteland-protesters-rally-against-velvet-wood-uranium-mine/

• State certifies Echo Canyon as first limited self-governed development in Utah

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/state-certifies-echo-canyon-as-first-self-governed-development-in-utah/

• Moab’s NPS building removed from DOGE lease termination list

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/moabs-nps-building-removed-from-doge-lease-termination-list/