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When I was pregnant with my son, my mother began sending me books on vaccine safety—or rather her belief in the lack thereof and the importance of not following the Centers for Disease…

With the exception of bumblebees and some sweat bees, the 900 native bee species in our state are solitary. This means they don’t live in a colony and they fly, feed, and nest…

When you pick up our newspaper, we want you to be able to trust us that we’re giving you the straight story: that the quote from an elected official is accurate, that we’re…

Economic diversity in Moab has long been an important goal of our community. During these challenging times, many industries, communities and governments are working to find ways to recover with improved systems and…

In the short time since I moved to Moab in August 2019 to become the addiction psychiatrist at Moab Regional Hospital, I have been inspired by the warmth and resilience of this community….

There is anxiety in almost every conversation these days, especially among Moab’s service workers who are out there on the front lines, risking their lives for us – though we tend to take…

Is this letter a Hail Mary pass or a lament? Over the years, I’ve been hired to paint 10 murals along the Parkway and worked to remove graffiti. At one point, the subtitle…

It’s been a while since I last wrote to you, and these days a lot can change in just a moment. In the past months, our community has had to adjust to changing…

From our dining room table, I could see the front lawn’s spring green and Pepper, our big tabby, sprawled in the grass. I ate cereal and browsed Saturday’s headlines. Then I noticed a…

I’m not an activist or a political campaigner. Generally, I’m not that comfortable talking about power or systemic racism. I listen to others and I nod. I avoid conflict because I want people…

One of the many repeat visitors I encountered in my work at Canyonlands National Park told me he came out every year into the Land of Standing Rocks to “escape into reality.” The…