After nearly 60 years of community led efforts to bring back public skiing, Snowland Foundation Inc. has officially secured a new Special Use Permit, which provides for the continued operation and development of the historic ski area in Fairview Canyon. According to a press release, “construction of Snowland’s new Ridgeline […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah has a new license plate design that’s raising money to help pay off student lunch debt. The purchase of each plate contributes 30 dollars to help pay off the 3-point-8 million dollars in lunch debt across Utah. The blue and white “Feed Utah Kids” […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s quality of life is hitting an all-time low in a new study. Utah’s Community Quality of Life survey declined slightly over last year. The overall score was 63 out of 100. That’s the lowest score since the survey started 15 years ago. The survey […]
(Brian Head, UT) — Some Utah ski resorts are getting even more optimistic as projections for a massive El Nino storm pattern keep growing. Part of the Pacific near the equator is now 86 degrees Fahrenheit. That area always warms up during an El Nino year, but this time it’s […]
(Brighton, UT) — Flooding is affecting multiple parts of Utah. Big Cottonwood Canyon is closed to uphill traffic while crews work to clear SR-190. In Southern Utah, there were flash flood warnings issued yesterday afternoon for parts of Kane and Washington counties. Life-threatening flooding is possible in Zion National Park, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox and other state officials are reacting to plans to live-stream an execution. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will be public. The former Army doctor killed 12 soldiers, one civilian, and an unborn baby […]
The Ephraim Utah Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was dedicated on Oct. 11 by Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Rasband’s great-great-grandparents settled in Ephraim in 1850 and his great-grandfather later helped build the Manti Utah Temple. In an […]
(Beaver, UT) — President Trump has signed a major disaster declaration approving federal funding to help rebuild two central Utah counties affected by a massive fire, flooding and mudslides. The Cottonwood Fire in Beaver and Piute counties burned over 97-thousand acres over the summer. That was followed by heavy monsoonal […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — Zion National Park is reopening a section of the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway after a major rockfall. Park officials announced yesterday that cleanup and safety work finished sooner than first expected. The reopening restores a key east-west route through the park. Drivers should still expect work […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah could see heavy rain as remnants of Hurricane Rachel meet a Pacific storm system. Forecasters said yesterday that moisture may spread across the state over the next several days. The setup raises concern for flash flooding in normally dry washes, slot canyons and recent […]
