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Utah’s push to expand energy production faces new scrutiny after three advocacy organizations accused the state Office of Energy Development of using taxpayer dollars to make false or deceptive claims about nuclear energy.
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Courtesy Dawn Kish/Tad Project, Glen Canyon EmergingPhotographer Tad Nichols documented Glen Canyon’s beauty before Lake Powell’s creation when the Colorado River was dammed in the early 60’s. Now, 60 years on, Powell is receding, and photographer Dawn Kish is walking in Nichols’ footsteps. -
Sean Higgins/KUERNew data shows Utah is producing far fewer vehicle emissions than it did in 2011, even as the state’s population and total miles driven have continued to climb.
Was Mary Todd Lincoln really as terrible as history remembers? She was criticized for her spending, her manners and her mental health. But historian Lois Romano argues that much of the hatred directed at Mary Todd Lincoln had less to do with who she was than with what Americans expected a First Lady to be.
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Researchers and those in the adoption industry say there’s been a shift in Utah’s mentality toward adoption. Families are also weighing growing challenges. -
The only person to break the sound barrier in a car has earned another world record, this time in a show of force for hydrogen power. British driver Andy Green reached 406.320 mph in a car powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines, setting the record for that vehicle category. -
Growing up in Utah is now a largely urban experience. But the Cowboy Camp organized by the USU Extension wants to get more teens to trade screen time for saddle time. -
When Jaxon Smith bought his house, he knew it would be tight if he tried to do it alone, so he got some roommates to help pay his mortgage. -
Citizens and legal residents can take the written test in their native language, including French, Mandarin Chinese and Swahili. But those who only qualify for a driving privilege card must take it in English. -
The Sevier County sheriff said Saturday that the pilots were killed when their Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter went down Friday morning. The helicopter was among those fighting a fire in the Fishlake National Forest. -
Federal data show Lake Mead fell Friday to a level just below the prior record low set in July 2022. The record comes after the worst snowpack on record for the Colorado River Basin. -
In an email obtained by The Associated Press, the Bureau of Reclamation told various groups that water from Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona would not be released “due to significant hydropower generation concerns under already strained system conditions.” -
The Sikorsky S64 helicopter was one of seven working a fire in central Utah that was caused by lightning on July 27. The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration will investigate.
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