Podcasts about cottonwood canyons

On this episode, Last Chair grabbed veteran UTA ski bus driver Doug Malmborg for a ride on the 972 line up to Solitude and Brighton. Malmborg shared his vast knowledge of the UTA ski bus service, plus some fascinating ski and mining history that he has gleaned growing up in the Cottonwoods.

On this episode, Last Chair grabbed veteran UTA ski bus driver Doug Malmborg for a ride on the 972 line up to Solitude and Brighton. Malmborg shared his vast knowledge of the UTA ski bus service, plus some fascinating ski and mining history that he has gleaned growing up in the Cottonwoods.

Steven Clark enjoyed the ideal skier's lifestyle as a young boy living at the mouth of the Cottonwood Canyons. Today, he's the avalanche safety program manager for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). As skiers and riders wind their way up Little Cottonwood Canyon, one of the most avalanche-intensive sections of highway in the world, he's the one leading efforts to help keep us safe. Clark joined this episode of Last Chair from Snowbird to talk about innovative new technology that is helping to keep avalanche safety workers – and all of us on the highway – safe during winter storms.Many of us think about backcountry avalanche safety. Clark himself, when he was young, had the Utah Avalanche Center phone number posted on the family's home phone. But it's doubtful many of us think a lot about avalanches as we travel mountain highways every winter. We think about the plows that clear the roadway for us. But what's up above might be largely out of our minds as we wind up State Route 210 for eight miles towards Snowbird and Alta.In those eight miles from the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon up to Alta, there are 64 identified, named avalanche paths that can impact the highway. While the ski resorts all manage avalanche safety in their boundaries, it's up to UDOT to mitigate the danger on the highway. From howitzers to hand charges, UDOT avalanche safety teams work to keep all highways in the state safe for drivers and residents.For around 75 years military howitzers have played a pivotal role, lobbing shells across valleys to dislodge snowpack before it poses a danger to the highway. In 2007, UDOT began to look at alternatives to lobbing shells through the air. Today, howitzers are being phased out. As an example, in 2023 Alta retired its 105-mm cannon that had fired thousands of rounds of shells since being introduced in the 1950s by avalanche safety legend Monty Atwater.Replacing the howitzers is an array of remotely triggered devices installed on mountainside towers throughout the canyon. Towers from Wyssen Avalanche Control can be remotely activated to drop charges into the snow. Installations from GAZEX™ create a controlled explosion from which the concussive force triggers a slide. UDOT is using both systems, with new installations around Mount Superior will be in operation this season. There are now nearly 90 remotely-activated avalanche mitigation installations in the canyon between UDOT and the ski resorts. The new systems provide yet another level of public safety, eliminating the need to fire shells across the valley or to have avalanche safety workers conduct high-risk operations. In addition, UDOT employs a sophisticated array of avalanche sensors to analyze the snowpack and provide valuable feedback and updates.This episode of Last Chair provides some fascinating insights into the work done behind the scenes to keep us safe as we travel the Cottonwood Canyons to ski and ride. A well-known figure in the Utah snow safety community, Steven Clark is a great example of the dedication of the UDOT team that helps keep us safe.

