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Moab, Utah's independent, locally-owned community newspaper since 1896. Serving the communities of southeastern Utah since 1896.
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35 E Center Street
Moab, UT
84532
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| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |
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The Times-Independent is your source for community news, business, local ads and events in Moab, San Juan County and the Four Corners region of southeast Utah. We have served the communities of southeastern Utah since 1896. The company is the successor to the Grand Valley Times, which started in 1896, and the Moab Independent, which merged in 1919 under the direction of the Taylor family.
The following is an excerpt from A History of Grand County by Richard A. Firmage regarding the newspaper...
“With the coming of the newspaper to the county in 1896, local events were reported much more frequently and, it is hoped, more accurately; however, omissions, errors, and reporter's biases that have been found in some of the reports serve to caution the later reader that all may not have been exactly as it was described in print. Nonetheless, the Grand Valley Times (later The Times-Independent) represents in many cases the major source of early county history and has been of tremendous importance to the town of Moab and the regional community since its founding in 1896 by a transplanted Coloradan, Justus N. Corbin.
“Corbin had arrived in Moab only three weeks before he published the inaugural issue of the Grand Valley Times on May 30, 1896. An enterprising and energetic man, he also was one of two practicing attorneys in Moab prior to the turn of the century, later serving as county attorney, and he was instrumental in bringing telephone service to Moab, among his many other community services. His greatest contribution, however, was the newspaper. Originally a small four-page paper published weekly, the newspaper expanded in length to eight pages within a year and soon increased its page size as well. It has continued uninterrupted weekly publication for almost a century.”
