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Right now, the West Valley Library is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. due to limited air conditioning. “As hard as our old building and equipment is working, sometimes it can't quite keep up,” the county said.

An executive order from President Donald Trump calls on the National Park Service to increase entry fees for visitors from abroad. In Utah, international tourism is big business, but local officials believe higher fees are unlikely to keep people away.

At Grand Canyon National Park, a lightning-sparked fire that started July 4 highlighted the challenges of using fire to benefit the landscape. The wind-whipped flames ended up consuming a historic lodge and dozens of other structures.

Mediation began in May and the conferences failed to reach an agreement on more than $55 million in “poaching” fees by Tuesday’s deadline. Colorado State, Utah State, San Diego State, Fresno State and Boise State are set to join the Pac-12 in 2026.

On July 16, 1945, the U.S. detonated the first nuclear bomb. In the years that followed, other tests led to a wave of health problems in Utah and across the West. Now, advocates are celebrating the expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

City leaders listened to resident feedback and kept the center in its original neighborhood. But it’s too expensive for some, said the leader of a local nonprofit.

Between dams, diversions and a changing climate, the Colorado River doesn’t flow like it used to. Now, scientists and conservationists in Utah are working to give cottonwood trees a better chance.

Dr. Michael Kirk Moore was also accused of giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards. U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a post Saturday on X that the charges against the Midvale, Utah, doctor were dismissed at her direction.

The potentially half-billion-dollar effort to extract rare earth metals from coal follows other fossil fuel projects in Utah and elsewhere that the Trump admin chases more domestic production.