Moab-region flood tracker: Highway 191 closed between Moab and Monticello after one of the wettest Octobers on record
Updated Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, 3:45 p.m. This page tracks flooding in the Moab region this season: road closures, rainfall, river conditions and how to help. We will update it as conditions change. U.S. Highway 191 is closed between the Old Spanish Trail Arena south of Moab and Monticello because of flooding, Grand County said in an emergency alert at 2:04 p.m. Sunday.
via Moab Sun NewsMoabNovember 2, 2026
Are these Utah developers unconstitutionally governing their own project? A judge is about to weigh in.
A pending court ruling could affect whether Echo Canyon’s developers retain government authority over their project along the Colorado River west of Moab. Seventh District Judge Don M. Torgerson heard arguments Oct. 29 on competing requests to decide parts of a constitutional challenge without a trial.
via Salt Lake TribuneMoabNovember 1, 2026
Lex Bell was listed as the Moab Police Chief in an undated directory
Lex Bell was listed as the Police Chief for Moab in an undated staff directory.
MoabOctober 31, 2026
Echo Canyon’s developers govern their own project. A judge is weighing that authority.
A pending court ruling could affect whether Echo Canyon’s developers retain government authority over their project along the Colorado River west of Moab. Echo Canyon’s development site along the Colorado River west of Moab is pictured April 10.
via Times-IndependentEchoOctober 30, 2026
Moab’s Day of the Dead festival moves to HMK Elementary for Sunday
The Moab Valley Multicultural Center’s annual Day of the Dead festival will move indoors to HMK Elementary School on Sunday, Nov. 1, because of the rainy forecast, organizers announced. People attend the Day of the Dead festival at the Moab Valley Multicultural Center on Nov. 2, 2025.
via Times-IndependentMoabOctober 30, 2026
‘It’s been devastating’: San Juan River flooding leaves Utah families facing months of recovery
Larena Benn’s home was her sanctuary. Atcitty Camp community members paddle across floodwaters on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. Photo courtesy of the Utah Office of the Lieutenant Governor “Us Navajos, we believe that our home is our mother, just like you’re a baby in the womb,” she said.
via Times-IndependentMoabOctober 30, 2026