Castle Country Radio held its first “Meet the Candidates – 2022” event on May 31 at the USU Eastern’s Jennifer Leavitt Student Center.  Voters may sit in on the event if they choose or can listen live on KOAL FM 107.3/AM 750 or access the live stream at www.KOALitv.com, both may be accessed through our website at www.castlecountryradio.com.

This Q&A event was held for an hour and each candidate was given two minutes to answer a question. The questions were submitted by email by voters who wanted to get to know the candidates or had concerns on county issues.

The first session featured the two Republican primary candidates vying for the Carbon County Commissioner seat, incumbent Tony Martines, and challenger Paul Riddle. The two men were given questions that were submitted by voters through email. Questions about transparency, budgets and other hot topics were asked during the one-hour session. The entire event is available at www.KOALitv.com or visit the www.castlecountryradio.com website.

The next session will feature Republican primary candidates for the Emery County Commissioner seat on June 14 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at the Little Theater inside the Spartan Center on the Emery High School campus at 975 North Center Street in Castle Dale. Those running for the Republican for Commissioner A are Kent B. Wilson and Jordan Leonard. The candidates for Commissioner B are Doug Stilson, Gil Conover, Keven Andrew Jensen.

The Republican primary candidates, Shaun Bell and Tyson R. Huntington are both running for the Emery County Sheriff seat. This session will be featured on June 15 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the Little Theater inside the Spartan Center on the Emery High School campus at 975 North Center Street in Castle Dale.

Any voters that would like to submit a question to the candidates may do so by emailing election2022@koal.net. As a reminder, not all questions will be presented due to the numbers of candidates and allotted time during each session.

Castle Country Radio Stations would like to recognize and thank Utah State University Eastern and Emery High School for allowing the Meet the Candidates event to take place. For further information on this event please visit www.castlecountryradio.com