MOAB, Utah (AP) — A newlywed couple found shot to death at a Utah campsite were remembered Sunday with a candlelight vigil as police investigate the women’s deaths. Crystal Turner and Kylen Schulte were discovered near the tourist town of Moab, where they’d been living. KUTV reports police believe someone […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — A woman who fainted and hit her head on a rock after stopping to rest in Utah’s Arches National Park woke up to hear a familiar voice and wondered if she might be watching television. Minnie John of Oradell, New Jersey, then questioned whether she might […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Record visitation and long lines at Arches National Park in Utah are reviving a push for a reservation system. KUER reports Arches is on track to have its busiest year ever, and that increase in visitation has caused the park to close its gates over 80 […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — A wildfire sparked by an abandoned campfire is forcing evacuations south of Moab. KTVX reports the evacuations are mandatory for all private property on the east side of Geyser Pass. They were ordered after the fire called the fire breached a road. Four primary buildings and […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Utah’s newest state park will encompass a wide swath of land rich in historic and paleontological resources. Fox 13 reports “Utahraptor State Park” was created in a bill that passed the Legislature this year and is located near Moab, the home of Arches and Canyonlands national […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Racist graffiti has been found covering ancient Native American petroglyphs in Utah on a popular rock art panel in Moab. A tour guide with the Moab Tour Company discovered the phrase “white power” on Monday and graphic images on “The Birthing Scene,” a panel on […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Federal public lands officials are investigating after climbing bolts damaged an ancient petroglyph site near Moab, Utah. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports the line of bolts was inserted into the middle of a large rock-art image left by Indigenous people more than 1,000 years ago. […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — A Utah-based nonprofit founded to help build community among the Native population in Moab has now turned its efforts toward keeping Native elders safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Circle Intertribal Center has raised $150,000 and delivered over 600 bags of food and cleaning supplies since […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who allegedly set his pregnant girlfriend on fire has been charged with aggravated attempted murder. Andrew Todd Curtis of Moab was charged Friday and is being held without bail in the Salt Lake County jail. He faces five years to life in […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management has canceled a planned sale of land in Southeast Utah to be used for oil drilling following opposition from county and municipal officials. The Spectrum reports the land between Arches and Canyonlands national parks will not be included in […]
