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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
Utah floated around $1B funding request before Trump's Great Salt Lake post
02-26-2026 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump promised Utah leaders that he wants to work "closely together" on Great Salt Lake issues, before he
Lawmakers and conservationists marvel at how a massive cash infusion could help the Great Salt Lake
02-26-2026 by Annie Knox
Trump’s interest invites praise from legislators and skepticism from a clean-air advocate As President Donald Trump promises to help rescu
Trump promises to work with Utah to make its salt lake ‘great again’
02-24-2026 by Annie Knox
Gov. Spencer Cox says he spoke with the president about $1B in funding President Donald Trump has turned his attention to the drying Grea
Trump wants to make Great Salt Lake ‘GREAT AGAIN.’ Utah leaders will float him a $1B plan.
02-24-2026 by Emily Anderson Stern
Gov. Spencer Cox said Utah will prepare a funding proposal for the White House over the next few months. President Donald Trump pledged in
President Trump pledges to help Utah save the Great Salt Lake
02-22-2026 by Spencer Burt
SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump says he is dedicated to helping the shrinking Great Salt Lake. First in a post on Truth Social (Tr
‘Real, tangible action’: Young Utahns push lawmakers to rescue the Great Salt Lake
02-11-2026 by Annie Knox
Bills aim to help conserve water in a year kicking off with drought and dismal snowpack Mountains without snow. A start to February that
These 3 Great Salt Lake-related bills pass their first test. Here's how they'd help the lake
02-09-2026 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Hannah Freeze and her husband were on their Box Elder County farm when they started brainstorming what would become HB410,
Utah taxpayers now own U.S. Magnesium's bankruptcy assets
02-09-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah now officially owns U.S. Magnesium's bankruptcy assets, with a federal judge in Delaware signing an order
Utah lawmaker wants state to match $200M Great Salt Lake fundraising effort
02-09-2026 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's philanthropic community came together last year to pledge $200 million toward efforts to get water back to the Great
Why this winter could test Utah's protocols for the Great Salt Lake
02-09-2026 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake basin experienced a normal snowpack last year, even if it was a mixed bag everywhere else. That hasn'
Bleak snowpack report triggers alarm on Utah's Capitol Hill
02-09-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — A report from the Natural Resources Conservation Service showing that Utah's snowpack is now at a record low has caused ala
Video: Nearly 1,000 rally at Utah's Capitol to save the Great Salt Lake
02-05-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Roughly 1,000 people sang, danced and demonstrated on Utah's Capitol Hill on Saturday to save the Great Salt Lake. "Becau
5th annual ‘Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake’ makes a splash on Capitol Hill
02-05-2026 by Will Ruzanski
As Gov. Spencer Cox pledges to fill the Great Salt Lake by Utah’s 2034 Olympic Games, conservation advocates question the plan’s feasibility
'Water as a commodity' is focus of new bill, plan to help Great Salt Lake
02-05-2026 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — It could soon be easier for farmers and ranchers to lease their water to help the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake Co
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