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Finding divinity in a big rock

March 16, 2026 09:48 AM
When my professor said we'd wake up at dawn on our Sunday “day of rest” to drive through southern Utah and look at rocks, I wasn't the sunniest.
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Bears Ears National Monument proposal creates tensions in Utah

November 17, 2016 12:00 AM
Twin buttes rise above a few tiny towns near the Four Corners area in southeastern Utah. The tranquil rock formations known as the Bears Ears, and the 1.9 million acres of land surrounding them, are at the center of an environmental war that involves locals, politicians, Native American tribal governments and activists.
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