Steven Clark enjoyed the ideal skier's lifestyle as a young boy living at the mouth of the Cottonwood Canyons. Today, he's the avalanche safety program manager for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). As skiers and riders wind their way up Little Cottonwood Canyon, one of the most avalanche-intensive sections of highway in the world, he's the one leading efforts to help keep us safe. Clark joined this episode of Last Chair from Snowbird to talk about innovative new technology that is helping to keep avalanche safety workers – and all of us on the highway – safe during winter storms.Many of us think about backcountry avalanche safety. Clark himself, when he was young, had the Utah Avalanche Center phone number posted on the family's home phone. But it's doubtful many of us think a lot about avalanches as we travel mountain highways every winter. We think about the plows that clear the roadway for us. But what's up above might be largely out of our minds as we wind up State Route 210 for eight miles towards Snowbird and Alta.In those eight miles from the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon up to Alta, there are 64 identified, named avalanche paths that can impact the highway. While the ski resorts all manage avalanche safety in their boundaries, it's up to UDOT to mitigate the danger on the highway. From howitzers to hand charges, UDOT avalanche safety teams work to keep all highways in the state safe for drivers and residents.For around 75 years military howitzers have played a pivotal role, lobbing shells across valleys to dislodge snowpack before it poses a danger to the highway. In 2007, UDOT began to look at alternatives to lobbing shells through the air. Today, howitzers are being phased out. As an example, in 2023 Alta retired its 105-mm cannon that had fired thousands of rounds of shells since being introduced in the 1950s by avalanche safety legend Monty Atwater.Replacing the howitzers is an array of remotely triggered devices installed on mountainside towers throughout the canyon. Towers from Wyssen Avalanche Control can be remotely activated to drop charges into the snow. Installations from GAZEX™ create a controlled explosion from which the concussive force triggers a slide. UDOT is using both systems, with new installations around Mount Superior will be in operation this season. There are now nearly 90 remotely-activated avalanche mitigation installations in the canyon between UDOT and the ski resorts. The new systems provide yet another level of public safety, eliminating the need to fire shells across the valley or to have avalanche safety workers conduct high-risk operations. In addition, UDOT employs a sophisticated array of avalanche sensors to analyze the snowpack and provide valuable feedback and updates.This episode of Last Chair provides some fascinating insights into the work done behind the scenes to keep us safe as we travel the Cottonwood Canyons to ski and ride. A well-known figure in the Utah snow safety community, Steven Clark is a great example of the dedication of the UDOT team that helps keep us safe.

Ski season has officially begun, and with the trek to the mountains comes the dreaded “red snake” of canyon traffic. Salt Lake Tribune outdoors reporter Julie Jag tells host Ali Vallarta what transportation solutions we can expect and when, from the Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola to the ski bus. Sign up for the Cottonwood Canyons sticker program. Become a member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It's the best way to support our work and help make sure we're around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm. Subscribe to Hey Salt Lake, our daily morning newsletter. You can also find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC. Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads. Learn more about the sponsors of this episode:  ICO University of Utah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police will enforce Utah's traction law in the Cottonwood Canyons this winter, Report: Park City Transit ridership increased during spring, summer months, U.S. cross country skiers kick off season at Park City training center, Parker Malatesta speaks with the Nancy Keates of the Wall Street Journal about her article on housing in the greater Park City area, Park City High School Football Coach Josh Montzingo recaps the regular season ahead of the playoffs, Library Director Adriane Herrick Juarez discusses the upcoming Wasatch Back Book Festival, "The community came up big": Kamas Valley rallies around Yellow Lake firefighters, and Park City Mountain, ski patrol union remain in contract negotiations as season nears.

