Emery County

The awareness campaign for responsible prescription drug use features the faces of local miners in Utah's Emery and Carbon counties.

Rural health departments need to adapt to protect their communities from the extreme heat that climate change is bringing to Utah. But many of the same challenges they face today will make it even harder in the future.

With two coal-fired plants set to close by 2032, Rocky Mountain Power says it will help retrain employees.

The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute projects that by 2060, 5-to-17-year-olds will make up a smaller percentage of the population than they do now.

Across the nation, rural areas have a harder time finding enough EMTs to respond to 911 calls.

Many rural providers in Utah provide care through family practice providers rather than services that are more common in metropolitan hospitals.

The latest Utah news from Tuesday evening, Dec. 7, 2021.

All healthcare workers and teachers in Utah are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But public health directors in the southeast part of the state report many are opting out.

Counties in Southern Utah are asking state lawmakers to grant them more leeway for spending hotel tax dollars. They want to use the cash to offset the impacts of tourism and develop infrastructure, rather than promote tourism.

As schools and businesses gear up for closures, school districts in Utah are looking for ways to keep learning going outside the classroom.It’s a…

Rural communities across the U.S. face tough times. But in Utah’s coal country — Carbon and Emery counties — the “Coal Country Strike Team” is stepping in…

A controversial bill to manage public land in Emery County has its first Senate hearing on Wednesday.U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is scheduled to…