Friday February 3, 2023

The town of Castle Valley is looking to update its water monitoring system in anticipation of a potential new tourism development. Town council members are hoping to conduct an aquifer study and install a parshall flume system as part of a larger plan to measure whether their water supply can accommodate more people. Plus, tribal leaders from the eight federally recognized tribes in Utah gathered at a news conference at the state capitol and called on state lawmakers to pass Utah's version of the Indian Child Welfare Act. And later, a remote town in our region touts its ski hill as what skiing was like before the rise of mega resorts.

// Plus, the Weekly News Reel! Sophia Fisher of The Times-Independent talks disaster relief funding, a GCSO jailer’s resignation after a misconduct allegation and tadpole shrimp taking the spotlight in a new advertising campaign. Alison Harford of the Moab Sun News discusses a recent investigation that found half of Native American remains and funerary objects have yet to be returned to tribes they were stolen from.

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// Photo: Castle Valley, Utah. Courtesy Carter Pape / Wikimedia Commons

// HB 40: Indian Child Welfare Amendments
https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0040.html

// Press conference with Navajo Nation and Tribal Leaders on HB 40
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=2Rb1fB&ref=watch_permalink&v=588287672699867

// KVNF: Hitting the slopes in tiny Lake City for a retro experience
https://www.kvnf.org/2023-02-01/hitting-the-slopes-in-tiny-lake-city-for-a-retro-experience

// Weekly News Reel Mentions:

// The Times-Independent: City, county denied federal flood-relief funds
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/city-county-denied-federal-flood-relief-funds/

// The Times-Independent: GCSO jailer accused of misconduct
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/gcso-jailer-accused-of-misconduct/

// The Times-Independent: Goodbye, Delicate Arch; hello, tadpole shrimp
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/goodbye-delicate-arch-hello-tadpole-shrimp/

// Moab Sun News: Data shows only 11% of Native American remains taken from Grand County have been returned
https://moabsunnews.com/2023/02/02/nagpra-in-grand-county/