Maybe you made a New Years resolution to focus on your health. Perhaps you need to de-stress and reground after reading recent national news. Or, maybe you just like taking yoga classes taught by certified instructors with experience in a wide variety of yogic traditions. Whether new to yoga…
Congratulations are in order for the Moab Community Recycle Center and local recycling proponent Sara Melnicoff. Both recently received awards from the Recycling Coalition of Utah, a nonprofit dedicated to the development of solid waste reduction, reuse, and recycling in the state.
Now I know: I was born to hurl a deadly object through the air and rejoice in the satisfying smack of the blade hitting the target. It is exhilarating.
Back in November, Moab resident Annie Payne posted to the Facebook group Moab Stone Soup, a page set up to facilitate resource sharing in the area. Payne noted the increasing strain on medical staff at Moab Regional Hospital.
Are you wondering how to make use of all the random facts that have collected in your brain over the years? Well, here is your chance: Moab Pub Trivia on the Radio.
Families struggling to pay their rent and utility bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic can reach out for help to the Utah Housing Assistance program but need to be quick: the program is currently set to expire at the end of December.
Families in the WIC program can now shop for healthy foods with more privacy and convenience after the Southeast Utah Health Department rolled out new eWIC cards, which function similar to a debit card. Lower-income pregnant women, new or nursing mothers, and families with infants and childr…
In her mid-twenties, Katie Grauel was struggling with several chronic injuries that had accumulated over years of intense physical activity as an outdoor guide and instructor. She said that Rolfing, a form of bodywork called “structural integration” designed to align and balance the whole bo…
Holiday shopping season is here and Andy Nettell has a recommendation: give books.
Author Sarah Barstow was working with illustrator Ruth Turner on the book “Moms Need a Break” when the pandemic hit, and both women – both mothers of small children – found themselves working at home, collaborating on the book remotely, while also juggling the care of their little ones.
Lanette Denton, a recovery coach with Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness, reported that gathering donations for the group’s first Coats and Notes event was a success – such a success that there are still coats available.
Indigo Alley and Desert Wild sit side by side on Moab’s Main Street, their brick walls touching. Both sell unique clothing and other wearables and each has an uncluttered openness in its display that lets the goods for sale stand out from one another. However, they are distinct in what they …
Underdog Animal Rescue and Rehab’s Mutt of the Week is Angus, a 3-year-old lab mix who was surrendered to Underdog at a Spay and Neuter clinic in Newcomb, New Mexico. Angus was pregnant when she arrived at the clinic. Underdog allows dogs to have their final litter of puppies in a safe and p…
The pandemic hasn’t decreased the needs of stray dogs and cats living on Native American reservations in the Four Corners area, and it also hasn’t stopped Underdog Rescue and Rehab from providing transport, vet care and adoption services.
Happy birthday, Community Rebuilds!
KZMU is looking for local talent to audition for its 6th annual radio drama, an original production entitled “Choreomania” by Moab playwright Jenna Whetzel. Whetzel is also directing the show with KZMU General Manager Serah Mead. The show is scheduled to be broadcast on KZMU in March.
As the weather turns colder and Moab’s economy slows, several organizations are collecting items to help Moab’s community members stay warm and fed this winter.
For years, Thanksgiving for many Moab residents has included a delicious community-wide meal, where one could sit with old friends and make several new ones at the same time. The annual Thanksgiving meal has been held by Moab nonprofit WabiSabi for the last 15 years, bringing hundreds of Moa…
The first weekend in December is typically a very festive one in Moab. As the tourist crowds dwindle and town quiets down, locals gather to celebrate the start of the winter holiday season with the annual tree lighting (attended by Santa Claus) and the light parade. This year, of course, is …
Moab local Tim Martin said that back in the days when he used to run his own chartered flight company he would sometimes see one of the many natural rock arches in the area and think: “Wow, that looks like it might be big enough to fly through.”
The holidays are just around the corner and Desert Sun Ceramics is holding an Outdoor Holiday Pottery Sale event where shoppers can find unique, beautiful and functional items made by local potters. The sale will take place on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m until 4 p.m. at…
Aluminum cans do have their perks — they are really convenient and inexpensive. However, creating them causes a lot of impact on the environment: Aluminum is refined out of bauxite ore, which is acquired via open-pit mining. The process to extract aluminum uses a lot of energy and water. The…
Before the pandemic, many of Moab’s youth could be found at the Grand County Public Library doing one of the many activities available to them: reading books, of course, but also enjoying story hours, doing arts and crafts, using the computers, or playing with the many toys – often socializi…
It was early in 2019 when Moab’s St. Francis Episcopal Church undertook two endeavors to bring nourishing food to the community: weekly community soup and bread lunches and a community food pantry. Those efforts are still going strong today, which St. Francis Episcopal Church Father Dave Sak…
The historic building on the northeastern corner of 100 North and Main Street has been many things over the decades.
