Local News in Grand County

Read the transcript: What Grand County candidates said at KZMU’s Sept. 28 forum

Candidates in all five contested Grand County races answered questions on ICE, license plate readers, housing, the Arches shuttle, water, data centers, audits and election security at KZMU’s Sept. 28 forum. Listen, or read every answer. Moab Sun News is checking claims candidates…

Letter: Politics shouldn’t be dirty

“We can have passionate elections without hateful ones,” writes Grand County Sheriff Jamison Wiggins, who is running for re-election and says he has received death threats this election year.

The Trump admin blocked nearly $2M for projects at Utah’s national parks. Here’s what won’t get done.

Conservation groups planned to help Utah’s national parks with major projects next year, ranging from surveys of newly exposed shorelines around Lake Powell to whittling down the backlog of historical preservation needs at Capitol Reef National Park. The Interior Department…

City gets MRAC updates and approves $186,500 for an update to the drinking water master plan.

The MRAC will close briefly from Oct. 2 through Oct. 12 to complete relining for the outdoor leisure pool, as well as painting and sealing the locker rooms.

BLM Director Stevan Pearce signs All Americans Outside Initiative in Moab

At the signing ceremony Pearce revealed the initiative is somewhat personal. His brother was paralyzed in an accident decades ago. “He’s been in a wheelchair for 50 years."

City of Moab Public Hearing for Proposed Ordinance 2026-19

100 West speed limit drops to 20 mph

The Moab City Council unanimously voted Sept. 22 to lower the speed limit on 100 West from 25 mph to 20 mph, bringing it in line with much of downtown. The new signs are now in place. Councilors stopped short, however, of making the same change along Mill Creek Drive, where there…

City of Moab Public Hearing for Resolution 15-2026

City of Moab Public Hearing Ordinance 2026-20

Two Grand County deputies are suing, claiming the sheriff retaliated against them for speaking out about his leadership

One Grand County deputy says he was denied backup. Another says his command role was dismantled. Their lawsuit alleges the sheriff retaliated after they spoke to The Salt Lake Tribune.

Two Grand County deputies file lawsuit against sheriff

Deputies Craig Nelson and Joshua Stalpes filed the lawsuit Sept. 18, alleging that the sheriff has carried out a “sustained pattern of retaliation” against them.

Read it yourself: Primary documents behind the Fund 47 dispute

The state auditor’s letter, the 2015 record behind the tax, and the statute and its legislative history — the primary documents behind the Fund 47 dispute, collected in one place.