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Utah

  • The dissolution of Roe v. Wade would have major implications in Utah. National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness day was marked by a march in Kayenta on Thursday. And there will be a new farmers market in Mancos starting next month.
  • Backcountry flying is becoming more popular, especially in Southeast Utah. A small but growing number of pilots are helping maintain the remote, historic airstrips that dot the countryside.
  • Colorado Governor Jared Polis has been busy this past week signing several bills into law. Utah's snowpack is in dire shape and the state should expect a very dry summer.
  • Utah Governor Spencer Cox vetoed a bill last week that bans transgender girls from competing in girls sports, but state lawmakers voted to override that veto on Friday.
  • Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill to ban people from openly carrying guns near polling places. And the League of Women Voters of Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and others are suing the state of Utah over the new Congressional map.
  • Colorado lawmakers are advancing a bill to make sure people displaced by natural disasters can continue voting in their hometown elections while their houses are being rebuilt. And U-S Senate candidate Ally Isom submitted more than 28,000 signatures this week to secure her spot on Utah’s Republican primary ballot.
  • Colorado lawmakers are advancing a pair of bills that aim to improve the state’s ability to investigate wildfires and get victims reimbursed quickly. And Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources is cracking down on people who have illegally obtained hunting permits.
  • One hospital in Utah is treating 140 children under five with very serious COVID-19 infections. And the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission heard from members of the public on its financial assurance rulemaking last week.
  • Coal-producing Emery County is one of the only regions in Utah to have seen a drop in population in the last decade. And those that remain have lost good paying jobs as the state transitions away from coal. A new research facility wants to bring back revenue and jobs by experimenting with a number of new technologies. From KZMU in Moab, Justin Higginbottom looks at one of those projects: a type of nuclear reactor some think could be the future of power.
  • Public health officials say a dozen Colorado counties have now vaccinated more than seventy percent of their eligible populations against the…