Utah lawmakers are considering creating a new state park in celebration of a spectacular find of dinosaur bones. The proposal for Utahraptor State Park, approved by the state House last week and now ...

From author Edward Abbey then to Brad Walker now, Moab's Utahraptor State Park has never ceased to amaze. And Walker wants everyone to experience the wonders, too.

Gov. Spencer Cox, state lawmakers and city and county officials joined dozens of locals and visitors at the long-anticipated ribbon cutting at Utahraptor State Park on Friday, May 23. “This is the ...

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ST. GEORGE, Utah — Arches National Park may soon have a new neighbor, due to a new bill heading through the Utah legislature. “Utahraptor State Park,” proposed by Rep. Steve Eliason (R-Sandy), would ...

One of Utah’s newest state parks will finally have its grand opening later this year. An official grand opening for Utahraptor State Park in Grand County will likely be held over the next few months, ...

In the early '90s, paleontologists discovered bones around Moab, Utah, from an unknown dinosaur, one that had strong, deadly claws like a velociraptor—but was nearly twice as big. After years of ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to create "Utahraptor State Park" has failed to pass a Senate committee over funding issues. House Bill 322, sponsored by Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, failed on a 3-3 vote in ...

MOAB, Utah (AP) - At the top of the Dalton-Wells Quarry, the view is incredible. The scenic La Sal mountain range is in the distance. On ridge, you can see the redrock boundary of Arches National Park ...

A proposal for Utahraptor State Park has been 100 million years in the making, give or take. And it appears the wait won’t end this year. Rep. Steve Eliason’s HB322 failed to win majority support in a ...