SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park officials say an endangered California condor chick has left the nest and grown wings large enough to fly for the first time in park history. The southern Utah park said in a social media post last week that a group of visitors […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A judge has denied a defense push to dismiss charges against a Utah man accused of starting a massive 2017 wildfire near Brian Head. The Daily Herald reports Judge James Brady on Monday set the trial to begin Dec. 17 for 63-year-old defendant Robert Lyman. Lyman is charged […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials say vaping products containing marijuana’s high-inducing ingredient, THC, are the main culprit in an outbreak that has led to 71 reported cases in the state. The new tally of cases announced in a news release Monday from the Utah Department of Health […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The monsoon season was a dud across much of the U.S. Southwest this year, bringing high hope but delivering little rainfall. Several communities in northern Arizona had the driest monsoon season on record, including Flagstaff. Phoenix’s season was the fifth driest recorded. The seasonal weather pattern […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The fire chief of a Utah city has been killed in a head-on highway collision with two trucks. The Utah Highway Patrol says Green River Fire Chief Philip Engleman was driving on U.S. Route 6 Sunday when his car crossed over the road’s center line […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Monday, the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest confirmed firewood permits are still available on Heber-Kamas District land. As of October 25, those with permits may cut firewood at the Mirror Lake, Lost Creek, Moosehorn, Trial Lake, Washington Lake and Lilly Lake campgrounds. Restrooms are not available at these locations. No […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kayleigh Davis was hiking on a trail Friday evening at Antelope Island State Park in Utah chasing the sunset, when she was suddenly, violently, flipped into the air by a bison. When she looked up, the bison was hovering over her. The 22-year-old woman screamed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — ATVs will be allowed on certain roads in the five national parks in Utah under a new rule from the National Park Service that went through without public comment. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the agency informed park administrators last week in a memo about a policy […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Congress is closer to approving a contentious wild horse initiative backed by national animal welfare groups and the livestock industry but condemned by leaders of the largest and oldest coalition of mustang advocates in the West. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved $35 million last week for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah state lawmaker who filed a lawsuit that successfully overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is separating from his husband. Sen. Derek Kitchen announced in an Instagram post Sunday that he and Moudi Sbeity have decided to divorce. Kitchen says even if the couple had […]
