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President Donald Trump is withdrawing his nomination of Socha to lead the National Park Service. Socha said in a statement that he was dropping out for personal reasons.

The Colorado River states are stuck in negotiations about sharing the river's water. Utah and its neighbors have proposed breaking the standstill with a mediator.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office says a man in California, 32-year-old John Vea Uasike Jr., is in custody on murder charges in connection with a shooting in January that left two people dead in an LDS chapel parking lot.

Utah stopped public water fluoridation in May 2025. While the health effects aren’t immediate, dentists and oral health advocates aren’t waiting for the cavities to pile up.

Psychedelic drug treatment could ease or even cure post-traumatic stress disorder in a matter of sessions, according to a University of Utah researcher. Now, President Donald Trump’s executive order to expedite research and psychedelic drug approval could impact plans for such therapy for Utah’s veterans.

Strong backing from progressive voters propelled Liban Mohamed to a Utah Democratic Party nominating convention win. Embattled Eva Lopez Chavez and Luis Villareal were eliminated from the primary.

More than 3,500 delegates descended on Utah Valley University in Orem Saturday for the state GOP convention. Challengers Karianne Lisonbee and Phil Lyman were relying on the convention to send them to the June primary ballot.

Utah's Great Salt Lake has been labeled an "environmental nuclear bomb" and it has the attention of the president of the United States.

Trial runs are happening in some of the nation's most remote and sensitive ecosystems. Dinosaur National Monument recently set up an eDNA autosampler to detect signs of invasive rusty crayfish in the Green River.