BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Huge gaps between air quality sensors in the western U.S. have created blind spots in the warning system for wildfire smoke plumes sweeping North America this summer, amid growing concern over potential health impacts to millions of people exposed to the pollution. Government programs to alert […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah- 9:12 pm Power was restored to the Interlaken area. #PowerOutageUpdate 9:05PM 8/25/2021Power has been restored to the Interlaken area of Midway. If you still have no power, please call (435)654-2913. — Heber Light & Power (@heberutahpower) August 26, 2021 If you need assistance from the Heber City-based […]
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — An electric utility has completed its plan to more than double the amount of wind power it can send to customers in the Rocky Mountain region and Northwest. Rocky Mountain Power’s Energy Vision 2020 plan, announced in 2017, included four Wyoming wind projects: Cedar Springs I, […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Officers fatally shot a 48-year-old man who fired a gun at them Tuesday night as they tried to contact him in his parked car, police said. Officers tried to pull the car over earlier but the driver sped away, Provo police Sgt. Nick Dupaix said. Officers […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a new kind of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River that will help scientists better predict rain and snowfall in the U.S. West and determine how much of it will flow through the region. The multimillion-dollar effort […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Heber City will conduct a legislative town hall meeting Thursday August 26 from 7:00-9:00 pm at the Heber City Public Safety Building, 301 S. Main Heber City. Speakers at the event include Republican Representative Mike Kohler, Republican Senator Ron Winterton and Utah State School Board Representative James Moss […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt called on the federal government Tuesday to overhaul its oil and gas leasing program to ensure the protection of cultural resources, saying for far too long tribal expertise has been ignored to the detriment of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kids in Salt Lake City are headed back to school Tuesday wearing masks after the mayor issued a mandate order despite heavy restrictions on mask mandates imposed by the GOP-dominated Legislature. Democratic Mayor Erin Mendenhall said she used her emergency powers to protect kids as […]
LIMA, Peru-Aug. 17, The First Lady of Peru visited with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the nation. Lilia Paredes, the wife of Peruvian president Pedro Castillo, met with Elder Jorge F. Zeballos, president of the South America Northwest Area. Elder Zeballos was accompanied by […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced four temples in South America have transitioned to Phase 3 of reopening. Phase 3 consists of being open for all ordinances only with restrictions. They are the following four temples: Asuncion Paraguay Temple Concepcion Chile Temple Cordoba Aregentina […]
