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Letter  to the editor: Transient Room Tax

Moab Sun News1 year ago1 year ago

I’d like to address the recent news regarding the County’s Transient Room Tax (TRT) expenditures from both a technical perspective, as well as a moral perspective. The relevant code section describes the tourism…

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Letter to the Editor: Celebrating the Grand County Fair!

Moab Sun News1 year ago1 year ago

A much-deserved celebration dedicated to the individuals, businesses, laborers, artisans, farmers, ranchers, miners, mechanics, outdoorsmen, adventurers, neighbors, guests, youth, and elders who make this unique area so special

  • Opinion

Letter to the Editor – “Bobcats Need Protection, Not Killing for Their Pelts”

Moab Sun News2 years ago2 years ago

by Ted Williams Furbearers are some of the most highly regulated species in the United States, and bobcats are no exception. In Colorado, where the author seems to focus his efforts, there is…

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Public safety needs to be the priority, Scott Newton speaks up about high speeds on Main Street.

Moab Sun News2 years ago2 years ago

I tried to submit this comment yesterday on the City of Moab’s website but the link did not work. I recall Rani [Derasary] stating multiple times in council meetings that the link to…

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Thank you to our dispatchers, Jenny Swenson gives thanks to our local dispatchers.

Moab Sun News2 years ago2 years ago

April 14-20 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, or as we like to call it, Dispatch Week.

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Letter to the Editor: “Off-roaders aren’t being discriminated against”

Moab Sun News2 years ago2 years ago

Why is it so hard for ORVers to accept the fact that their sport is outrageously destructive and does not belong everywhere? Can you just simply acknowledge that all the peaceful plants, animals,…

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A Plea for Kane Creek

Moab Sun News2 years ago2 years ago

Another sleepless night and my stomach hurts. Is this a nightmare?? Who would dare put a strip mall in one of our beautiful canyons? No one who loves Moab. The river corridor from…

  • Opinion

“Kane Creek development should be reconsidered”

Moab Sun News2 years ago2 years ago

We are fifth-generation long-time Moab residents whose great-great-grandfather established the first ferry across the Colorado River near Moab in the 1880s. This same great-great-grandfather, Norman Taylor, was awarded Utah public land, after The…

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  • Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Kane Creek Development and Grand County’s “Adventurous Small Town Spirit”

Moab Sun News2 years ago2 years ago

“Does this project not contribute to the challenges and difficulties local residents continually battle to have a fair and just quality of life?”

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“Letter of Thanks”

Moab Sun News2 years ago2 years ago

Losing Kay has been a very painful experience, and we wouldn’t have made it through without our family, friends, and community.  This little town is something special, especially when we all pull together…

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