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OGDEN — After reviewing a serious injury incident at Pineview Dam, state and federal agencies are sticking with established policies for dealing with rocks falling in Ogden Canyon.
When I’m on my tractor and working our little patch of land, my neighbor Dale is fond of praising me when I ask him for advice. “Happy to help, John. None of us is going to live long enough to make all the mistakes ourselves.”
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah group is seeking to raise money by offering hunters a chance to go elk hunting with Donald Trump, Jr.
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SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities have rescued a hiker who got stranded in a creek during winter weather at Zion National Park in Utah after his leg got stuck in quicksand.
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WILLARD — The Willard Spur, a wetlands ecosystem that teems with waterfowl during migration seasons, is getting more attention as Utah monitors increasingly stressed shore areas along the Great Salt Lake.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Trump administration has approved two coal mining projects in southern Utah, including one near a national park.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 for a fire that spread to national forest land north of Salt Lake City.
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Researchers who have calculated how to save the Great Salt Lake are encouraged by a legislative effort toward accomplishing that goal, but planned regional water programs remain a dire threat to the shrinking inland sea.
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SALT LAKE CITY — As the Great Salt Lake ebbs, hastened by decades of upstream water consumption, would-be protectors are prodding the state to marshal political will for a difficult rescue.
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Keep the snow coming, Mother Nature.
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Federal government workers have been back from furlough for nearly two weeks, but they’re still assessing what the effects to the public will be from being shut down for 35 days.
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OGDEN — Students from the DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts want Ogden City to get tougher on vehicle idling.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats launched a sweeping plan Thursday to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy, signaling its likely elevation as a central campaign issue in 2020 despite President Donald Trump's failure to mention climat…
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of lawmakers signed off Tuesday on a declaration that Utah doesn’t need new gun-control measures like a so-called red flag law.
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MACKAY, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife officials say a woman who thought she was breaking up a dog fight quickly realized she’d grabbed hold of a young mountain lion.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — National park visitors cut new trails in sensitive soil. They pried open gates while no one was watching. They found bathrooms locked, so they went outside. One off-roader even mowed down an iconic twisted-limbed Joshua tree in California.
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CLEARFIELD — A warehouse sits unusable, packed with 3.5 million pounds of hazardous waste — debris from the era of glass TVs and computer monitors and a crashed recycling market.
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DENVER (AP) — Two years after jumping into a fight with the Trump administration over public lands, the U.S. outdoor industry is turning up the political pressure — though its impact is difficult to measure.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah spent nearly $70,000 to keep national park services going in the state during the 35-day partial government shutdown.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah company donated $100,000 on Thursday to keep three national parks open during the federal government shutdown.
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The rainwater collection system is broken at the environmental research station on a remote, rocky Pacific island off the California coast. So is a crane used to hoist small boats in and out of the water. A two-year supply of diesel fuel for the power generators is almost gone.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a high-stakes case of dare and double-dare, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi served notice Wednesday that President Donald Trump won’t be allowed to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress next week. She took the step after Trump said he planned t…
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U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop isn’t saying much.
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A wet winter has so far brought Utah’s snowpack to double of what was in January 2018, but snow levels are still just below the state’s typical average.
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NORTH OGDEN — Driving along the North Ogden Divide on Wednesday, Erica Kennebeck momentarily took pause.
Utah County’s canyons and forests are among the areas affected by the weeks-long partial federal government shutdown.
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RIVERDALE — Louis Donovan hasn’t relented in his push for some sort of relief stemming from the slow-moving landslide that’s already undercut a corner of the foundation beneath his home’s detached garage.
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So far, Utah snowpack levels in the mountains are about double what they were at the same time last year — and it’s hoped to stay that way.
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OGDEN — Ogden City is looking for community members to fill a newly created committee that will focus on environmental sustainability.
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Cathy McKitrick is a freelance journalist. You can follow her on Facebook or Twitter (@catmck). She can also be reached at catmckit@gmail.com.
Cathy McKitrick is a freelance journalist. You can follow her on Facebook or Twitter (@catmck). She can also be reached at catmckit@gmail.com.
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OGDEN — Thanks to a large grant from the federal government, Ogden City is looking to complete a restoration of the Weber River where it flows through west Ogden.
Storms at the end of November beefed up the snowpack in the Utah’s mountains, but experts say it’s too soon to tell what 2019’s water supply will look like.
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EDEN — The Nordic Valley ski resort would become a "destination resort" capable of comfortably handling 11,000 guests a day, 10 times more than it currently can, per a proposed expansion.
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OGDEN — To the chagrin of some local businesses and to the delight of others, Ogden is phasing out waste transfer stations as an allowable use inside city limits.
HUNTSVILLE — It's finally here, everyone.
Two Northern Utah water agencies have received federal funding to improve their small-scale water efficiency projects.
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The Bear: Life and Death of a Western River
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The Bear: Life and Death of a Western River
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The Bear: Life and Death of a Western River
Deer hunting begins Saturday, and the U.S. Forest Service wants you to keep in safety in mind as you head out to bag your buck.
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The Bear: Life and Death of a Western River
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HOOPER — A years-long battle against an invasive grass has improved hundreds of acres of wetland habitat near the Great Salt Lake, even as lake levels decline.
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It’s been a rough wildfire season for Utah.
A new study from several wildlife-related groups has found that recreation on Bureau of Land Management land contributes billions of dollars to western states' economies.
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With outdoor watering season almost over, northern Utah water managers are already looking ahead.
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ROY — Trash customers in Roy face a bump in fees if they want Waste Management, the city's trash hauler, to keep picking up their recyclables, reflecting the tighter market for aluminum, cardboard and other such items.
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Utah is a public lands state. Nearly two-thirds is federal land managed by the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management or the National Park Service. There are also more than 40 state parks managed by the Utah Department of Natural Resources.
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A Utah woman has sued two major defense contractors over the cancer death of her husband, who worked for 15 years blasting paint, rust and corrosion off military aircraft.
SALT LAKE CITY — Northern Utah will be rife with dangerous fire conditions until Saturday night.
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