OGDEN — Warmer weather may eventually be the death of the 2019-20 ski season. But until then, Snowbasin Resort plans to enjoy every moment of those final few days of life-on-snow.This week, Snowbasin begins a new five-weekend spring festival called Basin Days, offering music, craft beers and ...
Josh Frost doesn’t spend a lot of time at home during rodeo season.The 24-year-old champion bull rider from Randlett said he went to about 120 rodeos last year. He was only home three times that summer.“I’ve been to a lot of places and Utah is probably still my favorite,” he said.Frost ...
WEST WARREN — Chariot racing holds its own unique place in the world of horse racing."We are the drag racers of horse racing — really fast for a short distance," said Jordan Hadley, a horse trainer and competitor in the sport who's based in the West Warren area.Speeds can reach around 50 ...
MORGAN — Wasatch Peaks Ranch is under construction in Morgan County, but the 11,500-acre private ski, golf and high-end housing resort is bemoaned by some residents who say it will scar the area’s pastoral character.Company leaders said in an interview Friday the project will deliver ...
<em>Like many other community events, this series of star parties was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Ott Planetarium will be holding a virtual star party from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6. It will be streamed from the <a ...
FARMINGTON — Bald eagles congregate in Utah during February, and this Saturday, residents of Northern Utah have the chance to see them close to home.The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will be holding a special event highlighting the presence of the birds in Farmington from 9 a.m. to 2 ...
If you enjoy outdoor expeditions during winter but don’t like hunting animals, you have an alternative — hunting the antlers shed by big game.“Collecting antlers that fall off the heads of deer, elk and moose each winter is a popular pastime in Utah,” according to a <a ...
ANTELOPE ISLAND — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources released 25 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep on Antelope Island Wednesday afternoon, hoping to establish a new herd.The sheep were transplanted from Rocky Boy’s Reservation in Montana, according to Jace Taylor, bighorn sheep biologist ...
OGDEN — A recognizable nonprofit organization operating in Weber County for a quarter of a century is changing its name.Weber Pathways will celebrate its 25th anniversary in February, and with it, the organization will change its name to the Trails Foundation of Northern Utah. "(The new ...
EDEN — Steep, winding, dangerous Powder Mountain Highway will be improved somewhat this summer as part of an $8 million Utah Department of Transportation project.Work on that stretch of State Road 158 from Eden to Powder Mountain Resort “is not a reconstruction,” said UDOT spokesman Vic ...
