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Fatal head-on crash between big rigs closes Utah highway

Fatal head-on crash between big rigs closes Utah highway

PRICE, Utah (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a fatal head-on crash involving two tractor-trailer rigs closed U.S. 6 between Price and Green River in southeastern Utah Tuesday morning. The UHP says one person was killed but no other information on the wreck in Emery County was released immediately. […]

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Lawsuit challenges Utah plan to get water from Flaming Gorge

Lawsuit challenges Utah plan to get water from Flaming Gorge

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservation groups are suing the U.S. government over a new agreement that will allow Utah to take water from the Flaming Gorge Dam. The Center for Biological Diversity and three other organizations filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation didn’t properly […]

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Superintendent named for Dinosaur National Monument

Superintendent named for Dinosaur National Monument

CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — A new superintendent is taking over at Dinosaur National Monument. The Craig Daily Press reports that Paul Scolari will begin work on March 31. Scolari has worked for the National Park Service for 24 years, most recently as the chief of resource management and planning for a […]

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Scott Sommerdorf   |  The Salt Lake Tribune
Some of the tailings from oil shale on Enefit American Oil's White River mine on BLM land in eastern Uintah county, Wednesday, August 7, 2013.

Conservationists fight oil shale plan in eastern Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups objected Tuesday to the U.S. government’s approval of the early stages of an oil shale project near the Utah-Colorado border by a company with ties to Estonia. An intent to sue filed by a coalition including Earthjustice and the Center […]

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