Utah officials warn of ‘totally unprecedented’ water shortages as towns run dry

Streams and wells are running low and dry across Utah while Lake Powell nears a record low. Meanwhile, states still can't agree on how to share the river.

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Live election updates: Catch up on all the primary results and news

The Salt Lake Tribune is covering the live results of Utah's 2026 primary election.

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Hundreds of Utahns file to block Kevin O’Leary’s massive data center campus over Great Salt Lake water concerns

Days after a crowd showed up in Brigham City to decry a potential vote that would allow the development to proceed, the Utah Division of Water Rights received a deluge of written protests about the project

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‘The situation is dire’: Lake Powell is heading for a record low as Colorado River states remain deadlocked

After a record low snowpack, Colorado River states face a near-term crisis at Lake Powell and an ongoing stalemate over longterm plans. "The stakes have never been higher," said one state negotiator...

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After Nevada rejected it, some want Utah to take on the nation’s nuclear waste

The U.S. is looking for a nuclear waste site. One Utah county could be in the mix. Supporters see jobs and investment. But some locals worry about becoming the nation’s dumping ground.

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Lake Powell sinking toward record low as states miss deadline for Colorado River drought deal

As Colorado River states missed yet another deadline to strike a drought deal, a new forecast showed a grim outlook for the river’s major reservoirs.

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Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent

In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.

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Lauren Gustus: We’re launching The Southern Utah Tribune

A new, free newspaper will serve people in Washington County — home to more than 200,000 people today and an anticipated 460,000 in the future — with news and information that’s just for them.

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Utah judge tosses Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional maps, orders new maps redrawn

A judge threw out Utah’s congressional maps and ordered the Legislature to draw new districts that comply with the 2018 voter-backed Better Boundaries initiative, which sought to ban partisan gerrymandering.

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A top Utah official helped his cousin get $200K in state grants

Utah DNR Executive Director Joel Ferry says his name wouldn’t have influenced whether his cousin’s Box Elder County farm received the grants, but critics say these successful applications raise questi...

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From ski resorts to popular trails, see the public land Mike Lee proposes selling across the West

Mike Lee, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released updates to his public land sell-off bill over the weekend.

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A battle is brewing in the American West: A thirst for cheap power on one side and a prehistoric fish on the other

Under Biden last year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation finalized a decision to allow releases of water to bypass Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower infrastructure to curb invasive fish populations.

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Commentary: Seeking solace, and finding hard truths, on California's Highway 395

Reflections from a road trip to Mono Lake and the Owens Valley, the northernmost reaches of Southern California.

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House Republicans strike Maloy’s move to sell Utah’s public lands from Trump budget bill

Maloy previously said that selling public land could help build affordable housing and address water infrastructure concerns in her district.

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Great Salt Lake dust isn’t being measured accurately. Here’s what the state is doing about it.

The state is trying to bridge the gap in its monitoring network, a state environmental scientist said, but it is "exceedingly difficult" to set up new stations.

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The Trump Administration Issues Its Next Assault on the Nation’s Public Forests - Inside Climate News

The Department of Agriculture issued an “Emergency Situation Determination” that environmental groups say will speed the cutting of old-growth trees.

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As Americans Protest Attacks on Public Lands, Trump Signals National Monuments May be Shrunk or Eliminated - Inside Climate News

Years of advocacy led to the creation of Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands national monuments in California early this year, but they may soon be dismantled.

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Utah’s largest environmental grant ever is on hold amid confusion over Trump’s funding freeze

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is not spending hundreds of millions of federal dollars, not because those funds are frozen, but because of uncertainty over Trump's federal funding freeze.

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A $110 million grant to clean up Salt Lake City’s air is on hold amid confusion over Trump’s funding freeze

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is not spending hundreds of millions of federal dollars, not because those funds are frozen, but because of uncertainty over Trump's federal funding freeze...

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Water officials knew that opening dams to meet Trump's wishes was ill-advised. Here's why it happened anyway

A memo from an Army Corps of Engineers officer shows water managers and lawmakers pushed back against the Trump administration's plan to dump water from two California dams.

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They used to run Utah’s national parks. Trump’s mass firings are ‘a really big deal,’ they say.

Three former superintendents of Utah’s "Mighty 5" national parks say the Trump administration’s firings of park staff will degrade not only visitors’ experiences, but also the lands and history the pa...

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They used to run Utah’s national parks. Trump’s mass firings are ‘a really big deal,’ they say.

Three former superintendents of Utah’s "Mighty 5" national parks say the Trump administration’s firings of park staff will degrade not only visitors’ experiences, but also the lands and history the pa...

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Long lines and dirty bathrooms: How Trump’s firings will affect Utah’s national parks

Three former superintendents of Utah’s "Mighty 5" national parks say the Trump administration’s firings of park staff will degrade not only visitors’ experiences, but also the lands and history the parks preserve.

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