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Andrew Christiansen

Moab Times-Independent

(The Times-Independent) Lin Ottinger opened the Moab Rock Shop in 1960.

Moab’s ‘Dinosaur Man’ and rock shop founder dies at 97

By Andrew Christiansen | February 13, 2025, 10:03 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Kane Creek Campground near Moab is closed, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

Appeal fails to block controversial Kane Creek development in Moab

By Andrew Christiansen | December 19, 2024, 9:50 p.m.

(Van Mays) The Moab Skyway, pictured in 1999 when the chairlift attraction opened, carried riders nearly 1,000 feet above the Moab and Spanish valleys, offering stunning views and access to downhill mountain biking trails.

‘High Hopes and Big Risks’: Moab Skyway’s legacy honored with BLM sign

By Andrew Christiansen | December 7, 2024, 2:52 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Devils Garden trail in Arches National Park on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

Man dies after 30-foot fall in Arches National Park

By Andrew Christiansen | October 9, 2024, 10:43 p.m.

(Sara Melnicoff) Utah metal detector expert Michael Van Tassell shows off the ring he recovered for a tourist in the Mill Creek Canyon swimming hole on Aug. 18.

Finding what’s lost: Utahn uses metal detector to recover valuables

By Andrew Christiansen | September 7, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Screenshot) Grand County Commission Chair Jacques Hadler speaks to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee at the Utah State Capitol on Aug. 21.

Audit finds ‘intentional abuse’ by Grand County, which defends tourism tax spending

By Andrew Christiansen | August 29, 2024, 7:46 p.m.

(Andrew Christiansen | The Times-Independent) The state auditor determined Grand County improperly used $700,000 of tourism-specific revenue on the Grand Center in 2023.

State audit finds Grand County misused and misreported tourism tax money

By Andrew Christiansen | June 25, 2024, 9:46 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

Republicans Lynn Jackson and Logan Monson face off in Utah House District 69 primary election

By Andrew Christiansen | June 10, 2024, 4:37 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.

Thomas Hansen, the GOP delegate pick, wants to unseat Christine Watkins in Utah House District 67

By Andrew Christiansen | June 7, 2024, 9:00 p.m.

(Andrew Christiansen) Grand County commissioners, from the left, Bill Winfield, Evan Clapper and Kevin Walker discuss Senate Bill 258 at Tuesday’s meeting.

Was SB258 written to speed a development in Moab?

By Andrew Christiansen | June 7, 2024, 10:19 p.m.

Brad Parry, vice chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, in front of the Utah Capitol building on June 6, 2023. (Photo credit: Shara Hiller)

Q&A with Northwestern Shoshone Vice Chairman Brad Parry as restoration at Bear River Massacre Site begins

By Andrew Christiansen | May 22, 2024, 9:12 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tim Fitzpatrick speaks at the NewsMakers Awards in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

NewsMakers honors Gail Miller, The Policy Project and Tim Fitzpatrick

By Andrew Christiansen | November 18, 2023, 1:04 p.m.

(Ambar Navarro | Hopeless Records) Punk band Destroy Boys is one of the acts scheduled to perform at the first Mind the Gap Fest, set for Saturday, August 26, 2023, at The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City.

Mind The Gap Fest offers music with a message about women’s equality

By Andrew Christiansen | August 25, 2023, 5:02 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jess Couser, a Utah attorney who helps clients through the steps of making name and gender marker changes, Friday, August 4, 2023.

In Utah, why changing your name and gender marker is more difficult, costly than some states

By Andrew Christiansen | August 22, 2023, 11:54 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Meg Raby and Pastor Jonny Morrison at the Missio Dei Community church, which has been certified to be sensory-inclusive by nonprofit organization KultureCity, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.

A trailblazing sensory-friendly church comes as a welcome addition on Utah’s faith front

By Andrew Christiansen | August 20, 2023, 4:23 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Wasatch Hollow Preserve on July 29, left, and on March 30, right, when Emigration Creek flooded the park, which serves as a detention basin.

Wasatch Hollow Preserve still needs more than $600K in flooding repairs

By Andrew Christiansen | August 5, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(via GoFundMe) Liam Mildenstein, middle, with family. Liam, 19, collapsed after reading aloud his Latter-day Saint mission assignment. He was pronounced dead an hour later, family said.

‘We are devastated’: 19-year-old collapses, dies after reading aloud LDS missionary assignment

By Andrew Christiansen | August 4, 2023, 4:27 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Philip Sadler and his daughter Remy, 11, make Lego-brick recreations of Salt Lake City landmarks and businesses together, which he then posts on his @salt_lego_city Instagram page.

Using Legos, Utah father recreates Salt Lake City’s ‘pockets of culture’

By Andrew Christiansen | July 31, 2023, 10:41 p.m.

(Charlie Riedel | AP) Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Gavin Beavers, bottom, blocks a goal attempt by Sporting Kansas City forward Alán Pulido (9) during the first half of an MLS soccer match Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Kansas City, Kan.

Real Salt Lake’s 18-year-old goalkeeper has ‘lasting potential as a top pro’

By Andrew Christiansen | July 28, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Clearfield Police Department) A 74-year-old woman's car was stolen with her dog Reo, a 7‐year‐old Shih Tzu, still inside. The dog was found and reunited with his family on Saturday.

Shih Tzu found after Utah woman carjacked with dog still in vehicle

By Andrew Christiansen | Scott D. Pierce | Jordan Miller | July 29, 2023, 7:32 p.m.

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