Complaints from Utah Royals opponents have America First Credit Union playing defense. Host Ali Vallarta and executive producer Emily Means break down the controversy and a rattling history. Plus, will more funding to enforce canyon traction laws lead to better outcomes, or more hype for the proposed gondola up Little Cottonwood Canyon? This and more in a midweek news roundup chock-full of local shoutouts. Resources and references: Millcreek Common climbing wall opens Soccer fans debate meaning of 'America First' on Royals team jersey; Gov. Cox weighs in [KUTV] America First, Invoked by Trump, has a complicated history [NPR] A Short History of ‘America First' [The Atlantic] Are traction laws enforced in the Cottonwood Canyons? It's complicated. [Salt Lake Tribune] Crashes strand Alta, Snowbird skiers in Little Cottonwood Canyon [Salt Lake Tribune] Plan B Vending Machine at the University of Utah Crossroads Urban Center food pantry foods of the month Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It's the best way to support our work and help make sure we're around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm. Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC. Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads. Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: CRUDE Microbiome-friendly Skincare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Salt Lake City Council was busy this week with all sorts of land-use proposals. Lead producer Emily Means joins host Ali Vallarta to try to make sense of the municipal stuff. Plus, will we ever get more buses up the Cottonwood Canyons? And if you're worried about flooding, Ali shares some action items to ease your anxiety. Listen to our episode on ADUs. Browse proposed changes to height requirements downtown. Adopt a storm drain. Check Salt Lake County's floodplain map. Empanada Fest, Baby Animal Celebration, and the Bunny Hop! Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC. Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Utah gets a lot of snow! And as skiers and riders, our objective is to get up to the resorts as quickly as possible. But who takes care of that 30 inches of snow that fell overnight? And who mitigates that cornice hanging a thousand of feet above the highway? Last Chair took a ride with the Utah Department of Transportation Cottonwoods plow team, talking with Jake Brown and riding with Shawn Walker on a snowy Big Cottonwood morning.It's just 13 miles up Little Cottonwood to Alta, 20 through Big Cottonwood to Brighton. But it's some of the toughest snow terrain in the world. Little Cottonwood Canyon alone has nearly 70 notable avalanche paths which can easily take out a car or plow truck (yes, it has happened).When you walk into the plow shed tucked away in Cottonwood Heights, you are immediately struck by the enormity of the equipment. A fleet of 10 Mack trucks is complemented by two graders, two enormous snow blowers (and not the kind you use on your driveway), a couple snowcats and a handful of huge pickup trucks. Plus, there is an assortment of blades including a pull-behind that can add huge plow power behind the 35-ton Mack trucks. Brown got his start simply applying to a newspaper ad for plow drivers 22 years ago. He was working I-15 for UDOT when after work on a Friday he was told to report to the Cottonwood Canyons two days later to take over a new role. “My first day here was a storm and I got baptized by fire on what it would be like in the Cottonwood Canyons and never looked back,” he recalled. “I've enjoyed every minute of it.”Shawn Wright is a Utah native who loves what he does. On a leisurely pre-dawn run up Big Cottonwood, he talks about his love for the state and its recreational resources. He chuckles as he talks about all he and his family do out in nature – “everything but skiing or snowboarding.”Jake and Shawn are typical of the men and women behind the plows. It takes a certain passion to report to the plow shed at 4:00 a.m. to open a road for skiers and snowboarders to get up the canyons.In this episode of Last Chair, you'll learn about the challenges and the dangers. You'll hear about trucks getting swept off the road by massive avalanches coming down from thousands of feet above. And you'll hopefully gain an appreciation for what these crews do for us.If you've ever driven up Big or Little Cottonwood Canyon in a snowstorm, this podcast is for you. And even if you've dreamed about it! Listen in as Last Chair takes you behind the scenes with the UDOT Cottonwoods Plow Team. Here are a few snippets to get you started:Jake, what is it that you and your team do?Our role is to orchestrate and schedule the plows up and down the canyon and also take care of the freeway and all the roads leading to the canyons, basically all the state routes. So our responsibility is to make sure that we have enough people for the heavy equipment and the plows and to make sure that we have enough salt and and make sure that everybody's up and and going and need where they need to be and take on the storm. So we become a weatherman and a kind of a jack of all trades.As a plow driver, what have you seen change in the canyons?Well, we have a canyon road and we have great resorts and we have the Greatest Snow on Earth. And a lot of people like to come to Utah for that reason. And besides minor changes, we really haven't done anything to the road in the last 10 to 20 years. And so we were getting higher traffic volumes. More people wanted to come ski, the resorts were getting more people that wanted to ski their terrain. And so we had to change with it. We had to adapt some of our ways. We did things where we plowed, some of the traffic safety devices, different things such as islands, high-T intersections. We had to install them to make sure that people could flow out of the canyon and people didn't get stuck in traffic because we do have such a high avalanche area in the Cottonwoods.How dangerous is Little Cottonwood Canyon?There are 62 slide paths that can hit the road at any time in Little Cottonwood Canyon. And we've seen a lot of those run. I was actually buried in an avalanche with our communications manager in our pickup truck at Seven Turns. We were up there hauling a snow cat getting ready for avalanche control work that morning. And an avalanche came down and buried our truck completely. So at any time you can be hit by an avalanche. How about Big Cottonwood?Big Cottonwood Canyon? We deal with more what we call bluffs, you know, small little avalanches that come off the road. They can take up to a lane, and about five, 10-feet deep – enough to stop the road, enough to stop a car. We do have some bigger slide paths in Big Cottonwood Canyon, and those are monitored by an avalanche crew. Those haven't gone down and hit the road. But if they do, they will block the road in a major fashion. They are big slide areas and can go very big.What's it like on a big snow day at 4:15 a.m.?So right around about 4:15, 4:20, the plows will enter the mouth of the canyon and start making their first plow up. Pretty amazing to see. They will have the front plow deployed with also two wings and heading up the canyon and pushing back as much as they can to get the road open. So they have a big responsibility to get all the way to the top of the mountain.Biggest storm that you can remember in your time here?Biggest storm? I think the biggest storm was probably the one that we got buried with the avalanche two years ago. It snowed over a foot in the valley and it kept snowing and snowing in the canyons. And I think we had almost 15 to 18 avalanches on the road. And some of those were 15 to 30 feet deep and some 50 yards wide. So it was a massive cleanup effort.How Can we Help?While there is roadside parking in some areas, pay attention to restrictions and always park to the right of the white line. Think about a plow truck with front and side wing blades coming through. Are you blocking the road? Will you be digging out later in the day?Get TractionKnow the Utah traction laws and make sure that your vehicle is in compliance before you head up into the Cottonwoods. Don't be that person who is in the canyon unprepared!Give ‘em RoomIf you see a plow truck, give them some space. Don't worry, they're not looking to beat you to Milly Express. By the nature of what they do, plow trucks scrape snow, rocks and dirt. You don't want that in your windshield!Park PrudentlyWhile there is roadside parking in some areas, pay attention to restrictions and park prudently. Think about a plow truck with front and side wing blades coming through. Is your car safe? Will you be digging out later in the day?Say Thank YouThe UDOT Cottonwoods Plow Team is a collection of men and women just like you – except they don't ski. They spend their hours keeping the road safe for you. Give them a wave or flash your lights in appreciation. It's a tough job.

