Learning the ropes: Local starts first highlining guide service in U.S.
Moab resident Faith Dickey has been a professional highliner for 14 years.
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An eye on the ice: On Ian Jewell, Moab’s unofficial ice forecaster
Ian Jewell dons a bright green long sleeve shirt under a navy t-shirt, a pair of black joggers, a straw sunhat and, of course, his hockey skates as he films himself skating on…
Moab’s Bluebird: Author, musician, DJ, mechanic, artist and family man Herman Herrera
Every Sunday afternoon, Herman Herrera’s plum-colored 1949 Oldsmobile is parked outside the KZMU community radio station, and Herrera can be found inside broadcasting his weekly show, Entre Las Piedras. “It’s Bluebird, el pájaro…
Local scientist and nonprofit founder takes on new community role
You can call her Dr. Kristina Young, after the founder of local nonprofit Science Moab completed her graduate program and defended her thesis last month. “It feels so great,” she said. Young focused…
“This is part of the whole natural cycle”: Talking to Jeff Gutierrez as the Pack Creek Fire wanes
Jeff Gutierrez bought five acres in the foothills of the La Sals about five years ago and built an off-grid yurt where he often stays during some parts of the year. The risk…
‘She’s ready to rumble’: GCHS student participates in first-ever girls’ wrestling state championship
Last month, Grand County High School tenth-grader Marek Relph competed in the first-ever Utah High School Activities Association-sponsored high school girls’ state wrestling championship. Girls’ wrestling is the first new sport to be…
Grand County teen takes flight
Akekaphop Kesavadhana, a Grand County High School junior who goes by Sam, decided he wanted to be a pilot when he was in second grade. “I was watching a lot of movies related…