Thursday March 3, 2023

Grand County High School student Elexa VanArsdol died Tuesday in a collision on Highway 191. The 17-year-old's death is a devastating blow to the local student body, already in grief over another classmate who died in a hiking accident a few short weeks ago. Plus, states in the Lower Colorado River Basin are pushing back on a proposal from their Upper Basin counterparts. And, a state park in our region is working to change hiking for people with disabilities. Finally, a preview of our next issue of KZMU’s audio magazine Great Tape.

// Photo: The Green River flows beneath the Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah. After Upper Basin states voted to suspend some water releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Lower Basin states published a letter in response. Credit: Ted Wood/The Water Desk