(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah firefighters from the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Natural Resources have been called to assist with the California wildfires. Officials announced yesterday that California requested help, and Utah’s Division of Emergency Management is deploying three task forces from 21 agencies starting […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A legislative audit says Utah’s oil and gas division has not carried out state-mandated oversight allowing more than 100 noncompliance cases to go unresolved and lack of environmental contamination cleanup at waste disposal sites. The audit released Tuesday says the Utah Division of Oil, Gas […]
HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — Signs of new life are appearing in part of northeastern Utah where a wildfire that torched more than 100 square miles (259 kilometers) a year ago. Grasses and flowers are returning to the area, with blue and yellow wildflowers blooming around the trunks of trees […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The longtime executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources is retiring. Gov. Gary Herbert announced Mike Styler is stepping down from his post at the agency after more than 14 years. His retirement is effective June 1. Herbert is expected to name his […]
