Skip to content
Moab Sun NewsMoab Sun News

Moab Sun News

News, events and culture from Moab, Utah

Donate
  • About
    • Subscribe
    • Reader Submissions – Share your voice!
    • Moab Sun News Print Edition
  • News
  • Outdoors Stories
  • Community
  • Event calendar
  • Advertise with the Sun
  • Subscribe

spanish valley

  • Local Government
  • News

Spanish Valley residents air complaints over illegal camping: Camping ordinance passed in January still in ‘education phase’

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Some residents of Spanish Valley called in to the Nov. 3 Grand County Commission meeting to say they were fed up with campers in their neighborhoods, and saying that their complaints to the…

  • Moab History

‘A worthless and impractical region’

Moab Sun News4 years ago4 years ago

Today beloved for its scenery and incredible landforms, the rugged canyon country around Moab once inspired disappointment and disdain in some early geologists and government surveyors. While on an early U.S. government expedition…

  • General
  • News

Death Notice: Jace Jarman, April 4, 1988 – Oct. 10, 2021

Moab Sun News4 years ago4 years ago

Jace Jarman, 33, passed away on Oct. 10 at his home in Moab. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. at Spanish Valley Mortuary. A viewing will be held…

  • Housing & Development
  • Local Government
  • News

County commission considers developments: In recent years, community tries to manage growth

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

At its Oct. 5 meeting, the Grand County Commission considered two development proposals: an RV campground in the Willow Springs area, which the body declined to approve, and the final plat of the…

  • General
  • News

Infrastructure overwhelmed by flooding: Damage from Pack Creek flood exposes inadequate stormwater control

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Andrea and Randy French were on vacation when they started getting texts from their neighbors about flooding in their subdivision. The couple came home to find tens of thousands of dollars worth of…

  • General
  • Housing & Development
  • News

Property taxes increase across region: Spanish Valley home values increase 41%, Moab City debates tax

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

Amid a growing housing crisis in the region, property tax rates and higher home value assessments are concerning residents. San Juan and Emery county homeowners face 21% and 10% increases, respectively, due to…

  • General
  • Housing & Development
  • News

Walnut Lane, Highway 191, transportation discussed at July 27 City Council meeting

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

The City of Moab’s Walnut Lane affordable housing project has hit a major snag that could send the project back to square one. According to an update from Moab Senior Projects Manager Kaitlin…

  • General
  • Housing & Development
  • News

Hello? Can you hear me?: Commissioners vote ‘no’ on cell tower

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

In 2018, a company called Insite Development approached the Old Spanish Trail Arena with a proposal to lease a 2500 square-foot parcel on the arena property to erect a 130-foot tower that would…

  • Community
  • General

Building the basics: Moab to host irrigation basics workshop for community

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

On Saturday, July 10, join Moab Community Gardens for an Irrigation Basics Workshop with Wildland Scapes’ Blair Topahe. The event will be held at Wildland Scapes (1471 South Mill Creek Drive) at 3…

  • General
  • Opinion

Letter to the Editor: More education is needed

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

Our beloved mountains are on fire. How about some Utah Department of Transportation highway signs letting people know of the extreme fire danger so another fire somewhere else around here doesn’t get started?…

Search our archives
  • About
  • Write for us
  • Advertise with the Sun