Utah gets a lot of snow! And as skiers and riders, our objective is to get up to the resorts as quickly as possible. But who takes care of that 30 inches of snow that fell overnight? And who mitigates that cornice hanging a thousand of feet above the highway? Last Chair took a ride with the Utah Department of Transportation Cottonwoods plow team, talking with Jake Brown and riding with Shawn Walker on a snowy Big Cottonwood morning.It's just 13 miles up Little Cottonwood to Alta, 20 through Big Cottonwood to Brighton. But it's some of the toughest snow terrain in the world. Little Cottonwood Canyon alone has nearly 70 notable avalanche paths which can easily take out a car or plow truck (yes, it has happened).When you walk into the plow shed tucked away in Cottonwood Heights, you are immediately struck by the enormity of the equipment. A fleet of 10 Mack trucks is complemented by two graders, two enormous snow blowers (and not the kind you use on your driveway), a couple snowcats and a handful of huge pickup trucks. Plus, there is an assortment of blades including a pull-behind that can add huge plow power behind the 35-ton Mack trucks. Brown got his start simply applying to a newspaper ad for plow drivers 22 years ago. He was working I-15 for UDOT when after work on a Friday he was told to report to the Cottonwood Canyons two days later to take over a new role. “My first day here was a storm and I got baptized by fire on what it would be like in the Cottonwood Canyons and never looked back,” he recalled. “I've enjoyed every minute of it.”Shawn Wright is a Utah native who loves what he does. On a leisurely pre-dawn run up Big Cottonwood, he talks about his love for the state and its recreational resources. He chuckles as he talks about all he and his family do out in nature – “everything but skiing or snowboarding.”Jake and Shawn are typical of the men and women behind the plows. It takes a certain passion to report to the plow shed at 4:00 a.m. to open a road for skiers and snowboarders to get up the canyons.In this episode of Last Chair, you'll learn about the challenges and the dangers. You'll hear about trucks getting swept off the road by massive avalanches coming down from thousands of feet above. And you'll hopefully gain an appreciation for what these crews do for us.If you've ever driven up Big or Little Cottonwood Canyon in a snowstorm, this podcast is for you. And even if you've dreamed about it! Listen in as Last Chair takes you behind the scenes with the UDOT Cottonwoods Plow Team. Here are a few snippets to get you started:Jake, what is it that you and your team do?Our role is to orchestrate and schedule the plows up and down the canyon and also take care of the freeway and all the roads leading to the canyons, basically all the state routes. So our responsibility is to make sure that we have enough people for the heavy equipment and the plows and to make sure that we have enough salt and and make sure that everybody's up and and going and need where they need to be and take on the storm. So we become a weatherman and a kind of a jack of all trades.As a plow driver, what have you seen change in the canyons?Well, we have a canyon road and we have great resorts and we have the Greatest Snow on Earth. And a lot of people like to come to Utah for that reason. And besides minor changes, we really haven't done anything to the road in the last 10 to 20 years. And so we were getting higher traffic volumes. More people wanted to come ski, the resorts were getting more people that wanted to ski their terrain. And so we had to change with it. We had to adapt some of our ways. We did things where we plowed, some of the traffic safety devices, different things such as islands, high-T intersections. We had to install them to make sure that people could flow out of the canyon and people didn't get stuck in traffic because we do have such a high avalanche area in the Cottonwoods.How dangerous is Little Cottonwood Canyon?There are 62 slide paths that can hit the road at any time in Little Cottonwood Canyon. And we've seen a lot of those run. I was actually buried in an avalanche with our communications manager in our pickup truck at Seven Turns. We were up there hauling a snow cat getting ready for avalanche control work that morning. And an avalanche came down and buried our truck completely. So at any time you can be hit by an avalanche. How about Big Cottonwood?Big Cottonwood Canyon? We deal with more what we call bluffs, you know, small little avalanches that come off the road. They can take up to a lane, and about five, 10-feet deep – enough to stop the road, enough to stop a car. We do have some bigger slide paths in Big Cottonwood Canyon, and those are monitored by an avalanche crew. Those haven't gone down and hit the road. But if they do, they will block the road in a major fashion. They are big slide areas and can go very big.What's it like on a big snow day at 4:15 a.m.?So right around about 4:15, 4:20, the plows will enter the mouth of the canyon and start making their first plow up. Pretty amazing to see. They will have the front plow deployed with also two wings and heading up the canyon and pushing back as much as they can to get the road open. So they have a big responsibility to get all the way to the top of the mountain.Biggest storm that you can remember in your time here?Biggest storm? I think the biggest storm was probably the one that we got buried with the avalanche two years ago. It snowed over a foot in the valley and it kept snowing and snowing in the canyons. And I think we had almost 15 to 18 avalanches on the road. And some of those were 15 to 30 feet deep and some 50 yards wide. So it was a massive cleanup effort.How Can we Help?While there is roadside parking in some areas, pay attention to restrictions and always park to the right of the white line. Think about a plow truck with front and side wing blades coming through. Are you blocking the road? Will you be digging out later in the day?Get TractionKnow the Utah traction laws and make sure that your vehicle is in compliance before you head up into the Cottonwoods. Don't be that person who is in the canyon unprepared!Give ‘em RoomIf you see a plow truck, give them some space. Don't worry, they're not looking to beat you to Milly Express. By the nature of what they do, plow trucks scrape snow, rocks and dirt. You don't want that in your windshield!Park PrudentlyWhile there is roadside parking in some areas, pay attention to restrictions and park prudently. Think about a plow truck with front and side wing blades coming through. Is your car safe? Will you be digging out later in the day?Say Thank YouThe UDOT Cottonwoods Plow Team is a collection of men and women just like you – except they don't ski. They spend their hours keeping the road safe for you. Give them a wave or flash your lights in appreciation. It's a tough job.

