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Tag: Jim Stiles
THE FACES of MOAB…and BEYOND
For 30 years, I’ve been cartooning Zephyr readers’ great faces and some of them are featured more prominently on another post in this anniversary issue. Many of them were from Moab and Grand County but many more extended beyond Southeast…
The February/March Issue of the Zephyr!
Take it or Leave it: ‘Laws v Grayeyes’ (The war grinds on in San Juan County)…by Jim Stiles
“It’s our stuff. We made it and we know best how to use it and care for it. And now we’re going to get it back.” John Pretty Man, Crow Indian “The entire corner of Utah is a stronghold of…
RANGER STILES’ WILDLIFE OBSERVATIONS #2 (Arches NP 1975-1986)…by Jim Stiles
(photos by the author except where noted) Author’s Note: For more than three years , I have spent most of my keyboard time writing “informational/investigative” long form articles (some might suggest ‘long-winded’) about excruciatingly serious topics…Moab politics, San Juan County politics,…
THE DAVIDSON/SMELT LAWSUIT APPEAL DECISION: Some excerpts, notes, & yet another appeal… Jim Stiles
For Ken Davey, 1953-2017 UPDATE ON ZEPHYR LAWSUIT: IT’S NOT OVER YET. NOTE: On January 10, the Utah Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the decision of the Seventh District Court to summarily dismiss the $5 million defamation lawsuit against the…
THE (1995) GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN & My Act of Civil Disobedience at Arches National Park…by Jim Stiles
NOTE: While we put this issue together, the United States government was in partial shutdown mode. It lasted 35 days. Among the government agencies affected was the National Park Service and the many “units” in its system. Across the country…
Take it or Leave it: The Zephyr’s Unwinnable Fight with Facebook…by Jim Stiles
*With contributions from Tonya Stiles First, let’s get something straight. Everything…everything…that facebook does is for the money. For profit. Facebook—and I will henceforth use the pronoun ‘It’ to describe the company— is concerned with profits and nothing more. It doesn’t…
AN INTERVIEW WITH KAY SHUMWAY: A Life in San Juan County & beyond…with Jim Stiles
PROLOGUE: For the past several years San Juan County, Utah and its citizens, especially the white Mormon residents of Blanding and Monticello, have been the subject of much scrutiny. From local media attacks to national coverage, many of the county’s…
Take it or Leave it: A SLOPPY JOURNALISM POSTSCRIPT (CNN/PBS) AND A GLIMMER OF HOPE (KUED)…by Jim Stiles
On November 12, KUED, the public television station in Salt Lake City, premiered a one hour documentary titled “The Battle Over Bears Ears.” In 2017, producer Nancy Green and her crew came to San Juan County and spent weeks there,…