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EPA settles with Utah over Gold King Mine spill

SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. government settled a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the state of Utah over a mine waste spill caused by federal workers that sent wastewater downstream to several sta...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Major snowstorm hits Rockies, closing schools, delaying flights

SALT LAKE CITY – A major storm that dumped snow throughout the Rockies region overnight prompted a rare decision to close Salt Lake City’s public schools on Monday, caused extensive flight d...

DATE: Feb 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump administration loses bid to dismiss monument lawsuits

Groups fighting Trump reductions to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Plan allows drilling, grazing near Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY – A new U.S. government management plan clears the way for coal mining and oil and gas drilling on land that used to be off limits as part of a sprawling national monument in ...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Watchdog to investigate Interior moves on Utah monument

SALT LAKE CITY – A government watchdog will investigate whether the U.S. Interior Department broke the law by making plans to open lands cut from a Utah national monument by President Donald...

DATE: Jul 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bears Ears National Monument advisory panel new flashpoint in debate

Strong proponents of monument left off 15-member panel

DATE: Apr 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mormons increase missionary calls home from twice yearly to weekly

SALT LAKE CITY – Parents of Mormon missionaries will be able to hear their children’s voices a lot more often under new rules announced recently that allow the proselytizing youngsters to ca...

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Faith

Utah school ditches name

Offensive Native American mascot no more

DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Mormons to spend less time at church on Sundays

Time requirement to drop from 3 hours to 2

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Faith

Shot hits Utah bus with passengers aboard

FRUIT HEIGHTS, Utah – A commuter bus and a semitrailer traveling on a Utah highway were accidentally hit when someone fired a series of shots from a nearby peach orchard early Monday morning...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Diverging values lead to Mormon retreat from Boy Scouts

Scouts’ stance on girls, gay youths fractures shared values

DATE: May 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Faith

Young Mormons drive faith’s gradual acceptance of gay marriage

SALT LAKE CITY – Mormon Alex Landers supports the legalization of gay marriage, despite her religion’s opposition, for a simple reason: She has LGBTQ friends who she loves and respects, incl...

DATE: May 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Faith