This month local and national organizations are helping to reduce fire risk around Moab. It’s called ‘Operation Slickrock’ and covers areas from the Slackline Park to Pack Creek. Today on the news, we visit a site to learn more about this important work and the people doing it. Plus, a resort industry giant will increase its minimum wage across its prosperities in the West. And, a report on Equal Pay Day, representing how far into 2022 women would have to work to make what men did on average in 2021.

// Photo: Kenneth Peebles is member of Team Rubicon. The Veteran organization is working on fire mitigation along Mill Creek and Pack Creek in Moab. KZMU/Justin Higginbottom