Moab News

While it may not be clear how the rest of the local economy is faring during the nationa s economic turmoil, the tourist industry seems to be doing well, according to Moab City Manager Donna Metzler.

Games, food and entertainment will be the order of the evening as Moab celebrates Independence Day at the annual July 4 festivities in Swanny City Park on Moaba s west side.

The "South Window" arch at Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah, on June 30, 2009.

Several years ago, Pete Robinson was racing his bike in Moab when he suffered a serious crash.

Amazing how much Charlie did for the Moab Valley. He and ML were absolutely wonderful people and never lost that average person attitude when they became wealthy.

Governmental control is a hot-button issue right now, but I'm not too concerned with the New World Order and black-helicopter conspiracies.

Pete Hyita, born and raised in East Carbon and Quetta Larsen Hyita born and raised in Moab will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Date: Monday, June 15, 2009 Contacts: Steve Meismer, Virgin River Program 435.673.3617 Marc Mortensen, Assistant to the City Manager 435.703.0953 THE TAMARISK BEETLE IS BACK AND IN GREATER NUMBERS St.

Native American pottery and artifacts, similar to those confiscated from looters were on display at a press conference to announce a major bust of archaeological thieves.

A second defendant in the federal bust of archaeological looters in southern Utah apparently has killed himself.

CONOR OBERST & THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND Friday, June 19, 2009 STAR HALL MOAB, UT 7:30 PM Tickets: $20.00 General Admission / All Ages Tickets available exclusively at Sgt Pepper's Music & Video 59 S Main St # 1 Moab, UT 84532 259-4405 Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes, has planned a special performance at Star Hall in Moab.

The Grand County Council on Tuesday approved a work description for a grant from the Department of Energy that is expected to pay for community education, outreach, and monitoring of the Atlas tailings removal project.

Utah's exotic landscape has often appeared in movies and TV shows, sometimes being used to depict alien worlds.

Court records indicate many of those charged Wednesday with stealing and trafficking in Native American artifacts aren't strangers to accusations of theft, or the type of drug-related offenses that some speculate may be driving the black-market operation.

Federal agencies busted two dozen people in what they're calling the largest investigation ever of artifacts taken from public and Native American land.

It's in the eyes and the voices of folks in this small San Juan County town --- anger at the federal government for its undercover operation to root out those who take antiquities from public lands.

Federal authorities on Wednesday charged 24 people, including a Moab man and 20 others from Monticello or Blanding, with the theft of cultural and historical artifacts from American Indian lands and federal properties in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah.

Richard Raymond Bourret , one felony count of violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act , one felony count depredation of government property Brent Bullock , 61, Moab, three felony counts of violating ARPA, two felony counts of theft of government property Carl Lavern Crites , 74, Durango, Colo., two felony counts of violating ARPA, two ...

A day after being charged for illegal looting of archaeological artifacts held sacred by Utah's earliest inhabitants, a prominent southeastern Utah doctor was found dead on his Blanding property.

Nearly two dozen people from Utah and Colorado who formed a network that found, dug up and sold artifacts from some of the earliest of the Southwest's human dwellers now face federal charges in connection with their activities.