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Moab’s first medical cannabis pharmacy now expected to open this fall

Moab’s first medical cannabis pharmacy is now expected to open this fall as Boojum Group completes renovations, exterior improvements and the final state approval process. Boojum, a Utah medical cannabis processing and manufacturing company co-founde...

Grand County hires a consultant to untangle a zoning code even its own officials can't navigate

Every building permit, subdivision, and rezone in unincorporated Grand County runs through a land-use code that a hired consultant calls inconsistent and disorganized — full of adopted rules that exist...

Delta and United will fly to Moab starting October, connections via SLC and Denv

Park explains what the flash flood warnings hitting visitor phones actually mean

What's on the July 21 Grand County Commission agenda: a water tank hearing, the county's new water-use plan and a $1M bond

Grand County commissioners meet July 21 with a public hearing on the Moab water tank utility overlay, votes on the new water-use plan ordinance, a $1M transportation bond, four high-impact event applications, and more — starting at 4 p.m. at the comm...

Here’s why tribes say Trump’s Bears Ears order changed more than the map

Bears Ears isn’t just public land for Davina Smith-Idjesa. The area has long been the sacred ancestral homeland for her tribe and others. “When I talk about Bears Ears, I’m not talking about a place I occasionally visit,” said Smith-Idjesa, a member ...

Trump cuts Bears Ears and Grand Staircase monuments again — now by more than 90%

For the second time, Trump has cut Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments — this round by more than 90%. Tribal nations condemned the reductions and the end of Bears Ears' co-management commission; conservation groups vow a court...

Protests against national monument reductions Monday

Castle Valley, Moab under flash flood warning until 8:45 p.m.

NWS Flash Flood Warning for Moab and Castle Valley until 8:45 p.m. Thursday — avoid flooded roads, canyon areas at risk.