After a controversial provision allowing the sale of public lands in Utah and Nevada was stripped from a massive spending package, Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee hinted he may try to revive it in the Senate.
Utah Republican Rep. Celeste Maloy initially proposed selling nearly 11,500 acres of ...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday backed a multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah, endorsing a limited interpretation of a key environmental law.
The 8-0 decision comes after an appeal to the high court from backers of the project, which is aimed at quadrupling oil ...
An average winters season means water officials aren't sweating flooding or shortages this year.
Scott Paxman, general manager and CEO of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, told the Standard-Examiner last week that it was a very normal year, even with a slow start to the snow ...
The Trump administration is recommending Congress cut hundreds of millions out of the government’s budget that helps fund the Central Utah Project, a massive system of water infrastructure and habitat restoration projects.
It’s just one line item in the administration’s 46-page ...
With Utah facing a drier year, Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 17 counties due to drought conditions.
The counties covered by the order include southern and rural areas of Washington, Iron, San Juan, Kane, Juab, Emery, Grand, Beaver, Garfield, ...
A prescribed burn was conducted at the Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area in western Weber County on Tuesday.
The burn was the first of several planned for the coming weeks targeting invasive Phragmites reeds through the coordinated efforts of the Weber Fire District, the Utah Department of ...