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Let's talk about the HAWK pedestrian signal at Cardiff Fork (MP 10.5) in Big Cottonwood Canyon. This UDOT Podcast episode discusses the planning process to install this, other options that were considered, and the burning question answered around the 11:30 mark - Is the HAWK to blame for causing congestion?

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Tune in to learn about what the traction law is and what you need to know to safely travel in the Canyons during a snow day.

Cottonwood Canyons Podcast Ep. 6 - AVALANCHES! by UDOT

Fifth episode of the podcast series now available. This is the kitchen sink episode where the UDOT LCC EIS project team discusses the sub-alternatives such as Wasatch Boulevard, visitor capacity, the EIS process and more. Tune in to hear the team discuss topics outside of the five primary alternatives, we recommend giving the whole thing a listen to, not just the preview. Hosts: Matt Alred, UDOT’s Internal Communications Manager & Lisa Miller, UDOT’s Traveler Information/Outreach & Growth Manager Guest Speakers: LCC EIS Project Team - Josh Van Jura, UDOT Project Manager; Vince Izzo, Consultant Project Manager; Carissa Watanabe from UDOT’s Division of Environmental Services; and Bri Binnebose from the Communications/Public Involvement team for this project

Fourth episode of the podcast series where the UDOT LCC EIS project team discusses the cog rail alternative. If you want to know what a cog rail is and how it could function, give the whole episode a listen to, not just the preview. Thanks for being here!

