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Around Utah: Bornean orangutan Kawan delivers healthy girl at Hogle Zoo

On Saturday, June 21, 2025, Bornean orangutan Kawan (24) gave birth to a healthy female infant at Utah’s Hogle Zoo. She arrived naturally at 9:30 a.m., weighing just over three pounds. Throughout Kawan’s pregnancy, Hogle Zoo prepared for several outcomes, including the possibility that she ...

Supreme Court sides with Utah in air quality lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Utah and Oklahoma on Wednesday in a case that started over disagreements with the Clean Air Act, and evolved into a debate over where certain lawsuits could be heard. The high court issued a unanimous opinion in Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency on ...