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“It felt like you were suffocating,” said one Wayne County resident. When smoke from the Widemouth 2 fire overlapped with a heat wave this summer, it left some Utahns without air conditioning in a tough spot.
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Margaret Albaugh for NPRMore than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human behavior including accidents, negligence and arson. -
Macy Lipkin/KUERLaw enforcement agencies that collaborate with ICE can request reimbursement and bonuses, thanks to funding from the Big Beautiful Bill. At least two in Utah have signed on.
Can anyone own the word Mormon? The LDS Church is suing podcaster John Dehlin over his use of the term, raising a bigger question about who gets to use the word and what it means today. "RadioWest" explores the complicated history of Mormon and its evolving meaning.
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The latest legal development in the fight over mail-in voting has left Utah election officials weighing their options as a new Postal Service rule could upend ballots ahead of November’s midterm elections. -
“For the first time, Meta must put kids’ safety ahead of its business model,” said Attorney General Derek Brown. Utah's share of the massive settlement is worth $212 million. -
The Utah State Correctional Facility sits just off the Great Salt Lake — and shares in its problems like mosquitoes and the need to conserve water. The landscaping work inmates are doing offers something else harder to measure: purpose and pride. -
Bateman was convicted of child abuse stemming from a 2022 traffic stop in Arizona that led to the discovery of three girls, ages 11 to 14, in the trailer. Bateman is already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children. -
“The biggest misconception is that lawns are cooling our urban areas,” said Doug Bennett of the Washington County Water Conservancy District. So why not add a “treebate” to convince residents to add shade? -
Nevada's lawsuit against the Interior Department marks a major shakeup for water management across the seven states in the river basin. -
As of this spring, half of U.S. states have a college that offers at least one reduced-credit, three-year bachelor’s, according to the nonprofit research group RAND. In Utah, three schools have the option. -
Utah lawmakers are looking toward the 2027 legislative session to place guardrails on how AI is used in election campaigns. -
The federal government will cut back Arizona, California and Nevada's water allocations after years of state-level negotiations. Cities in the Phoenix and Tucson areas will be the hardest hit.
Keep up with the latest news about wildfires in Utah.
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