The contentious highway would run through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area near St. George, a landscape that’s home to the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise.
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Utah's annual State of the State Address will be delivered on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. MT.
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The 41 cameras in Ogden photograph and log license plates, giving law enforcement a leg up on locating vehicles and solving crimes. Critics, however, have privacy and surveillance concerns.
When Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers arrived in Utah, they met Wakara, a powerful Timpanogos Ute leader. Historian Max Perry Mueller’s new biography argues Wakara was a founding figure of the American West.
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In a bid for safer streets, Salt Lake City and Moab both lowered speed limits in high-risk areas. According to those who pushed for the changes, it's working.
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After President Donald Trump’s first year back, these Utah Latino Republicans applaud him on his handling of immigration and the economy.
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Utah's transgender youth are going under the microscope again this legislative session. One bill would make changes for gender-affirming care patients grandfathered in under the state ban adopted in 2023. It also seeks to refute recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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The price tag for weddings in Utah is on the rise, and that’s put one bride into a creative cost-saving mode.
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A December report from the conservative Sutherland Institute found a deepening disconnect between men and boys and important issues like mental health and feeling connected to their communities.
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A large snowmaking upgrade has come in handy at Nordic Valley, but the resort is still hiring staff after many part-timers left for more reliable work.
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Solo la mitad de los estudiantes de tercer grado en Utah están leyendo al nivel de su grado. El gobernador Spencer Cox cree que tener una ley para hacer que los estudiantes con dificultades en lectura repitan el grado ayudaría a aumentar ese número.
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The online tradwife movement highlights traditional women’s roles, including homemaking and childrearing. It has also garnered feminist critique. But a Mormon studies researcher believes that tradwives and feminists are actually finding very different solutions to the same problems.
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The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute has reduced its Washington County future population forecast. That could have ripple effects for southwest Utah’s water needs.
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