RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of fuel breaks they contend would violate the Endangered Species Act in a misguided effort to slow the advance of wildfires in six […]
The Black Lives Matter movement isn’t named in any of the 120 statewide ballot measures up for a vote on Nov. 3. But this year’s nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice are major factors in the campaigns in several states for measures with distinctive racial themes. In California, […]
ST. GEORGE, UTAH (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management canceled a planned sale of land in Southeast Utah to be used for oil drilling following opposition from county and municipal officials. The land between Arches and Canyonlands national parks will not be included in the bureau’s September sale, The Spectrum reports. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City could face up to life in prison if they’re convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows during a protest, a potential punishment that stands out among demonstrators arrested around the country and one that critics […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah protesters changed their mood from angry to celebratory in a weekend demonstration that remained focused on the message of ending police violence and systematic racism. Demonstrators in Salt Lake City danced Sunday and passed out doughnuts and Popsicles, saying the uplifting mood resonated with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Environmentalists and tribal organizations are protesting a lease sale by the U.S. government that would allow oil and gas companies to develop land considered archaeologically sensitive near a national monument stretching across the Utah-Colorado border that houses sacred tribal sites. Documents show about 47 square […]
MONTICELLO, Utah (AP) — Federal officials say rock climbers are now free to enjoy an area near Monticello where raptors historically have nested. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management had asked climbers in February to voluntarily avoid some walls within the Indian Creek corridor. Wildlife biologists say peregrine falcons, eagles […]
UTAH LAKE, Utah (AP) — On a recent visit to Utah Lake’s west shore, Alison Green scrutinized sandstone outcrops, measuring lines chiseled into the stone by ancient hands, then doing her best to replicate them on gridded sheets. The 12-year-old girl from Sandy inspected one petroglyph cut into rock hundreds […]
WASHINGTON CITY, Utah (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of vandals who spray-painted graffiti at an important southern Utah archaeological site. The agency announced the reward Monday. Officials learned through social media that a popular mesa and sacred […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Animal welfare groups have reached a milestone agreement with ranching interests they say would save wild mustangs from slaughter but the compromise has opened a nasty split among horse protection advocates. The Humane Society of the United States and the American Society for the Prevention of […]
