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With millions visiting Utah’s national parks each year, snagging a coveted hiking permit or campground reservation has become a pressure cooker. Vehicles line up at the Arches National Park entry gate near Moab, Utah, March 19, 2026. Photo by David Condos/KUER “It's like getting Taylor Swift tickets,” said Jonathan Hughes, an economics professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
On Oct. 29, 7th District Judge Don Torgerson heard about three hours of arguments in Moab on motions asking him to decide parts of the case without a trial, in Friends of the Abajos v. Henderson (case 260700008).
Guides from Moab outfitter Sheri Griffith River Expeditions are on camera in the second episode of food writer J. Kenji López-Alt's "Cooking on the River," posted Nov. 5. They help run his camp kitchen on the Colorado River. The 29-minute episode covers the first two days of the Moab Music Festival's four-day Cataract Canyon raft trip, which ran Sept. 15-18.
Whether Grand County or Echo Canyon's own board controls what gets built along Kane Creek Road is what's at stake in a case before a Moab judge. He heard about three hours of arguments Oct. 29 over whether the two state laws behind Echo Canyon break the Utah Constitution.
Amy Irvine was a competitive rock climber, a wildland firefighter and a national park ranger. Then motherhood left her isolated on a mesa in southwest Colorado with a sick baby and a yard full of animals. Her new memoir, "Almost Animal: A Memoir of Motherhood, Wildness, and the American West," tells that story.
A violin, a family's book of remembrance and seeds planted on a newcomer's first days in Moab are now on display at the Moab Museum, each one an answer to the same question: How did you get here? "How Did We Get Here? Stories of Migration and Home" opened Oct. 22 and runs through Aug. 28, 2027, according to the museum.
Scottie Hope Shumway was born at 4:40 a.m. Oct. 10, 2026. She was 6 pounds and 14 ounces and was 19.5 inches tall. Her parents are Colten and Jaci Shumway. Scottie Hope Shumway Miles Robert Porebski was born at 5:19 p.m. Oct. 10, 2026. He was 8 pounds and 2 ounces and was 19.75 inches long.
An overflowing crowd packed Tuesday night's Sandy City Council meeting, where dozens of community members spoke against a resolution that could eventually have implications for Dimple Dell Park. For Joyce Walker, president of the Dimple Dell Preservation Community, protecting the park has been at the top of mind for years.
Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles recently concluded a 10-day ministry in the Church's Europe Central Area, speaking with civic and religious leaders in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan and meeting with Latter-day Saints in those two nations as well as in Paris, France, and Vienna, Austria.
A crowd cheered as three planes flew overhead during a Veterans Day celebration at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Heber City. The children in the crowd stood pointing toward the sky as veterans talked with friends and wiped teary eyes.
9, 2026. A third-grade field trip to the Navajo Nation Council sparked Crystalyne Curley’s political ambition when she witnessed a fiery debate erupt between two tribal lawmakers. “I thought to myself at a very young age, that’s where I want to be,” Curley said.
Ski Utah is touting Utah's consistent snowfall to bring skiers and snowboarder back after a down year. Skiing and snowboarding generate more than $2 billion for the Utah economy annually. The Utah Transit Authority intends to increase bus services in the Cottonwood canyons.
George Washington portrayed by Gary Dolzer asks the audience what will they do with this experiment (Democracy) entrusted into their hands. (Roger V. Tuttle/Davis Journal) BOUNTIFUL—Chris Simonsen, a Vietnam veteran, has been serving the community as a pediatric dentist for more than 50 years but has spent a lifetime serving others where he can.