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The Great Salt Lake Collaborative: A Solutions Journalism Initiative
We are group of news, education and media organizations that have come together to better inform and engage the public about the crisis facing the Great Salt Lake — and what can be done to make a difference before it is too late.
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Hundreds pack Iron County hearing as residents voice concerns over proposed AI data center
03-10-2026 by Tracie Sullivan
More than 350 residents packed Festival Hall Thursday night to weigh in on a proposed artificial intelligence data center that could become
A record warm winter could send Lake Powell to a historic low. Flaming Gorge may be its lifeline.
03-10-2026 by Brooke Larsen
The feds are looking to Flaming Gorge to prevent a crisis at Glen Canyon Dam. A cream-colored band lines the orange sandstone walls that
Utah will sell part of the Great Salt Lake to the feds — a deal lawmakers call a ‘win-win’ for the lake
03-10-2026 by Leia Larsen
The last-minute resolution on Capitol Hill puts a decades-old dispute to rest. Utah lawmakers approved a rare move — handing off state lan
2026 Utah legislature on Great Salt Lake, Colorado River and the environment
03-10-2026 by Ben Winslow
Here's what Utah lawmakers passed and didn't related to water, agriculture and wetlands in Utah The announcement hit like a welcome thunde
President Trump wants to save the Great Salt Lake: Here's what Utah farmers, scientists, business leaders and lake activists want him to do
02-27-2026 by Heather May
What will it mean to “MAKE ‘THE LAKE’ GREAT AGAIN!”? That’s what President Donald J. Trump says he wants to do, in a post on his Truth Soc
Hijacked bill will push resolution on saving the Great Salt Lake
02-27-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Joseph Elison's bill has been hijacked by his House Republican colleagues and he's OK with it. The southern Utah Rep
Idaho pushes back on Utah's water and gas deal
02-26-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Idaho political leaders are pushing back against their Utah counterparts over the gas tax bill that has also sparked a figh
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