New research links heightened coronavirus mortality rates with exposure to air pollution, and that could have important health implications for those living on the Wasatch Front.
The study, released this week by Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School…

Study shows air pollution makes COVID-19 even more dangerous and deadly, Utah activists warn

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Local leaders shut down popular recreation sites, campgrounds in Grand Staircase, San Rafael Swell, other hiking hot spots

The Bureau of Land Management is considering industry-driven requests to lease tens of thousands acres for oil and gas development near Arches and Canyonlands national parks.
In recent months, firms sought to nominate up to 360 parcels on these…

Industry seeks to lease 150,000 acres near Canyonlands, Arches for drilling

The National Park Service finally lowered the gates Friday on one of its most popular and crowded destinations when it shut down southern Utah’s Zion National Park in the wake of a formal plea from the leaders of the gateway towns of Springdale and…

Utah’s most popular park, Zion, finally closes after state intervenes

While visitor services and many popular Zion Canyon destinations are closed, southern Utah’s Zion National Park remained open Thursday despite pleas from two gateway towns to shut down the tourist spot, which has seen heavy spring traffic by…

Pressure builds from locals to close Utah’s Zion National Park even as tourists continue to go there

No one can predict earthquakes, but what if cities in seismically unstable regions could receive advance notice of a major temblor’s shock waves? Could a few seconds’ warning save lives or reduce damage?
The technology exists and is being deployed…

What if Utahns had a few seconds’ warning before an earthquake? Technology may make it possible — and save lives.

While rural Utah leaders have long derided national monument designations as an unacceptable drag on their area economies, a new study by a nonpartisan think tank indicates that large monuments, including Grand Staircase-Escalante, on balance, have…

Study: Shrinking national monuments could cost hundreds of jobs

A pair of magnitude 3-plus earthquakes jolted Salt Lake City on Thursday morning, adding to the sequences of hundreds of aftershocks associated with the big March 18 quake, which now appear to be migrating east of the original epicenter near…

Two magnitude 3 earthquakes rumble, but these temblors came from closer to Salt Lake City

Soon after Salt Lake City stopped shaking March 18 from its strongest earthquake on record, Amir Allam, a University of Utah seismologist, knew he had to get busy if he hoped to closely study the hundreds of aftershocks he knew would follow the 7:09…

The fault that shook Magna is a mystery. Utah earthquake sleuths are studying aftershocks to learn more about it.

Five days after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocked the Wasatch Front, Salt Lake County residents still were reporting damage as strong aftershocks rumbled and seismologists further explained why some places were hit harder than others.
The Greater…

Earthquake damage reports keep flowing in as experts examine why some part of the Salt Lake Valley were hit so hard

At least 77 historic structures in Salt Lake City and Magna sustained damage in Wednesday’s magnitude 5.7 earthquake.
Among those hardest hit in Salt Lake City were the Jackson Apartments, 274 W. 200 South, and the Crane Building around the corner on…

Utah’s quake took its toll on at least 77 historic buildings

A day after the Wasatch Front’s biggest earthquake on record, crews responded to countless sites around Salt Lake County, fixing and documenting damage, even as substantial aftershocks continued rolling from Magna, near the epicenter of Wednesday’s…

Crews assess quake damage to Utah homes, churches and more. Experts say it’s a wake-up call for a bigger jolt someday.

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Wednesday’s 5.7 quake was just the first in hundreds if not thousands of aftershocks that will stretch out for the next few weeks,…

Utahns may feel hundreds of aftershocks, but chances of an even bigger jolt are low

Striking at 7:09 a.m., it was recorded at magnitude 5.7, which is considered moderate. Each unit of magnitude represents a thirtyfold jump in the amount of energy released. This quake was Utah’s largest since 1992, when a magnitude 5.8 jolted St.…

A Q&A about Utah’s quake — what happened and what to expect in coming days.

Zion National Park shut down its shuttle bus service Tuesday to avoid spreading the coronavirus, effectively capping visits to its most popular destinations in Zion Canyon, while other Utah parks announced closures of visitor centers, exhibits,…

Zion Canyon gets clogged with cars as park idles shuttles; Moab says stay away

With the nearly simultaneous arrivals in Utah of the spring travel season and the coronavirus pandemic, Moab residents, the state’s premier redrock destination, fear visitors could not only become sick and overwhelm the town’s tiny health care…

Amid coronavirus threat, many Moab residents fear the worst as tourists fill Grand County for spring fun

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Stan Smith has been around Springdale for nearly 40 years, observing the highs…

With coronavirus travel limits, Utah’s national parks may be your best — and safest — bet for a getaway

On Tuesday, health officials announced the of a woman who was hospitalized last week at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden after travels to Nevada, Florida and the Bahamas. Her positive result was returned on Monday, Dunn said. The state has tested three…

Utah sees fourth coronavirus case; ‘state of emergency’ declared in Salt Lake City

Wyoming could become one of Utah’s largest mineral holders under a massive land deal the Cowboy State is exploring with a leading Western energy producer.
Gov. Mark Gordon is looking to buy at least 4 million acres of mineral rights and 1 million…

Wyoming may soon own a chunk of northern Utah

Back in the 1990s, Utah rancher Dell LeFevre was riding his federal grazing allotment along the Escalante River when his horse tripped. Its leg fractured as it collapsed, and the rancher spent the next three hours pinned under the disabled animal…