Amid drought, Lehi bans lawn watering on consecutive days
City leaders in Lehi are warning residents they could be fined if they don’t adhere to new drought restrictions that prohibit watering lawns on…
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Judge says polluter law can be used against mining company
A state judge says Montana environmental regulators can use a law meant to provide protection from chronic industrial polluters against an…
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Florida governor bans transgender women from school sports
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is plunging Florida deeper into the culture wars.…
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Cheyenne animal shelter closes after COVID-19 infections
The Cheyenne Animal Shelter has closed to the public after staffers tested positive for COVID-19.…
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Officials ID 2 killed in small plane crash in Utah mountains
Authorities say one man died and another man suffered severe burns when their single-engine aircraft crashed near the Powder Mountain area near Eden…
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Wyoming city already preparing for huge 2024 camping event
Gillette is getting ready to host what could be the biggest event in the city’s…
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Jury clears Nebraska officers in death of Wyoming couple
A grand jury has found no wrongdoing by Nebraska law enforcement officers in the shooting deaths of a Wyoming couple last year.…
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Utah committee proposes limits on teaching about race
A Utah education committee has proposed new rules around how race is taught in K-12 schools.…
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National Guard asked to help staff Oregon State Hospital
Significant staffing shortages at the Oregon State Hospital prompted health officials to call for the National Guard’s assistance at the…
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2 named as suspects in girl’s death on Crow Reservation
Two women who were sentenced in tribal court and jailed on misdemeanor charges in the case of a young girl whose body was found on the Crow Indian…
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Zion halts pandemic shuttle-ticketing system before holiday
Zion National Park has ended a shuttle ticketing system that was implemented to combat the coronavirus pandemic.…
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Former lawmakers launches campaign challenging Sen. Mike Lee
A former Utah state lawmaker has launched a campaign to challenge Republican Sen. Mike Lee for his U.S. Senate seat next year.…
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Police: Armed school worker stops attempted kidnap suspect
An armed school employee in Utah held off an attempted kidnapping suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived, police said.…
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Woman pleads guilty in deputy death after conviction tossed
A woman has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in her teenage involvement with the death of a police officer after the Utah Supreme Court overturned…
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Wyoming plans return to full capacity for football season
The University of Wyoming has announced plans to return to full capacity for home football games inside War Memorial Stadium in Laramie this fall.…
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Accepting award, Romney faults extremes of political divide
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney faulted those on both extremes of the nation’s political divide as he accepted the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.…
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Pipeline breach spills crude oil on Crow Reservation
Authorities say a breached oil pipeline has spilled an undetermined amount of crude on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana.…
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Wyoming smokejumper critically injured in New Mexico
Officials in Montana have identified a wildland firefighter who was critically injured while fighting a wildfire on private land in southwestern New…
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Mike Edmondson to lead Governor’s Office of Species Conservation
Governor Brad Little announced Mike Edmondson will take over as administrator of the Governor’s Office of Species Conservation…
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Wyo. Game and Fish Commission updates Cody Office construction budget
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved a change order for construction of the new Cody Regional office.…
Continue Reading Transgender athlete bill to return for 2022 Utah Legislature
A lawmaker in Utah who proposed legislation that would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports has announced plans to reintroduce…
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Seattle shutting down mass vaccination sites; 60% vaccinated
The city of Seattle is shutting down all but one of its mass COVID-19 vaccination sites next month because authorities say more than 76% of Seattle…
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Filer man killed after hitting house on Idaho highway
A Filer man is dead after hitting a house on an Idaho…
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Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools
Tennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from talking about certain aspects of race and racism in public schools.…
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Elected officials in Montana to see salary increase in July
Most of the statewide elected officials in Montana are expecting a salary increase soon under a state law that requires comparative pay raises every…
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Police: Dirt bike driver arrested after hitting Utah trooper
A Utah man has been arrested after police said he struck a state highway patrol trooper last weekend while riding a dirt bike.…
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Search finds man in Oregon woods after more than 2 weeks
A fisherman missing for more than two weeks in the wilderness of southwestern Oregon has been found alive.…
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Yellowstone, Grand Teton set records for park visitation
The previous high was set in 2016 with more than 59,000 people.…
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Gov. Gordon appoints new Public Records Ombudsman
Governor Mark Gordon has announced Friday the appointment of Darlena Potter to replace Ruth Van Mark as Wyoming’s Public Records…
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Montana woman pleads not guilty in killing of Wyoming man
A Billings, Montana, woman pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide in the shooting death of a Wyoming man who refused to give her and her male…
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Drought leaves lakes dry, could trigger firework ban
Water levels at Utah’s reservoirs are lower than normal after a bad year for snowpack, and Gov. Spencer Cox is warning severe drought conditions…
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Utah County police bust second cockfighting ring in week
Authorities in Utah County say they have uncovered a second cockfighting ring less than a week after finding another one.…
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Washington state’s largest county says keep the masks on
