Utah lawmakers are at odds about whether to hold a special session in order to grant local control over fireworks as the July holidays approach and as the state continues to face extreme drought conditions.The back-and-forth over which level of government has the authority to ban fireworks ...
LAYTON — Amid a historic drought year, Layton City is seemingly taking the lead in municipal water conservation.Last week, the Layton City Council unanimously approved a set of amendments to its landscaping ordinance, implementing a host of new water-saving requirements for all new ...
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, is calling for the creation of a wildfire commission that would review federal wildfire policy and make recommendations to Congress.Romney introduced the Wildfire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021 on Friday at a press conference in Draper. Standing ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force’s detonation season has started out at the Utah Test and Training Range, which means residents of Northern Utah might hear a sporadic sonic boom or two over the next four months.Officials from Hill Air Force Base say its schedule of large detonation ...
FARR WEST — Richard Robinson could only take so much, watching the sprinkler run and run and run in his neighbor’s expansive yard.“His water should be going to other uses,” said Robinson, who lives in Farr West. “Water’s a treasured commodity that shouldn’t be wasted and it is ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force has finished an environmental review of a multibillion-dollar program headquartered at Hill Air Force Base that will replace the entire land-based portion of the U.S. nuclear enterprise.The assessment, which began in September 2020, concludes the effort ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Republican state leaders are not currently planning to seek an all-out fireworks ban.Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers <a href="https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-legislative-leaders-wont-back-all-out-fireworks-ban" ...
During Gov. Spencer Cox’s monthly press conference on Thursday, Cox touched on his want to ban fireworks statewide, his lack of authority to do so, the Legislature not wanting to tighten restrictions, and how easy it is to spark a fire in the current drought conditions.The governor reportedly ...
OGDEN — Ogden City is hoping for the best but gearing up for the worst when it comes to the ongoing drought.During a Tuesday night City Council meeting, Ogden’s Water Utility Manager Brady Herd said the city could shut down its water treatment plant at the base of Pineview Reservoir weeks ...
Local authorities on Wednesday asked residents to help keep a watchful eye for fires along the area's river trails amid the summer's extreme heat and drought.Ogden Fire Department Deputy Chief Shelby Willis said two significant threatening blazes in the past week underscore the danger presented ...
