As Emily Niehaus knows well – if you build it, they will come. Niehaus is the executive director of Community Rebuilds, a Moab-based non-profit organization that seeks to build energy-efficient housing for low-income families. The “seemingly crazy” idea for an organization was developed by Niehaus when, out of frustration as a loan officer at a […]
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Word on the Street
Would you support an up-to-one percent sales tax increase to help fund Moab Regional Hospital and the Canyonlands Care Center?
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‘Democracy Now!’ host to speak Monday
Amy Goodman, host of the daily news show “Democracy Now!” is coming to Moab to speak at Star Hall at noon on Monday, Oct. 8. “Democracy Now!” is a daily TV and radio news program that is aired daily on KZMU radio (90.1 and 106.7FM). Host Amy Goodman is hailed as one of the top, […]
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Surmount
Kelsey Tanner, aka “Beast”, climbs Nervous in Suburbia, a climb on Wall Street on State Route 279. Tanner, a cancer survivor, made this climb on Day 2 during a First Descents camp in the Moab area Sept. 16-22. First Descents provides week-long adventure programs for cancer fighters or survivors. Fifteen young adults between the ages […]
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20 Questions with Joe Kingsley
Joe Kingsley came to Moab looking for gold and found home instead. A realtor and business owner, Joe loves the people he works with everyday – the community of Moab. But, if he had to visit elsewhere, New Mexico and Las Vegas top the list. Find out what else is at the top of Joe’s […]
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Simply Dance
Young dancers from Moab’s Simply Dance perform with buckets in the Homecoming Parade Friday, Sept. 28. (Photo by Kristin Millis/ Interim Managing Editor)
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Canyonlands Care Center in crisis
The Canyonlands Care Center is in financial trouble. Even at full capacity with 36 residents, the extended care facility is losing $15,000 a month. The care center can lose an additional $5,000 a month per empty bed. When the care center opened in January 2011 the projected profit margin was already slim. In the original […]
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Radical Reels features high energy sports to benefit The Friends of the La Sal Avalanche Center
Try a night of extreme sports: climbing, paddling, mountain biking, BASE jumping, skiing and snowboarding. You don’t need equipment. You don’t need to risk life or limb. You can enjoy it all by sitting in the safety of the Grand County High School auditorium. “Radical Reels” is a selection of the best high adrenaline films […]
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Construction to begin on transit hub, river pathway
Construction on the Colorado River Pathway will begin within the next few weeks. The Grand County Council awarded the $6.4 million contract to Flat Iron Construction to build a transit hub, underpass and bicycle path. The original $9.2 million plan for the pathway had some modifications. “We got more path but we have a higher […]
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Memo from a potential sacred witness
I am a bit chagrined that due to my gender I cannot participate in the Women’s Congress but may attend as a Sacred Witness. Oh well, no congress is perfect. I can live with not being wholly accepted by the ladies. It is their party and they are entitled to invite or not invite whomever […]