OGDEN — As communities throughout the world prepare to celebrate Earth Month in April, Weber State University is taking part in a global event to keep the conversation about climate change going.The school will host a virtual panel on Wednesday<span class="print_trim">, April ...
OGDEN — With the calendar officially turned to spring, it won’t be long before Northern Utahns start thinking about irrigating their lawn.But amid a significant ongoing drought, state and local officials are telling residents, “Not so fast.”Last week, Gov. Spencer Cox issued an ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — As the enormous program to replace the entire land-based portion of the U.S. nuclear enterprise continues to gain steam at Hill Air Force Base, a group of disarmament activists are asking for a slow-down.A coalition of nine environmental and military watchdog groups have ...
OGDEN — It goes without saying that technology has evolved leaps and bounds over the past century.And so even though it’s been upgraded to modern standards multiple times over the years, the fact that a piece of vital water-measuring equipment has been operating in the same location on the ...
<em><strong>Editor’s note:</strong></em> <em>The following story was written and researched by Eric Peterson and Jennifer Greenlee of The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Box Elder News ...
U.S. Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, said on Friday that Republicans are “leading” on environmental issues and climate policy in the U.S. and said he expected more of his GOP colleagues to begin focusing on solutions to climate change.The congressman’s comments were made during a virtual panel ...
A relatively snowy February dented Utah’s deep drought trend, but the state still is far behind on the water year.The areas of Utah classified as being in the exceptional drought category dropped by about 10% last month, although that still leaves much of the southern two-thirds of the state ...
A handful of Utah business leaders on Monday urged businesses and residents to take this year’s Utah Clear the Air Challenge and pledged to do their part in reducing emissions and improving air quality along the Wasatch Front.The goal of the 12th annual challenge, which will take place ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — <a href="https://blakemoore.house.gov" target="_blank">U.S. Rep. Blake Moore</a> has been named to serve on the <a href="https://armedservices.house.gov" target="_blank">House Armed Services Committee</a>, key, he ...
OGDEN — After a 10-month hiatus, Ogden’s recycling program has been reinstated.That means the cardboard, aluminum and other recyclables that Ogden trash customers put in their blue bins will now be processed so they can be reused. They had been going to the landfill.“Recycling has always ...
