June 25 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Campsite Update: Heber-Kamas District Aspen Grove (Open through September 6) Fee: $24 singles, $48 doubles Water is available. A reservation is required Cobblerest (Open through September 12) Fee: $22 singles You must bring in your own water. No reservation is required Currant Creek (Open through […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. wildfire managers are considering shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire season and making the jobs more attractive by increasing pay and benefits. There’s a push in Congress to increase firefighter pay and convert at least […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Friday, The Supreme Court said an expanded number of small refineries can seek an exemption from certain renewable fuel requirements. The high court ruled 6-3 that a small refinery that had previously received a hardship exemption from complying with Clean Air Act requirements may obtain an “extension” […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints confirmed the Mesa Arizona Temple will be rededicated Sunday December 12. This announcement was made by The First Presidency of the Salt Lake City-based faith. President Dallin H. Oaks of The First Presidency, who was called to the Apostleship […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Air National Guard is activating its airlift wing with air tankers more than a month sooner than last fire season to help fight wildland blazes that already have burned more than 780 square miles (2,020 square kilometers) across 11 western states. The National Interagency Fire Center […]
CHARLESTON, Utah-Per a Thursday report from UDOT, both directions of US 189 are closed at milepost 25 (the junction with S.R. 113) as of 4:17 pm. An alternate route is necessary. If you have to get back to the Heber Valley and are on the Wasatch Front, use S.R. 92 […]
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — On oil well pads carved from the wheat fields around Lake Sakakawea, hundreds of pump jacks slowly bob to extract 100 million barrels of crude annually from a reservation shared by three Native American tribes. About half their 16,000 members live on the Fort Berthold […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The police chief of the Salt Lake City suburb of Cottonwood Heights has been paid a $70,000 settlement after filing a lawsuit claiming the city had planned to wrongfully terminate him. The money came from the Utah Local Government Trust, which is funded by premiums made by […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, Elder Quentin L. Cook of The Quorum of Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints showed members how to #HearHim during a YouTube video. This video is part of the #HearHim series wherein leaders of the Salt Lake City-based faith share their experiences […]
PROVO, Utah-For the first time in the past 15 months, Wednesday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Provo-based Missionary Training Center resumed in-person training of missionaries. 248 missionaries arrived in Provo to commence their missions with similar numbers of missionaries expected to arrive each Wednesday thereafter. Missionaries are […]
