A 79-year-old hiker reported missing at Zion National Park has been found alive, authorities said. Nellis Air Force Base personnel in Nevada told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that John Fiske Burg was located Saturday afternoon above Lodge Canyon. National Park Service officials say Burg was treated at the scene and […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Every day for the past two weeks, Sean-Paul Schulte sits at the same picnic table at Swanny City Park in Moab, Utah. He brings cookies, flowers, pictures of his family, meticulously painted rocks, and two pairs of black boots from his daughter, Kylen Schulte, and her […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Saturday afternoon, six general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were released during the Salt Lake City-based faith’s 191st semi-annual General Conference. Those released were: Elder J. Devn Cornish (10 years of service in this capacity) Elder Timothy J. Dyches (8 years of service […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Saturday, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints commenced General Conference by urging members to listen to the faith’s leaders when they seek “pure truth” and expressing gratitude for those who have followed church guidance, which has been to get vaccinated […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When a homeowner in St. George turns on their sprinklers in mid-summer, the water that greens their lawns has already traveled from mountain springs and wells through an 850-mile pipeline network. The 50 million gallons of water used in the southwestern Utah city on a […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Friday, UDOT announced its environmental impact statement’s alternative concepts for the Heber Valley Corridor. Presently, 13 alternative concepts are under consideration. UDOT confirmed it will use a multi-level screening process to determine which alternatives are reasonable and detailed analysis will ensue moving forward. The purpose of the EIS […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A Navajo Nation company is taking over the operation of a coal mine it owns in northwestern New Mexico. The Navajo Transitional Energy Co. has owned the Navajo Mine since 2013 but had contracted with a subsidiary of the North American Coal Corp. to run it. […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration says it has followed a court order to schedule an offshore oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico after the Democratic president’s moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands was blocked by a judge. The sale […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thursday, the Utah Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit filed by a Republican candidate trying to overturn the victory of a Navajo commissioner in a county dogged by allegations of discrimination against Navajo voters. Kelly Laws filed a lawsuit in January 2019, after losing the race to […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration says it has followed a court order to schedule an offshore oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico after the Democratic president’s moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands was blocked by a judge. The sale […]