Despite recent COVID-19 guidance from federal and state authorities, top health officials in Washington’s most populous county are urging people to…
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Utah woman gets 2 years in prison in $1.6M embezzlement case
A Utah woman has been sentenced to more than two years in a federal prison after she pleaded guilty to fraud in the embezzlement of more than $1.6…
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Travelers in Salt Lake City warned about guns in luggage
A travel security agency said there was an increase in the number of guns detected at security checkpoints at Salt Lake City International Airport,…
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Utah lawmakers pass school mask mandate prohibition
The Utah Legislature has passed a measure that would bar public schools and universities from implementing mask mandates.…
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Utah Democrats walk out to protest limits on teaching race
Utah Democrats have walked off the House floor in protest of a resolution recommending the state review any curriculum that examines the ways in…
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Report: More women in Utah leaving health care industry
A newly released report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown more women in the health care industry are leaving the profession as a…
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Caldwell cites property tax law, halts new growth for months
The southwestern Idaho city of Caldwell is stopping all new residential development for four months because city leaders say a new property tax law…
Continue Reading Utah to consider school mask prohibition in special session
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has called on state lawmakers to convene for a special session this week.…
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Lack of quorum stalls Wyoming tribe medical marijuana vote
Medical marijuana won’t be allowed on Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation just yet after not enough people were present to vote on the…
Continue Reading Inmate arrested after escape from Montana women’s prison
A woman who escaped from the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings has been arrested.…
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Bodies of 2 missing jet skiers found in Utah Lake
The bodies of two men reported missing after going jet skiing on Utah Lake were found Sunday, authorities…
Continue Reading Boise lifts mask requirement, stops restricting crowd sizes
The city of Boise has lifted its mask requirement and will no longer restrict crowd…
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Sentencing in Coeur d’Alene shooting moved to July
Sentencing for the man charged in the Fourth of July shootings in a Coeur d’Alene park has been moved to July…
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Man accused in plot to kill young sex abuse victim sentenced
A Boise man who was convicted of soliciting the murder or kidnapping of a little girl who he was later convicted of sexually abusing has been…
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2 Wyoming students named 2021 Presidential Scholars
The U.S. Department of Education announced the addition of Siler Weaver of Evanston and Jessica Petri of Green River to the 57th class of U.S.…
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Washington governor: State on track to fully reopen June 30
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says that the state is on track to fully reopen its economy by June 30.…
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Utah won’t require masks for students last week of school
Utah will not require masks in K-12 schools for the last week of the academic year.…
Continue Reading Utah cop again charged with assault for misusing police dog
A Salt Lake City police officer has been charged with aggravated assault a second time for ordering a dog to attack someone who complied with…
Continue Reading Judge blocks requirement for ‘gay sex’ offender registration
The state of Montana has no valid reason to require a man to register as a sex offender based on his conviction for having gay sex in Idaho in 1993,…
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Utah to end $300 federal pandemic unemployment benefit
Utah will terminate its participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance program.…
Continue Reading Officials: Teen dies after off-road vehicle accident in Utah
A 14-year-old boy in Utah died after an off-road vehicle he was driving rolled on top of him and he was taken to a hospital in critical condition…
Continue Reading Washington governor signs agriculture worker overtime bill
Agricultural workers in Washington state would become eligible for overtime pay under a bill signed Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee.…
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Oregon Governor sets vaccination targets for state to reopen
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced statewide and county COVID-19 vaccination targets, with the hope of reopening the state’s economy.…
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Boise angler sets rod/reel carp record
Henry Charlier of Boise landed a 34-pound common carp from the Snake River.…
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Drought emergency declared in most of California amid ‘acute water supply shortfalls’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded a drought emergency Monday across most of the parched state, covering a vast stretch of the central and…
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DHW opens State Hospital West
Idaho has a new resource to help treat children with severe mental health…
Continue Reading Police shoot man holding crowbar near Salt Lake City
Utah police shot a man they say had a crowbar and was breaking windows near Salt Lake City.…
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Wyoming governor bars state COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’
Wyoming’s governor is barring state officials from requiring people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before they may have access to state property…
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Oklahoma governor signs ban on teaching critical race theory
Oklahoma public school teachers will be prohibited from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed…
Continue Reading Defense: Utah man charged with killing wife had brain injury
A Utah man awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise had brain…
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Wyoming re-opening 9 rest stops closed by budget cuts
The state of Wyoming is re-opening nine rest stops that were closed last year due to budget cuts, Gov. Mark Gordon…
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Police: Woman stabbed after telling teen to stop using slurs
A 16-year-old Utah boy was charged as an adult with stabbing a woman to death after she told him to stop using racial slurs, according to court…
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Governor says Utah won’t mandate masks in schools next fall
Utah’s governor says the state has no plans to renew a mask order for K-12 schools next fall.…
Continue Reading Family of Utah man killed by officer sues police department
The family of a Utah man who was shot and killed by a police officer are suing the police department for his death.…
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Utah affirms transgender right to change birth certificates
