David Condos
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Utah’s statewide snowpack level has reached a record low. Much of the West is in the grip of a snow drought, impacting everything from water supplies to mountain forests.
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Ethan Rauschkolb/KUEREl ambiente afuera del Salt Lake City and County Building, y más tarde en las calles, era desafiante y ardiente. Formaba parte del “Paro Nacional”, en el que la gente se negó a trabajar o a comprar para manifestarse contra las tácticas migratorias de ICE y el gobierno federal. -
Lowell Whitman/Department of InteriorState negotiators entered the meeting at a years-long impasse over how water restrictions should be managed during dry years. They now have less than two weeks until a federal Feb. 14 deadline.
Journalist Michael Scherer set out to bridge America’s political divide in his profile of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. by tracing his evolution from environmental activist and Democrat to President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. Their time together produced an unusually intimate portrait of a figure Scherer calls a Rorschach test for the populist anger shaping the country.
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In addition to adding two justices to the state’s highest court, the law also adds judges to the Utah Court of Appeals and three of the state’s eight district courts. -
Estados Unidos nunca ha exigido que sus ciudadanos lleven documentos, pero es posible que algún día se les pida a quienes viven en Utah demostrar su ciudadanía para poder votar y evitar ser detenidos por agentes de inmigración. -
A future constitutional court would be where cases challenging the constitutionality of state laws go first, instead of a district court as they do now. -
The mood outside the Salt Lake City and County Building, and later on the streets, was defiant and fiery. It was part of the “National Shutdown,” where people refused to work or shop to demonstrate against ICE’s immigration tactics and the federal government. -
The film based on director Beth de Araújo’ own childhood experience won the U.S. dramatic grand jury prize and the audience award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. -
The two neighboring towns on the Arizona-Utah border that once served as a haven for a polygamous religious sect have entered a new era now that they've been released from court supervision nearly two years earlier than expected. -
Dozens of the 575 federally recognized Native American tribes are making it easier to get tribal IDs by waiving fees, lowering the age of eligibility and printing cards on the spot. As Native Americans rush to secure the documents, many see a bitter irony in the first people of the land having to prove that they too are U.S. citizens. -
The old adage in real estate is “location, location, location.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn’t any different when it comes to choosing temple sites. -
A new plant that cleans and recycles more sewage is another big step toward stretching Washington County’s limited water supply. It highlights the massive effort and big money it’ll take to keep the St. George area growing in the desert.
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