News across Grand County
Affordable entertainment just steps off Moab's Main Street: Backyard Theater turns 13
Its owners think it may be one of the only places like it in the country: free bluegrass on Wednesdays, a $15 magic show on Saturdays, a cottonwood overhead and Main Street a few steps away. Moab's Backyard Theater turns 13.
Easy Bee Farm experiments with heirloom seeds and sunken beds during drought
In a sunken test plot, Easy Bee Farm is pairing desert farming techniques with regional heirloom seeds to grow food on less water. Peppers and tomatillos from the plot are at its farm stand now, and a free seed-saving workshop is Oct. 5.
Ken Sleight, the river guide who inspired Abbey's Seldom Seen Smith, dies at 97
Sleight ran Glen Canyon before the dam drowned it and spent the rest of his life fighting for it from Pack Creek Ranch outside Moab.
Fact-checking the KZMU candidate forum: what the record shows
Grand County candidates made claims about sales tax, the Arches shuttle, county audits, license plate readers and more at KZMU's Sept. 28 forum. We checked them against budgets, audits, state law and county minutes.
Salt Lake City flights are back in Moab. Here’s what travelers should know.
SkyWest Airlines returned to Canyonlands Regional Airport on Oct. 1, restoring commercial flights between Moab and Salt Lake City. Year-round Denver service is scheduled to begin Oct. 7. The Salt Lake route operates as Delta Connection and will continue through Thanksgiving…
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 has also fact-checked the…
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…
National safety award recognizes Kane Creek mine closure work south of Moab
A state project that closed more than 200 abandoned uranium mine openings in the Kane Creek area has won a national safety award.
No place like home
They have a rich Viking and Norse heritage, rather than the Gaelic traditions common to Scotland and Ireland. It was my favorite place on the entire trip.
‘A second mortgage’: Some Grand County families face Utah child care aid cuts
DWS spokesperson Jared Mendenhall told The Times-Independent that 40 Grand County families with 58 children received assistance in July.
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.