Utah

BLM Postpones Wild Horse Roundup To Conduct Environmental Survey

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 01.07.2010 | Denver


SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has postponed plans to round up about 185 wild horses from a western Utah herd. The agency ...

There Is an Alternative to Our Unhealthy Culture of Overwork

Johann Hari | Posted 01.08.2010 | World


Johann Hari

The US now has the longest work hours in the developed world -- and in a recession, those of us with jobs scamper ever faster in our hamster-wheels.

Josh Powell: Missing Utah Woman's Husband, The Only "Person Of Interest," Reportedly Leaving Town

AP | Posted 01.07.2010 | Home


WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Police say it appears the husband of a missing Utah woman is moving out of the couple's Salt Lake City home. West Vall...

Bill Barrett Corp. Agrees To Deal To Protect Ancient Art

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 01.06.2010 | Denver


SALT LAKE CITY — An agreement to protect a central Utah canyon rich with ancient American Indian art while allowing for nearby mineral developme...

BLM Has To Hire Private Contractor To Handle Epidemic Of Trash Dumping

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 12.28.2009 | Denver


SKULL VALLEY, Utah — During a warm spell this fall, vandals hauled 18 decrepit televisions and computers down a narrow gravel road in Utah's pic...

Colorado Water Use Explodes On The Western Slope As It Slows On Front Range

The Denver Post | Posted 12.21.2009 | Denver


Colorado Front Range residents are using less water, but some parts of the Western Slope have seen per capita water use explode in the past decade, ac...

Orrin Hatch's Hanukkah Song: 'Eight Days Of Hanukkah' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics


Jews rejoyce. Orrin Hatch, the Republican Mormon senator from Utah, has written a Hanukkah song: "Eight Days of Hanukkah." As Hatch told the New Y...

Ken Salazar Blamed By Oil And Gas Companies For Scant Interest In New Drilling Projects

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver


SALT LAKE CITY — Drillers say it's getting so hard to obtain an oil-and-gas lease in the Rocky Mountains under the new administration of Preside...

Utah Becomes A Battleground In The GOP's Civil War

Los Angeles Times | Mark Barabak | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics


Utah has emerged as an improbable battleground in the fight for the future of the GOP, as the party's veteran U.S. senator -- with nary a whiff of per...

Happiest States In The US: Colorado Ranks Fourth

Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver


In a study by the University of Cambridge in England, Colorado has been ranked the fourth happiest state in the U.S. The study suggests that state...

Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing

AP | JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unani...

TCU Uniforms: See The Special Nike Pro Combat Jerseys (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.10.2009 | Home


TCU will be sporting new uniforms for its Mountain West Conference match-up against Utah in Fort Worth on Saturday. The Nike Pro Combat jerseys hav...

Dr. Brent James Could Be Health Care's Saving Grace

New York Times | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living


The health care debate of 2009 has had so many moving parts that it has sometimes seemed impossible to follow. The crisis behind the debate, though, i...

Bird Strike Sends Delta Flight Back To Phoenix Airport

AP | Posted 11.02.2009 | Home


PHOENIX — Authorities say a Delta Air Lines flight headed to Utah has safely returned to Phoenix after one or more birds hit the aircraft. Fede...

Salazar Cleans Up Bush-Era Cronyism in Dirty Oil-Shale Program

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

Do we want energy development on our public lands to intensify global warming or a national energy policy that promotes technologies that are renewable and create four times jobs as fossil fuels?

Readers' Photos of Fall Leaves

Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


Following our slide show of the best places to go for autumn leaves, readers sent in their favorite photos of fall foliage. From Michigan to New Hamp...

Rocky Mountain Weekend Getaways: The Best The Region Has To Offer (PHOTOS, VOTE)

Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver


As the days start to get shorter and the temperatures begin to drop, it's prime time for a weekend getaway to shake the fall blues. We want to know: ...

US Blocks Drilling At 60 Sites In Utah -- Approval Process Under Bush "Mishandled"

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that oil and gas drilling will be permitted on some of the Utah land parcels near nati...

Ken Burns' National Parks: What's Your Favorite Rocky Mountain Park? (PHOTOS, VOTE)

Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver


Ken Burns has created yet another cinematic masterpiece with "National Parks: America's Best Idea" which chronicles the history of the United States n...

Elizabeth Smart To Testify In Court Against Alleged Kidnapper

People Magazine | Cathy Free | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home


Seven years since she was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom by knifepoint, Elizabeth Smart will be in the same room on Thursday as her alleged ...

The Red Rock Wilderness Act: Our Chance to Be Present at the Creation

Robert Redford | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green


Robert Redford

For the first time, the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest, and Public Lands will consider a bill designed to protect millions of acres of spectacular Utah lands as wilderness.

Best Government Dollar Spent: The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I encourage everyone, no matter what part of these United States you live in (or even if you live elsewhere), to take a "trip out West" at some point in your life. Get in a car, and go explore everything west of Denver.

Utah Earthquake: MONSTER Quake 500 Years Ago Rattled State

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green


SALT LAKE CITY — Geologists say a major quake could strike at any time in Utah, with new research showing the last large temblor along the Wasat...

Retro Politics

Libby Mitchell | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Libby Mitchell

Despite his Republican status, Jon Huntsman pushed for equal rights for everyone and advocated energy efficiency in order to battle global warming. Sadly, those days are over now.

Utah Secures 3-Day Weekends By Making Thursday The New Friday

GOOD | By Ben Jervey | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living


Workers of the world, unite in giving Utah a round of applause. The Beehive State has made Thursday the new Friday, and by proving the benefits of thi...