Another round of COVID boosters available at Health Department
The doses of the latest booster are available at no cost.
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Moab shares in nationwide nursing shortage
There are 22 open positions listed on the hospital’s employment page, 16 of them clinical, and eight of them nursing positions.
MLH Middle School introduces art therapy program
The art approach to counseling uses creativity through drawing, painting, music, and movement as a “therapeutic tool to help initiate change, emotional growth, and healing.”
County Commission notes: New COVID-19 protocols
On Mar. 15 the Grand County Commission held its first “hybrid” virtual/in-person meeting since the pandemic began, with some members gathering in the county chambers and others attending by Zoom. The format allows…
Mona Alene deBeyer Fletcher Horwitz, d. Oct. 30, 2021
Mona Alene deBeyer Fletcher Horwitz told her own fortune on Oct. 30, 2021. Mona was born in 1925 to an Australian jazz singer, Mona Raye, and an American man, Albert Fletcher. She enjoyed…
COVID vaccine approval for 5-11 year olds: School mask mandate will halt on Dec. 18
Last week, the Federal Drug Administration gave the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine emergency authorization for use in children ages 5-11. The approval also started a count-down in the Grand County School District—after Dec. 18,…
Trunk or Treat event moves to Swanny City Park: Halloween event will be on Sat, Oct. 30
Kids rejoice! The annual Trunk or Treat Halloween event is back this year, after skipping last year’s treats due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 30…
Bears Ears is back — but don’t celebrate just yet: Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk unpacks the deeper implications — and limitations — of Biden’s monuments proclamation.
On Friday, the Biden administration announced it will reverse the Trump administration’s reduction of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, a series of sea canyons and…
From school to a science career: Internships and job shadows for teens interested in science careers
Grand County High School student Alexa Stripeika wants to be an engineer, but she’s not sure yet what kind. She’s inspired in part by her dad’s career as an environmental engineer. “He used…
Dear Students, Staff, Parents, and Community Members of Grand County School District:
As you know, we are living in unprecedented times and facing new challenges. I have watched these challenges divide us as a community and as a nation. I am writing this letter because…