This article has been updated to correct the name of the "My Canyonlands" filmmaker and to reflect that she will not be participating in the q and a after the Moab Museum's Nov. 3 Tuesdays With the Museum event.
The 2020 Moab Folk Festival is happening on Saturday, Nov. 6 and Sunday, Nov. 7. But, due to concerns around the safety of in-person gatherings amidst the ongoing pandemic, festival events will be virtual this year.
Dan Lamont and his wife, Marta, founded the Scots on the Rocks Moab Celtic Festival event in 2014 after attending numerous festivals celebrating Celtic (Scottish, Irish and Welsh) heritage around the country for more than a decade. This year, festivals of all kinds across the country have be…
High atop Rocky Road just south of Moab’s city limits sits KZMU’s solar-powered nonprofit radio station. It may be found on the FM radio dial at 90.1 and 106.7 and streamed online at www.kzmu.org.
Writers Pam Houston and Amy Irvine had never met – though each had read the other’s books. But when the pandemic hit and the state of Colorado issued shelter-in-place orders, Houston and Irvine began an old-fashioned snail mail correspondence from their homes on opposite sides of the Contine…
If you have a craving for a big, greasy burger and fries – well, Moab’s Desert Bistro is not your place. But if you are looking for a fine-dining experience with a Southwest flair and an artful ambiance, make a reservation at Desert Bistro (36 S. 100 West, Moab), open from 5 to 10 p.m. daily.
There’s a chill in the air and trees are sporting their autumn gold, and we’re all ready for some Halloween fun. But in the age of COVID-19, with so many of life’s traditions on hold or modified, it can be unclear what Halloween activities will – or should – be happening this year. We want t…
Everything is different this year – but “different” can still be really fun. Fortunately for all of us, there are several pandemic-safe holiday events coming up including the Moab Valley Multicultural Center’s Day of the Dead, a Spooky Moab Story Hour on KZMU in partnership with the Grand Co…
“You’re never alone.”
Utah’s official nickname is the Beehive State and the state insect is the honeybee. Both are symbols of Utah’s work ethic and focus on industry, so it is fitting that the craftsmanship shown in entries to the 2020 International Quilt Show’s Bee Quilt Challenge exemplify the ethos of hard wor…
Community Rebuilds’ mission is to build energy-efficient housing, provide education on sustainability, and improve the housing conditions of the workforce through an affordable program. The organization is celebrating the completion of its 33rd home in Moab with an open house on Thursday, Oc…
The mission of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is to fulfill President Lincoln’s promise to care for those “who shall have borne the battle” as well as their families, caregivers, and survivors. In pursuit of that mission, the Veterans Affairs Western Colorado Health Care System spen…
Questions about voting access, election security and electoral politics loom large in public conversation in the run-up to the 2020 election. To understand where we are today, it is often helpful to gain context by looking at where we’ve been – and that is the focus of the Moab Museum’s upco…
Efforts by volunteers, staff, donors and community partners have resulted in a milestone achievement for Underdog Animal Rescue and Rehab, a Moab-based nonprofit organization focused on helping the hundreds of thousands of stray companion animals on the Native American Reservations of the So…
Moab’s Main Street is lined with buildings from an earlier era, updated and repurposed for contemporary businesses. In the center of town, on an older two-story stone and brick structure, hangs a new sign for Sage & Stone Salon, opened earlier this year by longtime Moab resident Mallory …
Drive around Moab and you’ll see a number of banks and credit unions, including one housed in a smaller building on the south end of Main Street: the Eastern Utah Community Credit Union.
Correction: an earlier version of this article had the incorrect location for the poetry slam event Spit Love. The correct location is Star Hall (159 E. Center St.).
Hi everyone, this is Cosmo, the Library Cat. Since school is starting, I’ve been thinking about how exciting it is when children start to read on their own. That’s why I wanted to make sure you all knew about the Grand County Public Library Leveled Reader book collection, which is designed t…
Moab local Ken Ballantyne is spending a lot of time on his bicycle these days and it’s not just for his health – it’s for the health of children, too. Ballantyne is participating in an annual nationwide fundraising event called the Great Cycle Challenge.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, which screens award-winning short films curated from the Banff Mountain Film Festival based in Canada, is coming to Moab again this year– though, like many events in the time of the pandemic, it has moved online.
Temperatures are dropping and the season of bird migrations is upon us – and there’s one group of birds that’s going to be singing in Moab for one night only this week: the Birds of Play. The band is wrapping up a tour playing venues in the Central Rockies and the Western Slope with a perfor…
Hi, this is Cosmo, the Library Cat! I’ve missed all of the teenagers gaming and socializing at the Grand County Public Library this summer. Luckily, there’s tons of library stuff for everyone to enjoy online. My friends and I are really into reading graphic novels, manga, diving into fantasy…
What might workers in Moab’s contemporary tourism economy have to learn from mine workers of the last century? A whole lot, according to Christian Wright, historian and author of the recently published “Carbon County USA: Miners for Democracy in Utah and the West.”
Do a good deed in good company, and get some time on the river while you’re at it.
