Faith Dickey, owner of Elevate Outdoors Guiding, has been recognized as the Southern Entrepreneur of the Year by the Women’s Business Center of Utah at the recent Exploring Possibilities Conference in Cedar City. The award honors her innovative approach to making highlining—the sport of walking on narrow webbing stretched between high points—accessible to people of all abilities in the Moab area.
Fat Bear Week is designed to celebrate the resiliency and fishing skills of our ursine brethren and to educate the public about bears and their role in maintaining a balanced ecosystem.
When President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R. 1) passed Congress, its supporters celebrated a sweeping return to “energy dominance.” But buried beneath the headlines is a quiet, far-reaching assault on America’s outdoor recreation heritage — one that puts the $1.2 trillion dollar recreation economy at risk.
“A majority of people living in the unincorporated areas of San Juan County oppose the proposed LUDMO because it is more suited to a densely populated suburban locale than it is an open, sparsely populated, agricultural county covering 8,000 square miles where more than one-third of the population do not pay taxes.”
“When dedication is punished, it sends a message to every public servant: loyalty will not protect you, and excellence will not save you. The cost is not only personal, it is systemic. It hollows out institutions until only fear and mediocrity remain.”
All five Moab city council candidates confirmed for event at the Moab Arts Center. Event will be broadcast on KZMU Radio.
The Interior Department characterized the 2024 rule as having “made conservation (i.e., no use) an official use of public lands, putting it on the same level as BLM’s other uses of public lands.”
Under the proposed rollback, areas that could see increased energy development, mining, or grazing include BLM lands surrounding Moab’s recreation corridors, though specific management changes would be determined through future planning processes.
Science Moab recently spoke to paleontologist Randy Irmis. Randy teaches at the University of Utah in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, and is the curator of paleontology at the Natural History Museum…
Joan spent many years at the Senior Center for lunch and cards. She volunteered there also, starting an exercise class that was a staple at the center for many years. She was busy at the Senior Center four days a week and she often called it her job! She would say that Thursdays were her day off, because the Senior Center didn’t serve on Thursdays. She was a recipient of the Silver Bowl Award from then-Governor Herbert in 2009 for her volunteer efforts.
The Moab Red Devils high school and middle school mountain bike teams delivered strong performances at their second race of the season in Cedar City last Saturday, with the high school squad claiming first place in Division 2 despite missing a key rider.
“Some younger riders stepped up to fill the void and the team edged out Snow Canyon by 8 points to take first place again,” Coach Patrick Trim said.
