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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A cyclist pedals though Liberty Park in Salt Lake City on an e-bike on Monday, May 22, 2023.

1,000 e-bike vouchers are available for Salt Lake County residents

By Sofia Jeremias | June 23, 2023, 6:35 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Bears Ears buttes April 10, 2021.

See the thousands of valuable acres Utah stands to gain through the Bears Ears land exchange

By Leia Larsen | June 23, 2023, 8:53 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A beaver gets a syringe of nutrient rich food from Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah executive director DaLyn Marthaler to supplement its diet of aspen, willow, sweet potatoes and carrots in this file photo from April 4, 2013. In March, the WRCNU was given an eviction notice from Ogden City, and it has been searching for a new home since.

Ogden’s wildlife rehab center’s proposed location won’t fit pelicans, beavers and other aquatic animals

By Jacob Scholl | June 22, 2023, 3:52 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Huntington Power Plant in Emery County, on Thursday, July 21, 2022. Utah officials are challenging a federal proposal to limit pollution from Huntington and other coal plants in Utah.

Utah takes first step to challenge rule requiring cleaner coal power

By Tim Fitzpatrick | June 20, 2023, 11:25 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dust obscures Antelope Island and the Great Salt Lake on Saturday, June 18, 2022.

Great Salt Lake’s dust melted Utah’s ‘greatest snow on earth’ more than two weeks early in 2022

By Leia Larsen | June 16, 2023, 6:07 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Rep. John Curtis addresses the delegates at the Utah Republican Party 2023 Organizing Convention at Utah Valley University's UCCU Center on Saturday, April 22, 2023.

Utah Rep. John Curtis, GOP fight BLM rule they say would restrict access to land

By Jacob Scholl | June 16, 2023, 12:27 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Lake on Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Plan to dredge Utah Lake islands appears dead as developer dissolves business

By Leia Larsen | June 15, 2023, 2:50 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snow coats Stansbury Island on the Great Salt Lake in February. A survey found 67% of Utahns support creating a Great Salt Lake national park, though support from lawmakers is seen as a major hurdle.

Does Utah need (or want) a sixth national park?

By Leia Larsen | June 15, 2023, 2:57 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A drill rig rises above wells under development in the Uinta Basin east of Vernal on Nov. 17, 2021, as drilling activity picks up in the face of rising oil and gas prices. A new audit says Utah's Office of Energy Development is not adequately planning for Utah's energy future. This photograph was taken on a flight chartered by LightHawk.

A scathing audit blasts Utah Office of Energy Development as adrift at a crucial moment

By Tim Fitzpatrick | June 14, 2023, 12:52 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) High water flow jumps the snaking banks of the Weber River near Farmington Bay, flooding adjacent farmland on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

Here’s where a water manager puts flood risk now

By Jacob Scholl | June 8, 2023, 11:23 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chris Wiltsie, center, of Bike Utah, and his son Soren, 3, join Mike West, a Daybreak resident, as he pedals his cargo bike along the Oquirrh Lake Loop Trail in his neighborhood during a bicycle tour of the area on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

Why Daybreak broke with car-centric planning to become a cycling ‘oasis’

By Sofia Jeremias | June 8, 2023, 5:37 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cranes lowering boats into the water at Great Salt Lake Marina State Park, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

Great Salt Lake boaters return as water rises more than five feet

By Leia Larsen | June 7, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The area in Parley's Canyon where Granite Construction is proposing to excavate a limestone quarry, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The mine would open a massive pit under Grandeur Peak, drawing massive push back from Salt Lake County officials and nearby property owners.

Opponents cite concerns over dust and water usage, as DEQ opens Parleys Canyon mine to public comment

By Leia Larsen | June 5, 2023, 7:12 p.m.

(Stuart Ruckman and James A. Martin | The Times-Independent) A Criollo cow at the Dugout Ranch in Indian Creek.

How heritage breeds could rescue ranching

By Sophia Fisher | The Times-Independent | June 3, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rebecca Noble | The New York Times) Stalled construction on a lot in Queen Creek, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, on April 13, 2023.

Arizona limits new construction in Phoenix area, citing shrinking water supply

By Christopher Flavelle and Jack Healy | The New York Times | June 2, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) This Sept. 16, 2015, file photo, shows Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah. Much of southwest Utah, including Zion National Park, is within the area targeted by the Bureau of Land Management to receive federal funds for restoration work.

Two Utah sites will get over $19 million in federal funds to restore public lands. Here’s where it’s going.

By Jacob Scholl | May 31, 2023, 7:52 p.m.

(Benjamin Zack/Standard-Examiner, via AP) This July 6, 2017 photo shows Phoenix, a golden eagle at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah, in Ogden. Phoenix survived third-degree burns from a Utah wildfire and a bout with the West Nile virus that left him blind in one eye now has a job as an educational bird at a northern Utah wildlife rehabilitation center.

Why is Ogden evicting the only wildlife rehab center in northern Utah?

By Jacob Scholl | May 31, 2023, 7:52 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homes border both sides of the I-15 freeway, in Woods Cross, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. UDOT proposes to widen the freeway from Farmington to northern Salt Lake City.

Bigger freeways don’t cut traffic congestion, many studies show. What could Utah do with Interstate 15 instead?

By Megan Banta | May 29, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Melissa Bailey | for KFF Health News) Angie Mestas, a schoolteacher, used a lifetime of savings to drill a drinking well on her land in Los Sauces, Colorado. But she won't drink from it until she tests for arsenic and E. coli, which are common in the area.

As water levels drop, the risk of arsenic rises

By Melissa Bailey | KFF Health News | May 29, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bike commuter Dave Orozco, who got rid of his car more than a year ago, transports his dog Kona in a trailer as he makes his way home on his e-bike following a visit to the park in Salt Lake City on Monday, May 22, 2023.

E-bike incentives in Utah could help improve air quality

By Sofia Jeremias | May 30, 2023, 5:35 p.m.