A new opinion from the Department of Justice revives debate over national monument protections. President Trump tried to slash Utah’s monuments in his first term – What’s next for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears?
The amendment, introduced by Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-UT), was added to H.R.1— the Trump Administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act—earlier this month. It would have allowed the sale of certain public lands in southern Utah and Nevada to local authorities for “community and economic development” purposes without triggering environmental review or public notice.
Benzene from a 23,000-gallon gasoline spill is apparently creeping toward the Animas River, as Southern Ute tribal leaders say cleanup work by the state and the pipeline owner is moving too slowly.
The luxury train company Rocky Mountaineer is venturing further into Utah with an extended version of its ‘Rockies to the Red Rocks’ route. The route, which launched in 2021, brings travelers from Denver…
The Utah Diné Bikéyah’s Traditional Foods Program started with a potato. In 2018, Cynthia Wilson, an Indigenous woman and master’s graduate from the University of Utah, helped rediscover and propagate the Four Corners…
For about two years, a Bureau of Reclamation salinity control facility in Paradox Valley was dormant; this month, it’s resuming operations at a reduced capacity. The Paradox Valley Unit pumps naturally salty water…
On March 10 the San Juan County Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a development called Sky Pirate Ranch on a 320-acre property along State Route 211, the corridor that leads…
Controversy has surrounded the White Mesa Mill for years. The mill opened in 1980 with a plan to process local uranium ore for 15 years. Over 40 years later, the plant is still…
After a two-year hiatus, Green River Rocks, the annual rock and mineral festival held in Green River, Utah, will return for a weekend full of geology lectures, guided field trips, rockhounding, and a…
The Utah School and Institutional Trust Administration hopes to conduct a large-scale land swap with the federal government, exchanging SITLA parcels within the recently designated Bears Ears National Monument for federal lands that…
