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Worker injured in accident at Atlas cleanup site
A worker employed by Envirocon suffered breaks of both tibia and fibula in his left leg last week when a roll of plastic sheeting fell on him while he was working at the Atlas uranium mill tailing...
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Developers propose dinosaur museum for land on north U.S. 191
An application to develop an open-air dinosaur tracks museum on property at the corner of U.S. 191 and state Route 313 was tabled earlier this month by the Grand County Planning and Zoning Commiss...
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Grand County kindergarten teacher Holly Harris and her daughter Aspyn, a kindergarten student, help with volunteer cleanup service on Main Street Oct. 30. Grand County teachers held the service day to draw attention to the reduced number of teaching days that resulted from the state Legislature’s education funding cuts last spring. Photo courtesy of Sarah Henderson Teachers clean up downtown Moab to raise awareness of state cuts to education funding
Thirty local school teachers donned matching T-shirts and hit the sidewalks in Moab Oct. 31 as a community service act designed to raise awareness about several school furlough days that are keep...
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County PC selects five candidates for possible appointment to three open commission seats
The Grand County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended five names for consideration by the Grand County Council to fill three available seats on the commission. In a new process of inter...
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Eliza Gilkyson Moab Folk Festival brings music and community together
The Moab Folk Festival, a four-day event showcasing well-known and local folk and singer/songwriter musicians, gets underway this weekend. This is the festival’s seventh year, and performances wil...
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The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.


Sat Nov 07 04:13:20 -0600 2009

In this undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 1965 Volkswagen van that was stolen 35 years ago from Spokane, Wash., is shown after it was recovered on Oct. 19, 2009, from a shipping container at the Port of Los Angeles  bound for The Netherlands. (AP Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection)AP - A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport.


Fri Nov 06 15:03:59 -0600 2009

File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee was the 'driving force' behind the break-ins. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)AP - Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.


Sat Nov 07 04:01:33 -0600 2009