Mike Stark

SALT LAKE CITY -- A spike in temperatures means Utah's mountain-fed rivers and streams are quickly swelling -- some tripling in volume in a matter of days -- and raising the risk for those who recreate around them.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Proving the capability of high-tech military balloons will require buzzing drones, jets and an occasional unarmed surface-to-air missile.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Researchers at the University of Utah don't always follow protocols when it comes to the welfare of its laboratory animals, according to federal inspectors.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A new report says Utah's reservoirs are slowing filling with pebbles, mud and other sediments that diminish the state's ability to store water for drinking, agriculture and industrial operations.

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. military has begun testing massive high-tech dirigibles — designed to provide battlefield commanders with a bird’s-eye view of cruise missiles or other threats — in the skies over the Utah desert.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Public health departments in Utah are getting rid of thousands of expired, unused swine flu vaccines.

The health department in Salt Lake County -- the state's largest -- has already sent off about 1,500 doses to the incinerator. Another 5,500 will expire at the end of the month. In Utah County, about 11,000 outdated doses will have to be destroyed by the end of June.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Two southern Utah residents pleaded guilty Monday to stealing government property and illegally trafficking in American Indian artifacts.

Brent Bullock and Tammy Shumway were among 26 people indicted after a long-running federal sting targeting those who illegally dig up, sell and collect Indian artifacts in the Four Corners area. Both initially pleaded not guilty to several felony charges after the case broke last summer.