Summary
Moab's election debate is getting a reality check. The Moab Sun News is digging into what candidates are saying, so voters can cut through the noise and make informed choices.
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This won't cost you a dime, but it could save you from voting for someone who makes wild promises.
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Read the transcript: What Grand County candidates said at the Moab Chamber of Commerce’s Oct. 15 debate
Candidates for Grand County Commission, clerk/auditor and sheriff, U.S. House District 3 and Utah House District 69 answered questions on tourism revenue, housing, county audits, deputy retention and child care at the Moab Chamber of Commerce’s Oct. ...
Your ballot, your tax dollars: The clerk-auditor race
Woytek seeks reelection and previously served on the Grand County Commission. Minor has 26 years of experience owning and working in a Moab tax accounting office.
Keeping residents in the loop: Grand County candidates in their own words
We asked every candidate in Grand County’s contested 2026 races to name one thing they’ll do to show residents how decisions get made — and how voters could check, a year from now, whether they did it.
This Week in Moab: Candidate Debate and Walk to End Alzheimer's, October 12–18
The Chamber of Commerce puts nine Grand County races on one Star Hall stage Thursday night, three weeks from Election Day. Saturday brings Moab's first Walk to End Alzheimer's, the 23rd Castle Valley Gourd Festival and a walk to the White Mesa uraniu...
Grand County candidates weigh growth, spending and public input
About 100 people attended the League of Women Voters of Grand County’s event at the Moab Arts and Recreation Center. KZMU broadcast the forum, which also featured candidates in other races ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Moderator Audrey Graham said qu...
Read the transcript: What Grand County Commission District 4 candidates said at the League of Women Voters forum
Shalee Holland and Diego Velasquez answered questions on senior services, county employee pay and data centers at the League of Women Voters’ Oct. 5 forum. Listen, or read every answer.
Read the transcript: What Grand County Commission District 5 candidates said at the League of Women Voters forum
Commissioner Mike McCurdy and Everett Hildenbrandt answered questions on water and development, civil discourse on the commission and city-county relations at the League of Women Voters’ Oct. 5 forum. Listen, or read every answer.
Read the transcript: What Grand County Commission at-large candidates said at the League of Women Voters forum
Rory Paxman and Neal Herbert answered questions on the Arches shuttle and proposed public safety building, federal land management and the Echo Canyon lawsuit at the League of Women Voters’ Oct. 5 forum. Listen, or read every answer.
Read the transcript: What Grand County clerk/auditor candidates said at the League of Women Voters forum
Clerk/Auditor Gabriel Woytek and Kenneth Minor answered questions on election security, county audits and budgeting at the League of Women Voters’ Oct. 5 forum. Listen, or read every answer.
This Week in Moab: Candidates Forum and Buffalo Soldiers, October 5–11
The League of Women Voters hosts its Grand County candidates forum Monday night at the Moab Arts Center, free and live on KZMU. The week also brings a Buffalo Soldiers panel at the Moab Museum, a blood drive, the Arts and Ag Market and a garden dinne...
Fact-checking the KZMU candidate forum: what the record shows
Grand County candidates made claims about sales tax, the Arches shuttle, county audits, license plate readers and more at KZMU's Sept. 28 forum. We checked them against budgets, audits, state law and county minutes.
Read the transcript: What Grand County candidates said at KZMU’s Sept. 28 forum
Candidates in all five contested Grand County races answered questions on ICE, license plate readers, housing, the Arches shuttle, water, data centers, audits and election security at KZMU’s Sept. 28 forum. Listen, or read every answer. Moab Sun News...
Budget swings and a new jail: Grand County candidates in their own words
Candidates in the contested 2026 Grand County races answer a question tailored to the office they’re seeking — commission hopefuls on a budget that swings with tourism, sheriff candidates on whether a new jail should go to voters, and clerk-auditor c...
What six commission candidates say Grand County needs next
Six Grand County Commission candidates outlined their priorities at a Sept. 15 Moab Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Element Moab. Their remarks covered housing affordability, infrastructure, support for local businesses, long-term planning and c...
Winfield won't seek re-election to Grand County Commission
Grand County Commission Vice Chair Bill Winfield says he will not seek another term, stepping away from a three-way at-large race against Neal Herbert and Rory Paxman.
Grand County's 2026 ballot is set: five contested races this November
Grand County's November ballot is set: five contested local races — three county commission seats, plus sheriff and clerk/auditor — and three uncontested offices. Who's running, and the dates that matter.
Fact-checking this week's Moab election debate
Fact-checking this week's Moab election debate Moab Sun News
League of Women Voters to host public election forum on Monday, September 15
League of Women Voters to host public election forum on Monday, September 15 Moab Sun News
Grand County's biggest challenge: candidates in their own words
Candidates in the 2026 Grand County races answer our second question — the single most important issue facing the county, and what they'd do about it from office — in their own words.
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