Thursday November 17, 2022

Election results in San Juan County aren’t yet final. But it’s likely the county's three-person commission will return to a Republican majority. Jamie Harvey, one of those incoming Republican commissioners, is Navajo and from Montezuma Creek. He speaks with KZMU about issues impacting Native groups in San Juan County. Plus, over the summer the invasive Japanese Beetle was detected in Grand Junction, Colorado. The adult beetle feeds on more than 300 species of plants including those that are a major part of the Western Slope's agricultural economy such as sweet corn, peaches and grapes. Our partners speak with the plant health certification program manager for the Colorado Department of Agriculture about the pest.

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// Photo: Adult Japanese beetles feeding on a rose plant. (Melissa Schreiner)

// Salt Lake Tribune: At long last, the lights are on in Westwater
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/09/19/long-last-lights-are-westwater/

// KVNF: What you need to know about Japanese beetles on the Western Slope
https://www.kvnf.org/show/regional-news/2022-10-31/what-you-need-to-know-about-japanese-beetles-on-the-western-slope