Thursday May 25, 2023

Before it closed in 2019, the Kayenta Mine provided high-paying jobs to Navajo coal miners who lived nearby. But some say that working there, and at other coal mines across the Navajo Nation, has given miners lasting health problems, including black lung disease. Our radio partners at KSJD went on a tour of the Kayenta Surface Mine in northeastern Arizona with a former miner. And, states that rely on the Colorado River have come up with a short-term proposal to cut their use in exchange for federal funding. Plus, a new report says beekeeping is not exactly easy in the Beehive state.

// Show Notes:

// Photo: Alex Osif is a former coal miner who worked at the Kayenta and Black Mesa mines. He's currently a black lung benefits counselor at Canyonlands Healthcare in Page, Arizona. KSJD

// KUNC: Three Colorado River states propose new water cuts
https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-05-23/three-colorado-river-states-propose-new-water-cuts

// KSJD: In the Kayenta Mine, coal miner Alex Osif recalls community of Navajo miners impacted by black lung
https://www.ksjd.org/2023-05-24/in-the-kayenta-mine-coal-miner-alex-osif-recalls-community-of-navajo-miners-now-beset-by-black-lung

// UPR: Beekeepers have it hard in Utah, report says
https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2023-05-19/beekeepers-have-it-hard-in-utah-report-says