Moab

Moab passed a new noise ordinance Tuesday night to deal with all-terrain vehicles, and Grand County passed one last week. Off-roading groups are already pushing back against the new limits, which they say are too restrictive.

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, April 28, 2021.

Having stable income, safe housing and social support have greater combined impacts on a person’s health than any individual behavior, according to the World Health Organization. Addressing these social determinants of health in Utah is a priority of Gov. Spencer Cox’s administration, and the focus of a free health clinic in rural Moab, Utah.

Recent studies found there’s likely less water in Moab’s aquifer than previously thought. Now, the tightening water supply has led to a reckoning over the consequences of development and the virtues of conservation.

An effort to regulate all-terrain vehicles in Moab was killed by the Utah Legislature last week, but people on both sides of the issue say the fight isn’t over.

Time is running out to create a new state park north of Moab. The measure received a lot of support in the Utah House of Representatives last week, but it still has to pass the Senate.

The latest Utah news from Tuesday evening, February 9, 2021.

The city of Moab is planning to implement water conservation measures in the coming months, based on a recent study that found the Moab Valley may hold less water than previously thought.

The latest Utah news on Monday morning, January 25, 2021.

When Kristen Ramirez started the Full Circle Intertribal Center in 2019, her goal was to build community among Native people in Moab. A year and a half later, the nonprofit has grown into a COVID-relief group focused on Native elders, as well as a resource center.

The latest Utah news on Monday morning, November 16, 2020.

Over a quarter of Grand County workers lost their jobs this spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to unemployment claims filed in April.…