Third episode of the podcast series where the UDOT LCC EIS project team discusses the two gondola alternatives. For more info on the gondola alternatives being considered, definitely listen to the whole thing, not just the preview. Thanks to everyone who has been following along!

Tune in to the second episode of the podcast series where the UDOT LCC EIS project team will be discussing travel demand management strategies such as tolling and the enhanced bus service alternatives. If you want to know about the bus alternatives, it’s worth listening to the whole thing, not just the preview. Big thanks to everyone who has participated in the process already for the #LCCEIS!

Look no further for the next podcast you should add to your commuter list, it's worth listening to the whole thing, not just the preview. UDOT is launching a new podcast series focusing on the Cottonwood Canyons. This series will range from a variety of topics, such as the Little Cottonwood Canyon EIS, the new pedestrian signal in Big Cottonwood, avalanche mitigation and all the topics in between. Tune in to the first episode where the project team will be discussing the background and process of the Little Cottonwood EIS. Hosts: Matt Alred, UDOT’s Internal Communications Manager & Lisa Miller, UDOT’s Traveler Information/Outreach & Growth Manager Guest Speakers: LCC EIS Project Team - Josh Van Jura, UDOT Project Manager & Vince Izzo, Consultant Project Manager

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown –Tuesday, August 25, 20204:20 pm: Phil Kerpen of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity joins Rod for a conversation about changes the Centers for Disease Control has made in its Covid 19 testing recommendations4:35 pm: Salt Lake County Councilman Richard Snelgrove joins Rod to discuss his concern about abandoned mines in the Cottonwood Canyons and if the valley’s drinking water could be contaminated by materials contained in those mines6:05 pm: Mary Eberstadt, a Senior Research Fellow and the Faith and Reason Institute on her Wall Street Journal piece about how the left still blames America first6:20 pm: Frederick Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies for the American Enterprise Institute, joins Rod for a conversation about why he says remote learning for our children is a dismal substitute for actual classroom attendance6:35 pm: Amir Glogau, CEO of Pro Em, a live event production company, joins the program to discuss the danger of financial collapse the concert and live event industry is facing because of the pandemic

Unified Police Department, the agency that patrols the Cottonwood Canyons, discusses certain rules and regulations for our watersheds and how they impact dog owners.

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Tuesday, January 8, 20194:20 pm: Ben Boychuck, Managing Editor of American Greatness, joins the program to discuss why he says Senator Mitt Romney was wrong about President Trump and the Presidency in the op-ed he penned last week4:35 pm: Utah Department of Transportation Project Manager John Thomas joins Rod to discuss how the department is going about trying to solve congestion in the Cottonwood Canyons in both the short and long term5:05 pm: Congressman John Curtis joins the show to discuss his bill that would stop congressional pay during a government shutdown6:05 pm: Representative Dan McCay joins the program to discuss his proposed legislation to repeal SB54, the signature gathering route to the ballot in Utah6:35 pm: Laura Carno, Visiting Fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum and founder of FASTER Colorado, joins the show to discuss why she says armed staff will make our schools safer

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Monday, May 21, 20184:20 pm: Leland Pollock, Garfield County Commissioner, joins Rod to discuss his op-ed piece in the Deseret News about why the decision was made by several counties in Southern Utah to go to court over the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument4:35 pm: Senator Jerry Stevenson joins Rod to discuss the breakdown in negotiations between Governor Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City officials over the creation of a new inland port6:05 pm: Billy Hesterman of the Utah Taxpayers Association joins Rod to discuss the group’s latest report about the highest paid officials across each city in Utah6:20 pm: John Thomas, Planning Director for the Utah Department of Transportation, joins Rod to discuss possible changes to the Cottonwood Canyons as the state has pegged $66 million to improve transportation in the canyons6:35 pm: Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the University of Virginia’s School of Education, joins Rod to discuss some new tools she says teachers need in order to make school discipline fair