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Mobile home residents feel "stuck" in the shadow of the Provo mall remodel
10+ hour, 9+ min ago (998+ words) By his best guess, 68-year-old JR Colledge has lived at Shady Acres mobile home park for about 20 years. It's some of the cheapest housing in the city. But Shady Acres is threatened by the looming major makeover of the nearby…...
Could a mediator help break the Colorado River deadlock? Utah thinks so
1+ week, 2+ day ago (654+ words) A group of states that use water from the Colorado River is proposing a new way to break the deadlock in negotiations about the river's future: bringing in a moderator. After states blew through a mid-February deadline for a new…...
Bryce Canyon's underground water is a balancing act that tourism could tip
3+ week, 1+ day ago (834+ words) Geology made Bryce Canyon famous. It has also isolated its water supply. In this part of southern Utah, water generally comes from wells that tap an underground aquifer fed by whatever rain or snow falls on a relatively small headwaters…...
Measles outbreak spreads in Utah, hitting people without the vaccine
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (827+ words) Utah's measles outbreak started in a remote area, but is now spreading across the state. As of the most recent update from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, there have now been 583 confirmed cases since last summer. Only…...
Indian Health Service is digging out of decades-old medical building construction backlog
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (763+ words) An empty lot between a fire station and a soccer field just outside Albuquerque soon will be the home of a federal medical center first promised to Native American patients more than 30 years ago. Earlier this month, Santa Ana Pueblo…...
An LDS pioneer-era extermination order still weighs on the Timpanogos Nation
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (1135+ words) Against the backdrop of a snow-covered Mount Timpanogos, members of the Timpanogos Nation and others gathered in Utah Valley to remember a tragic event known as the Provo River Massacre. In early 1850, high tensions with Latter-day Saint pioneers led Brigham…...
As ICE operations expand, could Utah get an immigration detention center?
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (578+ words) Roughly 75 protesters holding "ICE out of Utah" signs, American and Utah state flags, interspersed with clergy in their robes, stood in an industrial northwest corner of Salt Lake City early Friday morning. They were protesting U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after…...
Utah and 2 others now require public schools to teach kids about gun safety
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (886+ words) This school year, students in elementary, middle and high schools in some states will get a new lesson on safety: what to do if they find a firearm. Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to enact laws that…...
Getting serious about southwest Utah water shortages may take a plan with "teeth
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (788+ words) Southwest Utah is no stranger to drought. Now, it's one step closer to being ready the next time its water supplies are at risk of drying up. The Washington County Water Conservancy District's proposed water shortage contingency plan would allow…...
Trump's Bureau of Reclamation pick withdraws after Colorado River state pushback
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (698+ words) The Trump administration's nominee to run the Bureau of Reclamation is withdrawing from the process. Ted Cooke, a longtime water manager in Arizona, said he was asked to step back by the White House. Cooke had been nominated to serve…...