Garfield County

All but one of Utah’s Mighty Five national parks had an increase in visitors from the previous year. At the same time, concerns linger about how federal job cuts might impact park crowds.

The proposal drew pushback from Garfield County residents, who valued the historic name for the trail road going through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Between drought, climate change and competition for the Colorado River, Utah faces a precarious water future. Roughly three-fourths of the state’s water goes to agriculture and Utah is investing millions to help farmers and ranchers modernize their irrigation.

Nationally, the CDC is seeing a widening gap in mortality rates between urban and rural communities.

Nearly 1,800 residents of Panguitch had been on high alert in the days since inspectors discovered an unexpected 60-foot crack in the Panguitch Lake Dam on Monday night.

Utah state officials are hurriedly trying to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot crack opened and sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,700 residents of a downstream town.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that President Joe Biden’s action violates the authority granted in a century-old law that allows presidents to protect sites considered historically, geographically or culturally important.

With below 2% unemployment, state officials said the return of foreign workers will help tourism-based economies in a tight labor market.

The latest Utah news from Friday evening, July 30, 2021.

At least two counties have passed resolutions opposing President Biden’s Bureau of Land Management pick. They raised concerns about her past connection to a radical environmental group and her stance on grazing.

Critics of Utah’s hate crime laws argue that they could chill free speech targeting police officers. But supporters say free speech doesn’t apply when you commit a crime.

The latest Utah news from Tuesday evening, March 23, 2021.