A wet October, a dry November and a stormy December have put the snowpack through a bumpy year, and officials with the Utah Department of Natural Resources believe consistency is key to helping pull the state out of drought. The majority of Utah’s water supply, around 95%, comes from the ...
OGDEN — Looking for ways to improve air quality led to an anti-idling discussion in a city council work session in April of 2019. City Council members revisited the possibility on Tuesday after receiving multiple requests from people in the community. The Natural Resources and Sustainability ...
LAYTON — Numerous entities gathered Wednesday at the Davis County Conference Center for the inaugural Great Salt Lake Summit to bring awareness and action to record-low water levels before dry lake beds become irreversible crises. Utah Rep. Tim Hawkes, R-Centerville, general counsel for ...
As John Lennon famously sang, "Another year over, a new one just begun." With the final turn of the calendar, we recall the moments that made 2021 the most memorable in Northern Utah, for better or worse. These are the top stories of the year, as selected by the Standard-Examiner: GROCERY ...
DENVER — A federal appeals court in Denver says Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment has standing to sue the Diesel Brothers entity for violations of the federal Clean Air Act stemming from the Davis County business's operations. The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th ...
Until the potential rain and snow comes in for Christmas, weathermen are warning of temperature inversions that will bring smog and dirty fog to the valley. Drivers are being asked on one of the busiest shopping weeks of the year to stop driving and keep pollutants down as much as ...
OGDEN — The snowfall across Weber County may have broken your back as you shoveled your driveway. Moreover, it was enough, apparently, to allow two of Weber County's ski resorts to announce the launch of operations for the season. But the precipitation through Wednesday wasn't enough to ...
Editor's note: This story was reported in partnership with the Institute for Nonprofit News. Nine INN newsrooms spent several months reporting on water justice issues in the rural Western U.S. The participants — California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism/SJV ...
OGDEN — With growth come people and — ahem — the byproducts that accompany an expanded population base. Mindful of that, Weber County has contracted for a pair of studies meant, broadly, to get a gauge of sewage treatment needs in the higher growth areas of unincorporated Weber County. ...
EDEN — A new snow data collection station has been installed at Powder Mountain ski resort to augment a statewide network that tracks water supplies and enables more accurate hydrological forecasts, an especially vital function as drought grips Utah and the West. The automated SNOTEL, ...