The Utah Supreme Court has affirmed the right of transgender people to change their sex designation on birth certificates.…
Continue Reading Police kill Wyoming man they say was trying to flee
A Casper police officer shot and killed a man the department said was trying to flee a traffic stop early Thursday…
Continue Reading Husband of missing Colorado mother charged with her murder
The husband of a Colorado woman missing since Mother’s Day weekend last year has been charged with her murder, according to court documents…
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Eastern Shoshone to vote on medical marijuana in Wyoming
Tribal leaders in Wyoming have announced a special general meeting this month to vote on the legalization and decriminalization of medical…
Continue Reading Police respond to mask uproar at Utah school board meeting
A mask uproar at a Salt Lake City area school district meeting prompted officials to call in the police.…
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Jill Biden to visit Utah school as US moves toward reopening
First lady Jill Biden plans to speak at a Salt Lake City school as the U.S. makes uneven progress toward reopening classrooms during the coronavirus…
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Utah meets goals, ends limits on gatherings, distancing
Utah has ended its mandated limits on gatherings and social distancing related to the pandemic.…
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Utah woman missing for 5 months found living in tent
A Utah woman who disappeared in November was discovered alive Sunday in a tent at a campsite near Provo, Utah County officials…
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Inslee: No new COVID-19 restrictions in Washington for now
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced that all of the state’s counties will remain in their current phase of the state’s economic reopening…
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Athlete dies while swimming in Utah Ironman competition
Officials say a person has died while competing in the first part of the Ironman 70.3 North American Championship St. George over the weekend.…
Continue Reading Push against trans athletes in girls’ sports fails in Kansas
Conservative Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a proposed ban on transgender athletes…
Continue Reading Colorado woman dies after apparent bear attack
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say a 39-year-old woman has been found dead in southwestern Colorado after an apparent bear attack.…
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First lady Jill Biden to visit Salt Lake City next week
First lady Jill Biden is planning to visit Salt Lake City next week as part of a tour of several Western states.…
Continue Reading Utah Republicans to choose party leadership at convention
Utah Republicans will choose new party leadership at their annual state convention.…
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Wyoming jury awards $2M to widow, daughter for biker crash
A jury has awarded $2 million to the widow and daughter of a motorcycle rider killed by a Wyoming intersection…
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Delegates to consider censuring Romney over impeachment vote
GOP delegates attending the Utah Republican Party convention will consider a resolution this weekend to censure U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney for voting to…
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6 Idaho students named Presidential Scholar semifinalists
Six members of Idaho’s high school Class of 2021 have been selected as semifinalists for the U.S. Presidential Scholars…
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Brown extendes Oregon COVID-19 emergency as cases spike
Gov. Kate Brown is extending Oregon’s state of emergency for COVID-19 until June 28, saying a fourth surge of the pandemic is being driven by…
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Despite snow, rain, Pacific Northwest faces drought
Despite a healthy amount of snowfall in the North Cascades over the winter and some recent rain, the Pacific Northwest slid into the “abnormally…
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Washington State University to require COVID-19 vaccine
Washington State University will require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations this fall for students and employees.…
Continue Reading Police: Teen arrested in fatal stabbing of woman in Murray
A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Utah after police accused him of fatally stabbing a woman in an apartment complex parking lot in Murray earlier in…
Continue Reading Police find body of man who died after hiking fall in Utah
Authorities in Utah have said a 24-year-old man has died after a hiking accident in Emery…
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Native American lawmakers seek federal help on Montana bison
Native American lawmakers in Montana are asking the Biden administration to craft a plan to reintroduce wild bison to areas in and around Glacier…
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Data accident releases COVID-19 results for 25% of Wyoming
A Wyoming Department of Health employee working with computer code accidentally released COVID-19 test results for one-quarter of the state’s…
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Utah has fastest-growing population, 2020 census shows
Utah’s population grew by 18.4% over the past decade, making it the fastest-growing…
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Officials identify victim found in van prior to standoff
Yellowstone County officials have released the name of a man who was found shot to death in a van prior to a standoff in Billings last week.…
Continue Reading Montana bans abortions at 20 weeks
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a 20-week abortion ban and two other anti-abortion bills into law on Monday, adding to the slew of such measures…
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Elizabeth Smart launches self-defense program
Utah kidnapping and rape survivor Elizabeth Smart has launched a self-defense training…
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Yellowstone park hazes wolves that get used to people
Park workers were instructed to fire on the wolves only during “teachable moments,” when they’d associate the pain with their nearness to…
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Montana governor signs bill allowing payment to wolf hunters
The bill is similar to a program in Idaho, where a private group pays its members up to $1,000 for costs incurred while scouting, hunting or trapping…
Continue Reading Oregon counties face more restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Oregon, officials warned on Friday that one-third of the state’s counties are at risk of increased…
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Report: Washington wolf population continued to grow in 2020
A new report from state officials says the wolf population in Washington state increased by an estimated 33 animals in 2020.…
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Bill to prevent and fight wildfires approved by Wash. Legislature
A bill that sets aside $125 million to prevent and fight wildfires in Washington sailed through the state House and now goes to Gov. Jay Inslee for…
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7 Utah County cities plan to use ranked-choice voting
Seven cities in Utah County have so far said they plan on using ranked-choice voting for this year’s municipal elections.…
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