In recent weeks, COVID-19 cases have steadily increased in Carbon County. They now have the highest total cases in Southeast Utah’s health district. Throughout the pandemic, officials worried about increases in Grand County, but say the local mask order has worked as an effective prevention tool. Plus, both Grand County and Moab City are officially ‘cooperating agencies’ with the Bureau of Land Management. That means their councils can provide early input on upcoming oil and gas lease sales and environmental assessments in the area, which they just did for the BLM’s December sale. And finally, one local theater company in Telluride, Colorado is producing Shakespeare in the pandemic.

Show Notes:

Photo: Telluride Theater

Southeast Utah Health Dept free COVID-19 Testing

Monday 8/31 from 1pm – 5pm at Grand County High School

Testing open to all individuals, whether symptomatic or not

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5GxeU5St_Tx2sUD05BL4RpTTBLi1WxM4jAvnYefX6q_k0sg/viewform

Southeast Utah Case Counts

https://www.seuhealth.com/covid-19

BLM Utah December Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2001127/570

Telluride Theatre

http://www.telluridetheatre.org

Telluride.com: Shakespeare in the Park

https://www.telluride.com/festivals-and-events/shakespeare-in-the-park--the-tempest