Outdoor Retailer show may leave Salt Lake City, seeks bids from other cities
Organizers of the Outdoor Retailer show are soliciting proposals for a possible new location for the massive, twice-yearly conventions held for two decades in Salt Lake City. The call for bids follows...
View ArticlePatagonia drops out of Outdoor Retailer over Utah leaders' opposition to...
As Outdoor Retailer show organizers open the search for a host city, one major player in the industry says it will boycott the convention as long as it takes place in Utah. Patagonia announced Tuesday...
View ArticleSolar jobs in Utah growing twice as fast as rest of nation, report says
An unprecedented solar boom has been good to Utah businesses — the state’s solar industry grew at more than twice the national rate in 2016, according to a new report. Utah solar companies added more...
View ArticleAlberty: Ways to vault out of middling on the ski slopes
For a long time, I have been skiing in a rut. My skill level pretty well represents the skiing of most folks who learned as adults: comfortable on the blues and greens, fairly lame on the blacks. Add...
View ArticleBeaver County, horse advocates sue the BLM in legal tug-of-war over Utah's...
Wranglers for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management completed a roundup of 655 wild horses from Utah’s West Desert in late January, but the agency’s decision to return dozens back to the range has...
View ArticleBLM delays oil-drilling leases near Zion National Park amid concerns about...
The Bureau of Land Management is giving the public another month to weigh in on a controversial proposal to issue oil and gas leases west of Zion Canyon after the National Park Service raised concerns...
View ArticleMore companies pull out of Outdoor Retailer show over Utah policies
Several outdoor gear companies followed Patagonia’s lead and announced Thursday and Friday that they would no longer attend the Outdoor Retailer shows in Salt Lake City to protest public-lands...
View ArticleMarathoners take to Utah's Grandeur Peak in search of frigid challenge, clean...
It may be the dead of winter, but the summit of Grandeur Peak, the 8,299-foot-high promontory on the south side of Parleys Canyon, was a busy place Saturday morning as dozens of runners arrived to...
View ArticlePhotos: Eagles on display
The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge hosted an eagle day Saturday, during which participants interacted with a bald eagle, played eagle-themed games and created their own eagle finger puppets. The...
View ArticleA lawsuit involving American Indian artifacts, alleged excessive force and a...
A three-judge panel on Monday upheld the dismissal of a Utah family’s lawsuit against a Bureau of Land Management agent blamed for the suicide of Blanding physician James Redd, saying the agent was...
View ArticleUtah groups pushing greater local control of public lands, wildlife seeking...
Utah lawmakers are again considering several requests to fund legal and lobbying efforts directed at gaining greater state control over public lands and wildlife, including another $2 million to an...
View ArticleOutdoor industry execs ramp up rhetoric, send ultimatum to Utah governor
Leading U.S. outdoor retailers are again threatening to pull their twice-a-year trade show out of Salt Lake City, this time in an ultimatum to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert demanding he reverse course on key...
View ArticleEscalante business owners rebel against anti-monument resolution
Garfield County commissioners have hit the pause button on a proposed resolution targeting the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument after dozens of Boulder and Escalante business owners...
View ArticleExploring Utah: Staying safe within reach of adventure's prize
A small helium balloon rises out of the orange cliffs of southeast Utah while several pilots stand below and wait for it to translate the sky. A big decision hangs on the bobs and swerves of the pink...
View ArticleGuv's water advisers take their work out of Utah public's view
Advisers to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert continue to shape a 50-year blueprint for state water policy and big-dollar dam and pipeline projects, but the public has yet to be invited to their latest series of...
View ArticleOutdoor Retailer convention leaving Utah, a move Herbert calls 'offensive'
The Outdoor Retailer show is leaving Salt Lake City. After an unproductive meeting between Gov. Gary Herbert and outdoor recreation business representatives, industry leaders say they hope to find a...
View ArticleUtah closed to antler gathering until April
Paul Fife takes March off every year to roam Utah in search of antlers shed by big game over winter. This is when bull elk begin dropping their bony headgear, offering outdoor enthusiasts a chance for...
View ArticleWhen Outdoor Retailer left, Salt Lake City also lost chance to host cycling...
Before the Outdoor Retailer convention announced it is leaving Utah over the state’s public lands policies, Salt Lake City was a top contender to host a third outdoor industry trade show. Now the...
View ArticleProposal to create Utah state park at historic Hole-in-the-Rock gaining traction
Nearly a century and a half ago, Mormon pioneers cut a trail through a natural cleft in the north wall of Glen Canyon, using shovels, picks and dynamite. Their historic passage through what became...
View ArticleUtah lawmakers set out to wrangle wild horses from BLM's control ? and...
Federal management of wild horses has been a dismal failure, resulting in ecological and economic havoc on Utah’s public ranges, according to new legislation that seeks repeal of the 1971 statute...
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