Moab news with Mountain West context.
KZMU News reports from Moab with a close eye on public lands, water, health, protest, and local culture. Its episodes move between concise coverage and broader Regional Roundup segments from community radio stations across the Mountain West.
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KZMU News is a Moab-based local news feed with a steady public radio temperament and a regional reach. Its center is southeastern Utah, but its reporting often follows the systems that connect Moab to the wider Mountain West. Water is one of those systems. Episodes track Lake Powell, record low snowpack, drought concerns, and the negotiations that shape Colorado River management. Public lands are another. The show reports on national park signage orders, climate and mining interpretation, cattle grazing, Indigenous history, archaeology, and the political future of shared landscapes. It also keeps a close watch on immediate community needs. Recent segments cover measles detected in Grand County wastewater, free medical screenings, local protests, immigration-related vigils, and public health risk during tourist season. The pacing is clear and functional. Interviews tend to ask what happened, why it matters, and what comes next. Regional Roundup episodes widen the frame with reporting from community radio stations in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico. Those editions bring in rallies, banned books, wildfire resilience, invasive weeds, quilting projects honoring veterans, Irish mining migration, and buffalo reintroduction to Indigenous lands. The show is not only policy and emergency information. It also makes room for local culture, including a Moab musical about deep time, human impact, and place-based theater. Its best moments come from the blend of official information, local journalism, and voices gathered close to the story. KZMU News suits listeners who want civic context without national-news spectacle. It is grounded, practical, and attentive to how big decisions show up in small communities.
Made for: For listeners who follow Moab, southeastern Utah, public lands, water, regional politics, and community radio reporting across the Mountain West.
What sets it apart: KZMU News pairs hyperlocal Moab updates with Regional Roundup collaborations, giving small-town stories a broader Colorado-Wyoming-Utah-New Mexico frame.
KZMU News features grassroots, independent journalism broadcast from the heart of Moab, Utah. A daily newscast with reliable coverage, local voices, and reporting that empowers community.
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A statehouse update, a water check, and a firm case for local news as civic work.
Regional Roundup treats local news as civic infrastructure, tying the No Kings protests and songs of resistance to Colorado's push to support local reporting and the statehouse resolution read by Senator James Coleman.
Corey delivers two-minute daily Minneapolis news briefs, from school budget cuts to fraud cases.
A daily five-minute anchor-read roundup of Fox Cities crime, schools, and local government news.
Gunnison County's recycling center says 95% of the recyclable materials it receives are sent for recycling, and cardboard can become drywall backing.
The Regional Roundup examines extreme wildfire conditions in Colorado and Utah after historically low snowpack dried surface fuels, according to Camille Stevens-Rumann of Colorado State University.
Regional Roundup covers Colorado heat planning, Denver janitors’ labor history, a southwest Colorado school garden, the Grand Mesa Songwriter Festival, and Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars film adaptation.
KZMU News' Regional Roundup reports on Utah's Vol and Queer app, which connects Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ people with vetted volunteer opportunities.
Regional Roundup - June 22, 2026 reports on Colorado River negotiations, Four Corners poetry, community-radio expansions, and national-park signage comments.
This episode explores the state of local news in the Rocky Mountain region, covering topics like community radio, water conservation efforts, ski-joring events, and protest movements.
This episode reports on national parks grappling with federal orders to remove interpretive signs that discuss topics like climate change, indigenous history, and environmental damage, amid concerns about privatization of public lands.
This episode features an interview with reporter Andrew Christiansen discussing critically low water levels at Lake Powell due to record low snowpack in Utah and the potential impacts on electricity generation and water supply.
This episode covers regional news including scrutiny of an ICE detention facility in Colorado, Wyoming's abortion ban affecting patients, mule deer decline in Utah, and indigenous tribes' role in Colorado River stewardship.
This episode discusses Grand County's recommendation to partner with SkyWest Airlines for Canyonlands Regional Airport, replacing Contour Airlines under the Federal Essential Air Service Program, based on factors like passenger traffic and public input.
This news report discusses the detection of measles in Moab's wastewater amid a statewide outbreak in Utah, highlighting concerns about tourist transmission and asymptomatic cases.
This episode covers regional responses to a fatal shooting by an ICE agent, along with segments on public lands management, buffalo reintroduction to Indigenous lands, and regional archaeology.
This episode of the Regional Roundup covers No King's protests across the Rocky Mountain region, along with updates on Banned Books Week, immigration arrests, and a climate summit for rural communities.
Director Ash Hansen discusses her site-specific musical 'Leaving a Trace,' which explores human impact on the environment through community-based theater in Moab.
This episode of Regional Roundup covers stories including dogs sniffing out invasive weeds in Wyoming, a quilting project honoring veterans, insights from PBS NewsHour on science solutions, the history of Irish miners in the Rocky Mountains, and regional water news.