Castle Valley has been a “Firewise Community” since 2004, participating in a national program that supports homeowners and communities in preparing their properties to be resistant and resilient to wildfire. The Firewise USA…
Brennan Gillis is the marketing and communications director at Canyonlands Field Institute, a local organization that leads outdoor education trips for students and adults. But the 2021 season—from April to October—was so busy…
Today beloved for its scenery and incredible landforms, the rugged canyon country around Moab once inspired disappointment and disdain in some early geologists and government surveyors. While on an early U.S. government expedition…
The water of the Colorado River serves and nourishes the American Southwest in many ways: we use it for drinking, for watering our crops, for creating electricity and for recreation. It shapes our…
Artist Adele LeBourgeois Alsop, 73, died peacefully at her home in Castle Valley, Utah, on Sept. 4. Adele grew up in Stockbridge and New York City in the 1960s and attended the School…
Redistricting takes place once every ten years following the U.S. Census, and the new boundaries re-define voting districts for congressional candidates, state legislative representatives, county commissioners and school boards. These boundaries are critical…
Newell E. “Ned” Dalton, aged 88, passed away on Monday, August 23 in Moab, Utah. He was born on May 15, 1933, in Moab and grew up in Moab, Thompson Canyon and Castle…
Karen “Cris” Coffey passed away peacefully on August 16 around 11:20 p.m. We lost a bright light, but her light will live on in the lives of those she touched. Cris had that…
Motorcycles swiveled around an obstacle in the Grand County High School parking lot on the sunny afternoon of July 29. Some of the drivers carried passengers in sidecars, and the “obstacle” was Jared…
At the Grand County Commission meeting on July 6, the commission approved a lengthy consent agenda, which included a letter to the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee asking that Congress, in…
