ICYMI, here's your sneak peek at the new Utahraptor State Park! fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
This was such a fun story to do. @UtahDNR and @UtahStateParks had us down to check out the site, about 15 miles outside of Moab in the Dalton-Wells area: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah Mountains in backdrop, lots of open land.UtahDNR looking at a map of the boundaries.
The new Utahraptor State Park is the site of MASSIVE dinosaur fossils.

They found a thing called "the megablock" there. Check it out. These are Utahraptor teeth and claws! fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah Dinosaur teeth embedded in rockDinosaur claw embedded in rock.
FYI, you know the velociraptors in the "Jurassic Park" movies? Paleontologists say that's really more like what the Utahraptor was (the actual velociraptor was much smaller).

Just something for reference: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
.@Paleojim says we've maybe explored 10% of what the Utahraptor State Park has of fossils and the new state park designation will help preserve the land for scientific work: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah The awesome Jim Kirkland showing off Utahraptor State Park.
Beyond dinosaur discoveries, there's historic artifacts too: Utahraptor State Park is the site of Japanese "isolation" camp from WW2.

@JaniIwamoto says it was for Japanese-Americans deemed "bad ones" for speaking out against their incarceration: fox13now.com/news/local-new… #utpol
The area is used and loved now, but @UtahStateParks says it's loved a little *too* much.

The state parks designation means they can put in proper trails, bathrooms, trash pickup, etc.: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
.@CityofMoab and Grand County are hugely supportive of Utahraptor State Park. They say it's a wonderful new outdoor experience, and may be able to take some pressure off of nearby @ArchesNPS: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah Utahraptor State Park's famous Dalton-Wells Quarry showing a
But there is a little disagreement about whether Utahraptor State Park should serve as a second entrance to @ArchesNPS.

Locals say that could make things worse. Others disagree: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
With $36 million from the #utleg, @UtahStateParks will start infrastructure work now on Utahraptor State Park. It’ll formally open in 2022. Here’s a view from *whispers reverently* SkyFOX! fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
Thanks for having us down, @UtahDNR, @UtahStateParks and @CityofMoab! Photog Vanessa and I had a great time! fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah Vanessa Diaz and I smiling as we hike up a near-vertical cli

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From @fox13 @ 5: "Slowly we’re starting to re-open the Navajo Nation," @NNPrezNez says as #COVID19 vaccines climb and cases drop. My interview with him: fox13now.com/news/coronavir… #utpol #Utah
.@NNPrezNez had some good news to report. Of the about 260k people in/around the Navajo Nation? 50% are fully vaccinated now.

Within the boundaries? It's 70%. He's set a goal of 75% before they lift a lot of restrictions: fox13now.com/news/coronavir… @fox13 #utpol #Utah #COVID19
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People who got their shots today tell me it's MUCH easier than trying to make an appt at a mass vaccine site. #utpol #Utah #COVID19 Man with a vaccine bandaid
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NEW: The Utah Supreme Court has tossed a case that challenged the state parole board's absolute power: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
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Surprise! She was paroled: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13
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But she wanted the Court to consider the reach of the parole board's powers.

They declined: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
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