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On this week’s Regional Roundup, we look at the latest efforts to open Bears Ears National Monument to mining and we’ll hear about a public awareness campaign in Colorado aimed at helping people stay bear aware.We’ll also hear about a Western Colorado nonprofit building community by encouraging women and girls...

On this edition of the Weekly Newsreel, Station Manager Jenna Whetzel sits down with Moab Sun News editor Maggie McGuire to talk about recent bear sightings, a proposed Grand County tax to fund a new jail complex, the Grand County mountain biking team, and upcoming events.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we head to the alpine tundra of Rocky Mountain National Park with naturalists searching for ptarmigan. We also learn about efforts to restore beaver habitat in other parts of the park.Then, we travel to the small Western Colorado town of Lake City, where three newly...

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we explore the mental and emotional toll a hectic fire season can take on firefighters.We also look at how the language we use to describe wildfire can shape the way we feel about fire. Then, we turn to water and we hear a report about...

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear a report on new cuts to water use for the Lower Basin states that rely on the Colorado River. Then, we explore how increasingly intense wildfires are affecting landscapes and their ability to recover. Next, we head to southwest Colorado to learn about...

On this episode of the Weekly Newsreel, Station Manager Jenna Whetzel talks with Doug McMurdo, editor of the Moab Times Independent, about the Bureau of Reclamation’s declarations regarding the 10-year water management framework, how the Moab City Council issued new watering restrictions, and about an artist who makes pavers and...

On this week’s Regional Roundup, hear about literary endeavors around the region. We hear about a new book inspired by the author’s own journey from being a former east coast attorney to moving to Colorado to work on a horse ranch. Then we visit a bookstore in Nederland to hear...

On this week’s Newsreel, Station Manager Jenna Whetzel talks with Maggie McGuire, editor of the Moab Sun News about the Grand County Commission’s discussion of the Arches Shuttle funding, the Moab City Council’s discussion of the contract change order to changes at the Moab Recreation and Aquatic Center (MRAC), and...

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about the recent awards given by Aspen nonprofit Climate Curve for innovative climate solutions. Then we’ll hear how President Trump has reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments, reducing protections for the iconic landscapes. Then we find out...

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about some of the fires burning in the region, we’ll hear from evacuees from the Aspen Acres fire, we pay a visit to the incident command post for the Gold Mountain Fire in Western Colorado to hear what it takes to support the...

On this episode of This Week in Moab with host Celia Alario, we hear breaking news of the White House press event for the signing of the Executive Orders gutting Grand Staircase Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, and get response from Scott Braden of SUWA. Additionally, we get updates...

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about the extreme fire danger facing communities across the Rocky Mountain West. Then, we go to Aspen, where an all-American form of dance called Bandaloop turned the side of a building into a stage during the Fourth of July weekend. After that, we’ll...