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Vandals have etched a racist phrase, “white power”, as well as other graffiti, over millennia-old Native American petroglyphs in Utah. The Bureau of Land Management Utah has announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Rock art sites on federal lands are nationally protected areas and it is strongly prohibited to touch the art as even oil from fingertips can irreparably damage the fragile rock surface. - The four-panel collection of p...

) The Moab region is home to some of the most significant archaeological sites and national parks in North America and the Birthing Rock petroglyphs are located in territory belonging to the Anasazi, Fremont, and Ute cultures. The images are based on celestial observations and decorated with animal and human figures. Although there is no reliable dating technique for rock art void of organic matter, archaeologists have dated the panel’s artwork to around 1,000 years ago. A panel of the "Bir...

“That is disturbing... I thought at this day and age we would all respect one another’s identity,” said Woody Lee, executive director of Utah Diné Bikéyah, when he was informed about the recent vandalism of the Birthing Rock petroglyphs. [Read “1,000-year-old petroglyphs marred by graffiti” -ed.] “Civilization here is supposed to be at a higher level, and yet we degrade ourselves by doing stuff like this,” Lee said. UDB is a nonprofit with representative...

The petroglyph wall known as the Birthing Rock was vandalised with several obscenities Jody Patterson An ancient petroglyph panel known as the Birthing Rock in Moab, Utah, has been defaced with the words “white power” and other obscenities, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced this week. The vandalism follows another recent incident in the region in which a rock climber from Colorado damaged an ancient petroglyph panel known as the Sunshine Wall near Arches Nat...

Today Partly cloudy skies in the morning will give way to cloudy skies during the afternoon. High around 35F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight Updated: April 20, 2021 @ 12:47 am Photos Courtesy of Darrin Reay A bolted climbing route along petroglyphs on rock outside Moab, believed to be left by Indigenous people more than 1,000 years ago. photos Courtesy of Darrin Reay

The Associated Press A FedEx flight on final approach flies over the FexEx Ground facility, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis, where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis airport. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) INDIANAPOLIS — The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop.” Coroners began t...

Today Snow this evening will transition to snow showers late. Low 27F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 100%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected.. Tonight Snow this evening will transition to snow showers late. Low 27F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 100%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected. Updated: April 15, 2021 @ 7:23 pm

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —  Federal public lands officials are investigating after climbing bolts damaged an ancient petroglyph site near Moab, Utah. 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, climber Darrin Reay told the Colorado Springs Gazette. He saw the bolts last week on the outcrop known as Sunshine Wall north of Arches National Park. Reay said he was was “horrified and angry.” Reports of the dama...