LAS VEGAS (AP) – The Southwest U.S. continued to bake Saturday, and weather forecasters kept warnings in effect for excessive heat in Arizona, Nevada and desert areas, at least through the weekend. High temperature marks didn’t fall Saturday, but Phoenix reached a sweltering high of 115 degrees (46 C) for the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — One of the many negative impacts of the covid-19 pandemic in Utah County and throughout the state and county has been an increase in opioid abuse, according to a local public health expert. This information was presented to the Utah County Commission during a work session on […]
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Camille Touton, a veteran congressional water policy adviser, has been nominated to lead the agency that oversees water and power in the U.S. West. President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Touton to be the next commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. If confirmed, the Nevada native […]
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A utility proposes to build six wind farms that could supply enough electricity for over 1 million homes by 2024. PacifiCorp of Portland, Ore., whose subsidiary Rocky Mountain Power serves Wyoming, Utah and Idaho, announced the plan this week. The wind farms would add more than 1,600 megawatts of […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The debate over whether the public has a right to fish or float streams and other waterways that flow through private property has percolated for decades in many western U.S. states — and it’s reaching a boiling point in New Mexico. The state Game Commission, which oversees […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-As weekend celebrations for Juneteenth begin, Utah organizers are working to keep conversations around racial equality going in this year’s events. Last summer, the national and statewide protests surrounding the deaths of George Floyd in Minnesota and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky put the June 19 holiday on the map […]
information per Rachel Kahler- City Council Member June 17, 2021— Heber City Council approves resolution to support Wasatch County Fire District, bans fireworks, campfires and discharging of tracer ammunition. The Heber City Council passed a resolution upholding the Wasatch County Fire District and State of Utah’s ban on fireworks […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Home prices around Salt Lake City jumped a staggering 31 percent over the last year in the latest sign of Utah’s housing crisis. Thursday, Wasatch Front real estate agents Thursday decried the dire lack of homes on the market as prices climb and sales bog […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square confirmed they will complete their rescheduled Heritage Tour in 2022. The choir will perform in seven European cities from June 18-July 6. They will perform in the following venues on the following dates: -June 18, Stockholm, Sweden-Konserthuset Stockholm -June 21, Helsinki, […]
Red Flag Warning issued June 17 at 12:53PM MDT until June 20 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Saltlake …RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT SUNDAY STRONG WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY AND SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 479, 480, 481, AND 488… * AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather […]
