(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah experts say the economy and cultural shifts are contributing towards declining fertility rates. Panelists with qualified backgrounds gathered at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute to discuss ways to increase fertility rates. The state’s total fertility rate declined by nearly 22 percent over the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Environmental officials are finding high levels of mercury in Utah fish. The Department of Environmental Quality said two lakes and four reservoirs have been added to the state’s Mercury Fish Consumption Advisory list. Officials say young children and those who are pregnant or may become […]
(Bryce Canyon City, UT) — An Arizona woman is dead after going for a hike at Bryce Canyon National Park. The National Park Service says 64-year-old Jeanne Howell was found within Campbell Canyon early Saturday morning. The discovery was made by the Utah Department of Public Safety and Garfield County […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Forestry officials say the risk of wildfires still exists across Utah despite recent rainfall. According to Uintah Cache Wasatch Forest officials, a tree can continue to smolder for a while after being hit by lightning, which can spark fires after a storm. Several lightning-strike related […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mitt Romney is securing more than five million dollars to replace 90 state bridges. Romney held a news conference at the Willow Green Circle Bridge and said the bridges will be replaced as part of the 526 million dollars from the Infrastructure Investment and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new study find Utah is a highly dangerous place to drive. The study by business litigation and personal injury lawyers Heninger Garrison Davis found Utah has the second-highest rate of fatal high-speed crashes, trailing only Wyoming. High speed was a factor in more than […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — A new, free-admission visitor’s center is coming to Zion National Park. Zion Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh, Governor Spencer Cox, Utah Tourism Director Vicki Varela, and other local, state and federal officials and Paiute tribal leaders gathered on Tuesday at the site of the Discovery Center. It […]
(St. George, UT) — Flash floods are likely to sweep across all of Southern Utah’s national parks and national monuments today. The Southern Utah Flash Flooding Potential Rating shows floods are probable at Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands along with Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Glen Canyon […]
(St. George, UT) — Southern Utah’s National Parks are serious money-makers. Figures out this week show that 13-million visitors to Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, and Canyonlands national parks, spent one-point-seven billion dollars at those parks and national monuments like Cedar Breaks last year. The 2022 National Parks Spending Effects reports […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A multi-agency undercover operation has resulted in nineteen Utah residents being arrested for child-exploitation-related crimes. Known as “Operation Digital Siege”, the investigation focused on searching homes for child exploitation material and arresting those suspected of exploiting children for sexual purposes. The large-scale operation has involved […]
