Torrey water shortage was a long time coming
Before temporarily running out of water over the weekend and declaring a state of emergency Monday, the southern Utah town of Torrey, located just outside Capital Reef National Park, had struggled for...
View ArticleZion National Park is short on money and staff — so a nonprofit hopes to...
Between 200 to 300 natural springs are scattered and hidden around Zion Canyon, sustaining a lush environment and wildlife, including the Zion snail, found nowhere else. Even though millions visit...
View ArticleTorrey businesses reopening after nearly a week without water
Despite having weathered “ghost town-like” conditions after a water main break that ran the town water system dry over the weekend, many Torrey business owners on Thursday reopened their restaurants...
View Article‘This is our homeland’: Panelists say they’ll do whatever it takes to...
Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk knew getting into politics would require toughness, but nothing prepared the Ute Mountain Ute council member for the treatment she received when she spoke last year before a...
View ArticleDo beetle-killed trees make wildfires worse? Brian Head blaze may provide...
The wildfire threatening a southern Utah resort town this week raced through a forest that lost hundreds of thousands of spruce trees in a devastating bark-beetle outbreak. While it remains unclear...
View ArticleBrian Head Fire not polluting the Wasatch Front ... yet
Southern Utah’s Brian Head Fire is burning so hot, the chemicals that would typically create elevated levels of ozone around the blaze are being completely consumed. The upside of the conditions of...
View ArticlePanguitch Lake resident had just enough time to grab pills, pets before...
As the Brian Head Fire moved toward Panguitch Lake on Wednesday, authorities told residents in the area to evacuate immediately, giving Doug Ferguson just a short time to grab his medicine and...
View ArticleNoel, other S. Utah politicians blame Brian Head Fire on ‘tree-huggers,’...
Southern Utah politicians on Monday blamed the Brian Head Fire’s fast pace and destructiveness on environmentalists who, they said, for decades have thwarted logging of trees killed by bark beetles....
View ArticleTrump’s BLM plans oil and gas leasing near Dino monument and San Rafael Swell
In another indication of how President Donald Trump’s “America First” energy strategy is playing out in Utah, the federal government has identified parcels it intends to lease for oil and gas...
View ArticleBLM acquires land to bolster popular biking area near Zion National Park
The Bureau of Land Management has finalized a deal to transfer 231 acres into federal ownership at Gooseberry Mesa, a popular mountain biking area a few miles southwest of Zion National Park. Property...
View ArticleAfter giving up on converting trash to electricity, Sandy plans to dump...
Sandy has formally abandoned its controversial four-year partnership with a technology startup that boldly promised to turn the Utah city’s trash into low-emission, low-cost power. Navitus Sustainable...
View ArticleTests clear seven more homes from PCE threat near East High, but exact...
Seven additional homes near East High School are in the clear as the search continues for a harmful pollutant that may infiltrate residents’ basements. The houses were tested this spring for a...
View ArticleToxic algae’s return to Utah Lake could force it to close for holiday weekend
The return of toxic algae to Utah Lake may force closures over this coming Fourth of July weekend. Officials with the Utah County Health Department began posting warnings signs in the Provo Bay and...
View ArticleSmoky Fourth of July could cause Wasatch Front air quality to deteriorate
With some wildfire smoke already swirling around the Wasatch Front, air quality experts say fireworks are the last thing the Salt Lake Valley needs this weekend. Fireworks are typically a localized,...
View ArticleBrian Head Fire officials reopen Panguitch Lake, clear more residents to...
It’s been a long two weeks since the Brian Head Fire started, but the battle against the blaze continues to shift in firefighters’ favor. On Sunday, officials reopened Panguitch Lake for recreational...
View ArticleDid potato cultivation begin in Utah’s Escalante Valley 11,000 years ago?
Delane Griffin’s yard around his Escalante home is filled with a wild potato that his late wife, Leah, transplanted from nearby sites. For decades, some residents in this southern Utah town have...
View ArticleBLM considers offering Utah’s Recapture Canyon — rich in American Indian...
Recapture Canyon is so rich in fragile Native American prehistory that it is closed to motorized use, yet the Bureau of Land Management is now proposing to lease the canyon east of Blanding for oil...
View ArticleAir pollution spikes to 20 times above health standard in Weber County with...
As residents celebrated Independence Day on Tuesday, state air-quality monitors reported spikes in particulate pollution at several Wasatch Front locales. Weber County was the hardest hit, with...
View ArticleParched June leaves portions of Utah abnormally dry
Last month’s high temperatures and lack of rain have dried out portions of southeastern and central Utah, but moisture may be on its way. June is typically Utah’s driest month of the year, but most...
View ArticleInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke orders faster approval of oil and gas drilling...
Pointing to a large backlog of pending oil and gas drilling applications, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced aggressive reforms on Thursday to streamline energy development on federal lands Zinke...
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