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Agencies coordinate to fight homelessness: Council focuses on those with severe needs amidst housing crisis

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

“Homelessness is a very real situation in Moab, even though we don’t always see it,” said Liz Donkersloot. She’s the housing resource coordinator for the Moab Valley Multicultural Center, one of several social…

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New housing regulation: Health department seeks to clarify tenant/landlord responsibilities

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Public comment is open now through July 21 on a new housing regulation being proposed by the Southeast Utah Health Department. According to SEUHD Environmental Health Director Orion Rogers, the new regulation isn’t…

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Survey indicates decline in Moab wellbeing: USU study of Moab residents showed 62% decline in personal wellbeing

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

Each year, Utah State University releases its Utah Wellbeing Survey in collaboration with the Utah League of Cities and Towns. The project aims to paint a more detailed picture of residents’ wellbeing in…

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Letter to the Editor: Free dispersed camping is neither dispersed nor free

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

The Pack Creek fire — caused by an unattended campfire lit on a red-flag day — has already cost more than $4.5 million in firefighting costs, burned more than 8,000 acres and destroyed…

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Grand County Commission discusses renewable energy, tourism promotion, and housing ordinance

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Notes from the Grand County Commission’s June 15 meeting The Grand County Commissioners unanimously approved a move to put eight of the county’s 37 power meters onto a subscriber solar program offered by…

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Thirty years of service: A history of Seekhaven’s work in the Moab community

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

Seekhaven Family Crisis & Resource Center’s first logo in 1990 featured an illustration of Puebloan homes before a desert landscape. Moving into the 2000s, the logo changed to depict a house, parent and…

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Council talks budget, bicycles and zoning: Notes from the May 25 meeting of the Moab City Council

Moab Sun News5 years ago2 years ago

At their regular, in-person meeting on Tuesday, the Moab City Council heard presentations, discussed and voted on several issues regarding the budget, electric bicycles, zoning and this year’s local elections. Acting City Manager…

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More people identify as homeless in Grand County in 2021

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago2 years ago

Data released by local agencies showing that 30 people self-identified as homeless in Grand County during an official survey, more than double the number recorded last year. “I think the number has been…

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More people identify as homeless in Grand County in 2021

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago4 years ago

Data released by local agencies showing that 30 people self-identified as homeless in Grand County during an official survey, more than double the number recorded last year. “I think the number has been…

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Looking to the future, respecting the past: Green River Epicenter moves forward with affordable housing project

Moab Sun News5 years ago2 years ago

Maria Sykes worries that the world is becoming “a bit homogeneous.” It seems that as places grow together, they also grow more similar. So in Green River, her home since 2009, she co-founded…

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