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Utah’s massive data centers can’t get the power they need, so they’re building their own
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (1752+ words) Note to readers " This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. In rural Millard County, Kalen Taylor is bracing for the day the farmland across the street transforms…...
Southern Utah’s snowpack is only getting worse. Here’s how it stacks up.
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (588+ words) (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gunlock Reservoir on Monday, August 11, 2025. St. George " Southern Utah's winter keeps getting worse. Four months into the water year, southwest Utah's snowpack sits at just 37% of its 30-year average as of Thursday, according to…...
A minor earthquake, centered in Utah County, rattles the Wasatch Front
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (162+ words) The Wasatch Front was jostled by a 3.5 magnitude earthquake Thursday just before 1 p.m. The earthquake's epicenter was in northern Utah County, near Thanksgiving Point and about 4.4 miles west of Lehi, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. According to a USGS map showing…...
‘It’s horrible’ — Utah snowpack hits worst levels on record
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (1026+ words) (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Deer Valley East Village in Park City on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. Note to readers " This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Utah…...
Voices: Wolves don’t stand a chance in Utah
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (545+ words) When three gray wolves wandered south out of Yellowstone National Park and into Utah this winter, they were doing what wolves have always done: dispersing, exploring and following instinct rather than invisible lines on a map. For that, Utah killed…...
Voices: It’s time for Utah to change our approach to forest management
1+ week, 1+ day ago (487+ words) (U.S. Forest Service) A helicopter drops water on the Monroe Canyon Fire near Richfield, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. By the time the Monroe Canyon Fire was contained in September 2025, it had burned more than 73,000 acres, forced dozens of evacuations, shut down trails and…...
Voices: Wildlife crossings can help bring mule deer back — and keep Utahns safer
1+ week, 4+ day ago (386+ words) (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The first overpass for wildlife at the summit of Parleys Canyon crosses I-80 near Exit 140. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Still struggling to recover from their 25-year population low reached in 2005, Utah's Mule deer remain more than 100,000 deer…...
State officials killed three wolves in northern Utah. Here’s why.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (350+ words) (Dawn Villella |AP) A gray wolf is pictured in 2004 in Minnesota. Utah officials recently killed three wolves after they were seen near livestock in Cache County. In a rural stretch of southwestern Cache County, state officials killed three wolves earlier…...
In booming southwest Utah, a new wastewater reuse plant will boost the arid region’s water supplies
2+ week, 1+ day ago (731+ words) (Brooke Larsen | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mike Chandler, superintendent of the Ash Creek Special Service District, discusses how wastewater enters and is screened in the headworks building at the Confluence Park Water Reclamation Facility in La Verkin on Wednesday, January…...
Utah shaken by 4.7 magnitude earthquake near Wyoming border
2+ week, 3+ day ago (472+ words) Utah was hit by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake just before 8 a.m. Thursday. The earthquake's epicenter was about 6 miles south of the Wyoming state, and a few miles west of State Route 150, said Keith Koper, the director of the University of Utah Seismograph…...