5+ hour, 23+ min ago  (435+ words) A free Southeast Utah Health Department program that sends trained parent educators into Grand County homes has room for six more families " open to anyone expecting a child or raising one who hasn't started kindergarten yet. Parents as Teachers, or…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (258+ words) Moab's firefighters are scattered across the West this week. Engine crews from the Moab Valley Fire Department are working three separate wildfires " including the Cottonwood Fire near Beaver, the largest blaze burning in the country " as an extreme fire season…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (201+ words) Hi, folks! A friendly "meow" and a mighty dinosaur "roar" to you all. Cosmo the Library Cat here. In keeping with our "Unearth a Story" Summer Reading theme, you're invited to don your pith helmets and help us unearth some…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (278+ words) Grand County Public Library is excited to welcome back Scales and Tails Utah for another wild Summer Reading adventure on Thursday, July 2, at 2: 00 p. m. at Star Hall (159 E. Center St.). This is a great chance to get an up-close look at some…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (189+ words) The Youth Garden Project, a Moab nonprofit, shared the following tips with the Moab Sun News as a particularly hot, dry summer settles in. Grasses and bindweed steal a great deal of water from garden plants, so pull their entire…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (294+ words) The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has acquired about 50, 600 acres in the Book Cliffs of northern Grand County, a deal the state says will permanently secure public hunting, fishing and access to one of southeastern Utah's largest roadless areas. The…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (219+ words) Two new wildfires are burning at the eastern edge of Grand County along the Utah'Colorado line, growing fast enough Saturday to prompt pre-evacuation orders on the Colorado side, as Stage 2 fire restrictions and a historic red flag warning grip southeastern…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (142+ words) Grand County has opened bidding on a $2. 86 million contract to run a fare-free shuttle between Moab and Arches National Park this fall, with proposals due July 2 and commissioners scheduled to vote on awarding the contract July 7. The first season runs…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (329+ words) Rocky Mountain Power has placed Grand County, including Moab, under a Public Safety Power Shutoff warning that runs through Sunday, June 28, as historic wildfire weather grips much of Utah. As of Friday evening, June 26, power had not been shut off…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (295+ words) Get the latest news every Friday by email. A new wildfire, the Babylon Fire, broke out Friday, June 26, in San Juan County " one of more than a dozen wildfires burning across Utah as the state faces some of the most…...