Gov. Cox orders emergency statewide fireworks restrictions as Utah wildfires rage
With nearly 150,000 acres burned so far this year, fire officials say this season is something they have never seen before.
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Nicholas Rossi, accused of faking death and fleeing Utah to Scotland after rape charges, has died
Rossi died Thursday night after he was taken to a hospital from a Utah prison. The 38-year-old was serving at least 10 years in prison following his convictions last year in two sexual assault cases.
Polygamous leader Samuel Bateman convicted on charges tied to girls found in trailer
An Arizona jury delivered the verdict Friday. Bateman is already serving a 50-year sentence in federal prison for orchestrating sex involving children.
Winds hamper crews fighting the fast-moving Cottonwood Fire, the largest in the US
The fire burning near Beaver, Utah, has marched through tinder-dry forest, fueled by conditions that fire managers and experts call unprecedented. Little relief is on the horizon this weekend as forecasters...
Big data centers caught Utah flat-footed. Tiny Nephi is one step ahead
The city set up rules for data centers months before Box Elder’s Stratos Project sparked outrage. Washington County also has a zoning update in the works.
‘I am not backing down,’ Paris Hilton says in protest of Provo Canyon School
Hilton returned to the Utah boarding school where she said she was abused as a teenager. It's the latest stop in her years-long campaign calling for reforms to what is commonly known as the troubled teen ind...
With 6,700 requested, Democratic primary ballots are a hot item in Utah’s 1st District
Any registered voter can vote in the open Democratic primary, but Republicans or the unaffiliated must request a ballot or vote in person. According to the Salt Lake County Clerk, thousands of locals have ma...
Senate confirms 2 new Utah Supreme Court justices, dismissing experience arguments
Democrats questioned whether new Justice Jay Jorgensen meets the constitutional residency requirement to be on the state’s highest courts. They also had concerns because Jorgensen and Justice Stephen Dent...
Pine Valley is still picking up the pieces one year after the Forsyth Fire
The fire destroyed part of the southwest Utah town and took an emotional toll on residents. Still, those who lived through the disaster haven’t given up on the mountain community.
Informe dice que ICE abandonará su bodega en Salt Lake City
Según el New York Times, Salt Lake City sería uno de siete bodegas que la agencia planea vender o regalar. ICE pagó 145 millones de dólares por el edificio en marzo.
Report says ICE will ditch its Salt Lake City warehouse
According to the New York Times, Salt Lake City is reportedly one of seven warehouses the agency plans to sell or give away. ICE paid $145 million for the building in March.
Think you can spot a deepfake? Utah Valley University says it’s getting harder
Using public tools and an “old student-owned laptop,” the UVU Center for National Security Studies stumped the majority of its study test subjects.
Utah tuvo recorte federal del 11%, y el IRS vuelve a contratar en Ogden
Desde inicios de 2025, el Departamento del Tesoro en Utah tiene 1,660 empleados menos. Otras industrias han crecido lo suficiente para absorber el impacto de los recortes federales.
Utah’s Redemption Bank launches card program to steer money to single mothers in poverty
The Bank King Card debit card will be offered beginning Friday in honor of Juneteenth by Holladay-based Redemption Bank, which will make a donation from every account opened to nonprofits that will steer the...
Heat, wind and drought spark a weekend of wildfires in Utah
Authorities said Sunday the Iron Fire in Utah’s Juab County had blackened 34 square miles, and all 1,000 residents of the town of Eureka were forced to leave their homes. No structures were lost as of Sunday.
Think you can solve some Utah problems? The Policy Project has a contest for you
Think you can solve some Utah problems? The Policy Project has a contest for you
Tyler Robinson’s defense tries to block the death penalty in the Charlie Kirk case
Tyler Robinson’s defense tries to block the death penalty in the Charlie Kirk case
Intensity is the core of The Other Side Academy’s process. It’s not for everyone
Intensity is the core of The Other Side Academy’s process. It’s not for everyone
Is Utah Lake a wildfire evacuation bottleneck, or Saratoga Springs’ way out?
Residents in one of Utah’s fastest-growing cities worry about getting trapped in traffic if there’s a large-scale wildfire evacuation this summer. But the fire chief said Saratoga Springs is prepared.
A Visual History of Man's Best Friend
Dogs have long stood beside us, not just in life, but in art as well. In a new book, cultural historian Thomas Laqueur explores why dogs, more than any other animal, so often figure in the way we picture our...
Pentagon faith list pokes at old debate over LDS Church’s Christian identity
The debate about whether Latter-day Saints are Christians dates back nearly 200 years to the days of the church’s founding.
Utah’s monsoon forecast is looking up, but it may get drier before the rains come
A strong monsoon season would be a big relief after Utah’s dry winter and spring. And the ingredients are lining up to make summer rains happen — just not anytime soon.
Can a burned desert watershed bounce back? The Virgin River in Nevada offers clues
Can a burned desert watershed bounce back? The Virgin River in Nevada offers clues
Inside the controversy around White Mesa, America’s last conventional uranium mill
Inside the controversy around White Mesa, America’s last conventional uranium mill