HILL AIR FORCE BASE — A Layton woman has failed in her second attempt to obtain additional compensation for her husband’s death due to cancer-causing chemicals at Hill Air Force Base.U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball in Salt Lake City said in a July 20 memorandum decision that Cynthia ...
Utah’s valleys and mountains dried out significantly in July, deepening drought conditions to cover 99% of the state, according to monthly climate data.Soil moisture saturation registered at 33% in the Aug. 1 Utah Climate and Water report, compared to 41% the previous year.“That’s a ...
OGDEN — When the pollution caused by winter inversion spikes, it gets tough for Rosaline Hester’s 10-year-old son, Rajheem, who suffers from asthma.“Some days it’s just not good for him,” she said. He typically carries an inhaler, she said, but even so, on the worst days “he ...
Recent budget cuts to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality have forced the department to select just 18 water bodies to monitor this recreation season for harmful algal blooms.Those 18 were picked based on their amount of recreation use, plus history of harmful algal blooms.In Weber ...
NORTH OGDEN — After a short-lived stint in the trash-hauling business — eight business days to be exact — North Ogden has returned to the firm that had handled garbage collection.In a bid to save money, the city decided to start handling trash collection in-house starting July 1, the ...
Part of the state Legislature’s budget cuts took a chunk of about $250,000 out of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, money that in past years has been used for its harmful algal bloom monitoring program in water bodies across the state.<a ...
OGDEN — The city of Ogden and <a href="http://www.recycledearth.com" target="_blank">Recycled Earth</a> are sorting through their apparent differences to try to revive the city’s recycling program, halted for several months.Recyclables from Ogden residents have ...
OGDEN — Those soda cans, milk jugs, cardboard boxes and other items Ogden residents have been tossing in their blue recycling bins for pickup each week haven’t been making their way to processing facilities so the materials can be reused.Rather, for the last several months, maybe as much as ...
OGDEN — Officials from the two biggest cities in Northern Utah say Independence Day weekend was relatively tame in terms of dangerous firework activity, but with fire conditions expected to grow more severe, they’re fixing a keen eye on July 24.Legal fireworks use is suspended until July ...
LAYTON — Northern Utah’s water supply situation is looking solid after a good reservoir storage season and a rainy June.But 96% of the state remained in drought condition at the end of June, a 6% increase over May.So there is reason for optimism locally, but water abundance is always ...
