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A plan to build a highway through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area near St. George is back. But public lands law experts from across the country question if the Trump administration is missing Congress's original intention.
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Alex Hager/KUNCFour days of negotiations in a Salt Lake City conference room earlier in January did not appear to have sparked a breakthrough. -
Hugo Rikard-Bell/KUERIt’s unclear if local detainees would remain local if and when a rumored Utah detention center is built. Right now, ICE takes people out of state, making it harder for attorneys and loved ones to stay in contact.
When Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers arrived in Utah, they met Wakara, a powerful Timpanogos Ute leader. Historian Max Perry Mueller’s new biography argues Wakara was a founding figure of the American West.
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The altercation occurred Friday night at a private party hosted by the talent agency CAA. Frost is thanking venue security and police for their help. The suspect, identified as Christian Young, reportedly crashed the party. -
It's a question asked as people move from film to film and wander Park City's streets: “Will you still go to the festival when it moves to Boulder?” -
A bill separate from the Utah Supreme Court proposal wants to add more judges for district courts, the juvenile court and the Court of Appeals. It’s an idea with broader agreement. -
Salt Lake City no tiene un acuerdo formal con ICE. Aun así, algunos residentes quieren cosas como una resolución de oposición o exigir órdenes judiciales válidas antes de permitir que agentes federales ingresen a propiedades de la ciudad. -
Utah aún no tiene un centro de detención, así que los inmigrantes son retenidos en algunas cárceles de condados y trasladados en automóvil —o en avión— a otros estados. El viernes hubo una protesta contra un rumorado centro de detención en Salt Lake City. -
Painting a picture based on the classical ideals of the United States, Gov. Spencer Cox took time in his annual speech to address the national mood and highlight work that will “improve the welfare of the citizens of Utah.” -
"My friends, we are so fortunate to live in this state at this moment," Gov. Spencer Cox said in his speech. "I submit that no state in this nation and no people in this country better reflect Franklin’s virtues than ours. Here we still believe in those old-fashioned concepts of order, temperance, justice, frugality, industry, humility, sincerity and, yes, even moderation." -
The contentious highway would run through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area near St. George, a landscape that’s home to the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise. -
The 41 cameras in Ogden photograph and log license plates, giving law enforcement a leg up on locating vehicles and solving crimes. Critics, however, have privacy and surveillance concerns.
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