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A strong monsoon season would be a big relief after Utah’s dry winter and spring. And the ingredients are lining up to make summer rains happen — just not anytime soon.

The debate about whether Latter-day Saints are Christians dates back nearly 200 years to the days of the church’s founding.

Residents in one of Utah’s fastest-growing cities worry about getting trapped in traffic if there’s a large-scale wildfire evacuation this summer. But the fire chief said Saratoga Springs is prepared.

The former communications director for Gov. Spencer Cox will take over after previous District 4 councilor Eva Lopez Chavez was removed from office in May. An investigation found that she was not living in the downtown district she represented.

The White Mesa Mill is praised for putting the Beehive State on the global energy map and playing a crucial role in our everyday technology. At the same time, it's also the target of criticism and concern over community health.

Other lawsuits using the National Environmental Policy Act are playing out across the country. One in Maryland compelled the Department of Homeland Security to begin an environmental review.

After a wildfire, native plants and wildlife are often crowded out by invasive species, and rivers and streams can take years to recover. A collaboration between federal agencies and conservation groups in Nevada's Virgin River watershed, however, points to early signs of recovery.

Colorado's negotiator, Becky Mitchell, and Nevada's, John Entsminger, spoke to a crowd of policy experts and answered questions from the audience.

The new update, however, does not categorize The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Christian. Rather, it removes the Christian label from 20 other traditions, including Catholicism, Lutheranism and Pentecostalism.