Josie Kovash appointed to county commission
On April 5, Grand County Commissioners voted unanimously to appoint Josie Kovash to fill a vacancy left on the commission when former Chair Gabriel Woytek resigned to take a position as the County…
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Dec. 7 recount planned for Moab City Council seats: Grand County voter turnout at 57.13%; candidates weigh in on ranked choice voting
The official vote canvass for Moab’s general election occurred on Nov. 16. According to City Recorder Sommar Johnson, 1,856 ballots were counted out of the 3,249 eligible voters in the City of Moab,…
Langianese, Taylor, Wojciechowski elected: Updated preliminary results released
The Moab City election has been an exciting race, with six candidates running for mayor and five candidates running for the two open seats on the city council. Last week, results for the…
Moab preliminary results: Langianese elected mayor, Taylor poised to take council seat, close race between Wojciechowski and Kovash
The first ranked choice election in Moab led to a tight race for the three Moab governance positions up this year. After a ballot audit on the afternoon of Nov. 3, preliminary results…
Missed the registration deadline? Here’s how to vote in this election.
The deadline to register to vote was Oct. 22, but if you missed it, don’t worry: you can still vote in person during early voting—Oct. 29 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and…
10 days left to postmark your ballot: Moab mayoral, city council seats up for grabs
Three Moab governance positions are up for election in 2021: the position of mayor and two positions on the Moab City Council. Current mayor Emily Niehaus and council members Karen Guzman-Newton and Mike…
Mayoral candidate Norm Knapp withdraws from race
Mayoral candidate Norm Knapp has withdrawn from the City of Moab mayoral election. Three Moab governance positions are up for election in 2021: the position of mayor and two positions on the Moab…
Meet the candidates: Moab mayor, two council seats up for election in 2021
Three Moab governance positions are up for election in 2021: the position of mayor and two positions on the Moab City Council. Mayor Emily Niehaus current council members Mike Duncan and Karen Guzman-Newton…
KZMU radio drama receives national award: “Choreomania” recognized by the Hear Now Festival
KZMU Radio’s 2021 radio play “Choreomania,” which was live broadcast over the airwaves this past spring, was selected as a Platinum Award winner by the Hear Now Festival. The annual radio drama shares…
Letter to the Editor: Looking for real balance
I love my home. I built it with my own two hands. I conceived right after we got running water. I made a baby gate out of leftover building materials. I have mature…
Dancing fever: Annual KZMU radio drama features a historical dancing plague
In 1518, a strange form of what some theorists believe to have been mass hysteria gripped hundreds of residents of Strasbourg, France: uncontrollable dancing, to the point of exhaustion and even death for…
SITLA plans future high-end housing development near Arches, north of Moab
Thousands of acres of land along the largely undeveloped Highway 191 corridor north of Moab are owned by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, a state entity tasked with generating revenue…