“This is everywhere. Every community, every town, every state,” one of the suspect’s neighbors said. “It's going to be everybody's neighbor, everybody's classmate. It's not at all unusual anymore.”

The sight of bulldozers leveling part of the popular Zen Trail has heightened concerns about the future of other recreation areas around the fast-growing city.

Since 2000, heat has become the primary force behind how severe and widespread Western droughts get.

Two incumbent city council members are also one step closer to reelection after the Aug. 12 primary election.

Right now, air traffic controllers in LA watch the skies over St. George. By the summer of 2027, that work will be done locally.

The lawn rebate program in St. George, Utah, has replaced enough irrigated grass to save 125 million gallons of water each year.

Tax credits for solar and wind power were cut from the federal budget bill. Geothermal’s incentives were preserved, keeping the technology on track to boom in the years to come.