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Katie McKellar
At right, Tim Davis, Utah Department of Environmental Quality commissioner, briefs U.S. Sen. John Curtis and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin during a tour of the Great Salt Lake at Farmington Bay on Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Pool photo by Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune)
At right, Tim Davis, Utah Department of Environmental Quality commissioner, briefs U.S. Sen. John Curtis and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin during a tour of the Great Salt Lake at Farmington Bay on Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Pool photo by Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune)

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Curtis warns it may not come all at once and may take years. But ultimately he thinks federal support ‘probably should’ exceed $1 billion to save the saline lake — something that’s never been done bef...
The Utah Inland Port Authority’s Tooele Valley Project Area is pictured with a view of a new road and rail line leading into Grantsville in September 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Utah Inland Port Authority)
The Utah Inland Port Authority’s Tooele Valley Project Area is pictured with a view of a new road and rail line leading into Grantsville in September 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Utah Inland Port Authority)

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Letter signed by 1,100 demands Utah Inland Port Authority refuse to finance a project area that could include a potential data center. Port officials say they’re not slated to consider that any time s...
From left, candidates Senate President Stuart Adams, Stephanie Hollist and Braden Hess participate in a candidate forum at Sunset Junior High in Sunset, Utah on June 16, 2026. (Katie McKellar/Utah News Dispatch)
From left, candidates Senate President Stuart Adams, Stephanie Hollist and Braden Hess participate in a candidate forum at Sunset Junior High in Sunset, Utah on June 16, 2026. (Katie McKellar/Utah News Dispatch)

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Utah Senate President Stuart Adams faced a tough crowd Tuesday night while defending his record on data centers, water for the Great Salt Lake and more ahead of a high-stakes primary next week, when R...
Volunteers help plant new vegetation as part of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation’s restoration project along the Bear River near Preston, Idaho, where an 1863 massacre almost entirely annihilated their people. (Photo Courtesy of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation)
Volunteers help plant new vegetation as part of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation’s restoration project along the Bear River near Preston, Idaho, where an 1863 massacre almost entirely annihilated their people. (Photo Courtesy of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation)

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The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is reclaiming the Bear River Massacre site by restoring the land’s natural ecosystem. They hope the Great Salt Lake could benefit, too It was the deadliest...
The shore of Great Salt Lake (left) is pictured alongside its historic shoreline (right). The Spiral Jetty lies between them on the dry and dusty lakebed. (Photo courtesy of Bryn Watkins)
The shore of Great Salt Lake (left) is pictured alongside its historic shoreline (right). The Spiral Jetty lies between them on the dry and dusty lakebed. (Photo courtesy of Bryn Watkins)

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In search of solutions, USU researchers highlight insights from farmers, who use most of the water that would otherwise flow to the Great Salt Lake. Farmers argue they share the same existential threa...
 

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