(Veyo, UT) — A motorcyclist is hospitalized in critical condition after a crash in Snow Canyon State Park early yesterday. Rescuers from the Dammeron Valley Fire and Rescue were called at about 2:06 a.m. to a single-vehicle crash north of the park’s Lava Flow Trailhead. The motorcyclist was taken by […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The LDS Church has announced plans to build two new temples in the suburbs of Salt Lake City. The first temple will be built in Lehi, and will include both a new meetinghouse and a multi-story temple building measuring about 85-thousand square feet. It will […]
(Park City, UT) — Utah’s ski industry brought in nearly 2-billion dollars from out-of-state visitors during the 2022 to 2023 ski season. That’s according to new data from the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, which also shows that most of the visitors were from California. The figure […]
(Provo, UT) — The reconstruction of the Provo Temple of the LDS Church is officially underway. Some demolition is taking place ahead of the project, including the removal of the building’s golden Angel Moroni statue. The reconstruction project was announced by Church President Russell M. Nelson in the months after […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — With graduation season nearing, Latinos, LGBTQ students, Pacific Islanders and others are considering how to proceed with celebrations marking the end of their undergraduate years at many Utah universities because of HB 261. Utah Commissioner of Higher Education Geoffrey Landward says his office is working […]
(Park City, UT) — It’s possible the Sundance Film Festival could leave Park City and even the state of Utah in the not too distant future. In a news release, the Sundance Institute announced it’s beginning a formal process “to explore viable locations in the United States to host the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Projects affecting the Upper Colorado River Basin will soon benefit from nearly 30-million dollars in new federal funding. Utah is one of the states included in the government effort to improve drought planning across the Basin. Department of Interior officials announced the funding on Tuesday. […]
(St. George, UT) — The University of Utah Valley Fever mapping research is receiving the Climate and Health Interdisciplinary Award from the Burroughs Welcome Fund. The award comes with 375-thousand in research funding. The goal of the study is to map where the fungus that causes the disease can survive […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah wildlife officials are urging residents to report any dead rabbits and rodents after three dead beavers recently tested positive for tularemia. The disease is caused by bacteria spread by tick or deerfly bites. Dogs and humans can catch the disease. Utah Division of Wildlife […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — More than 900-thousand people have pledged to participate in this year’s Great Utah ShakeOut. The yearly event is a day dedicated to practicing earthquake safety skills, as 90-percent of Utah’s population lives in an active earthquake zone because of the Wasatch Fault. This year’s Great […]
