Streams and wells are running low and dry across Utah while Lake Powell nears a record low. Meanwhile, states still can't agree on how to share the river.

The Salt Lake Tribune is covering the live results of Utah's 2026 primary election.

Days after a crowd showed up in Brigham City to decry a potential vote that would allow the development to proceed, the Utah Division of Water Rights received a deluge of written protests about the project

After a record low snowpack, Colorado River states face a near-term crisis at Lake Powell and an ongoing stalemate over longterm plans. "The stakes have never been higher," said one state negotiator...

The U.S. is looking for a nuclear waste site. One Utah county could be in the mix. Supporters see jobs and investment. But some locals worry about becoming the nation’s dumping ground.

As Colorado River states missed yet another deadline to strike a drought deal, a new forecast showed a grim outlook for the river’s major reservoirs.

In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.

A new, free newspaper will serve people in Washington County — home to more than 200,000 people today and an anticipated 460,000 in the future — with news and information that’s just for them.

A judge threw out Utah’s congressional maps and ordered the Legislature to draw new districts that comply with the 2018 voter-backed Better Boundaries initiative, which sought to ban partisan gerrymandering.

Utah DNR Executive Director Joel Ferry says his name wouldn’t have influenced whether his cousin’s Box Elder County farm received the grants, but critics say these successful applications raise questi...

Mike Lee, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released updates to his public land sell-off bill over the weekend.

Under Biden last year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation finalized a decision to allow releases of water to bypass Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower infrastructure to curb invasive fish populations.

Reflections from a road trip to Mono Lake and the Owens Valley, the northernmost reaches of Southern California.

Maloy previously said that selling public land could help build affordable housing and address water infrastructure concerns in her district.

The state is trying to bridge the gap in its monitoring network, a state environmental scientist said, but it is "exceedingly difficult" to set up new stations.

The Department of Agriculture issued an “Emergency Situation Determination” that environmental groups say will speed the cutting of old-growth trees.

Years of advocacy led to the creation of Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands national monuments in California early this year, but they may soon be dismantled.

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is not spending hundreds of millions of federal dollars, not because those funds are frozen, but because of uncertainty over Trump's federal funding freeze.

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is not spending hundreds of millions of federal dollars, not because those funds are frozen, but because of uncertainty over Trump's federal funding freeze...

A memo from an Army Corps of Engineers officer shows water managers and lawmakers pushed back against the Trump administration's plan to dump water from two California dams.

Three former superintendents of Utah’s "Mighty 5" national parks say the Trump administration’s firings of park staff will degrade not only visitors’ experiences, but also the lands and history the pa...

Three former superintendents of Utah’s "Mighty 5" national parks say the Trump administration’s firings of park staff will degrade not only visitors’ experiences, but also the lands and history the pa...

Three former superintendents of Utah’s "Mighty 5" national parks say the Trump administration’s firings of park staff will degrade not only visitors’ experiences, but also the lands and history the parks preserve.

The newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, reports it has terminated office space leases used by federal agencies in Utah.

The Trump administration is firing employees at the Bureau of Reclamation, drawing concerns from California water agencies that depend on it to deliver supplies.

A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it?

These two Utah workers were among thousands of federal employees fired recently to purge what the Trump administration considers a bloated bureaucracy.

These two Utah workers were among thousands of federal employees fired recently to purge what the Trump administration considers a bloated bureaucracy.

Utah’s national park sites brought $3 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a National Park Service report released in September, bringing in 15.7 million visitors and supporting over 2...

Public unions in Utah are banned from collective bargaining after Gov. Spencer Cox signs controversial legislation.

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A bill banning collective bargaining for Utah’s public employees is now headed to Gov. Spencer Cox for his signature.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.

Worth sharing in full: January 282, 2025 Re: Resignation as U.S. Commissioner to Upper Colorado River Commission Dear (addressee redacted) As requested, I am submitting my resignation as U.S. Commi…

President Trump has issued a directive calling for 'putting people over fish' in California water policy. State officials say it could prove harmful for water supplies and fish.

Conservation groups in Utah and across the country have sounded the alarm that Trump will open more public lands to development — like by slashing Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments in southern Utah.

The state in August filed a lawsuit asking the court to declare the federal Bureau of Land Management’s ownership of 18.5 million acres of land in Utah unconstitutional.

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