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It may have felt crowded, but popular national parks in the Mountain West region saw a decline in visitation last year in comparison to 2019. This story and more in Tuesday evening s news brief.
Tuesday morning, March 9, 2021
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Black Lives Matter Launching Ballot Initiative For Police Reform Measures
Black Lives Matter Utah plans to launch a ballot initiative campaign to address police reform. Lex Scott is the head of the group and said two key bills failed during the recent Legislative session. One of them would’ve allowed cities to create community boards to oversee law enforcement. Scott said the most important part of police reform is “having independent oversight of police, so that police are not investigating themselves and finding themselves innocent.” The other piece of legislation would’ve required law enforcement agencies to release body cam footage within 10 days of an incident. Scott said Black Lives Matter Utah had planned the initiatives prior
Students On The Navajo Nation In Utah Are Finally Getting Internet Service At Home
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Learning remotely means getting creative on Navajo Nation
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Navajo Nation teachers doing homework with students through car windows, over phone during pandemic
Poor internet access has made at-home schooling on the reservation difficult, but kids seem to be adapting.
(Kate Groetzinger | KUER-FM via AP) In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, photo, art teacher Georgiana Simpson broadcasts art class videos from her Bluff, Utah, home studio to students who have Internet. Simpson usually teaches art at Whitehorse High School in Montezuma Creek, Utah, a small Navajo Nation community.
By Kate Groetzinger | KUER-FM | Updated: 5:44 p.m.
Bluff • Georgiana Simpson is an art teacher at Whitehorse High School in Montezuma Creek, Utah, a small community on the Navajo Nation. But since March, She’s been working from her home 20 minutes away in Bluff.