Owners of Moab’s historic Woody’s Tavern are desperate to save their bar. DABS should provide a service to help them, Robert Gehrke writes.

When Utah’s state liquor agency changed its name from “control” to “service,” Utahns might have expected that regulators might want to help keep businesses open, not shut them down.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Owners of Woody's Tavern, a historic bar on Moab's main street, pictured Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, are fighting to stave off closure that owners say would be inevitable if the state takes away their liquor license later this month.