One of the most popular trails within Grand National Park is being closely watched after winter storms triggered a series of rock slides. Powerful rains and melting snow are attributed for several... Read Original Story
It’s difficult to fathom how the Colorado River could possibly carve the mile-deep chasm that is the Grand Canyon. But if one thinks of the river as a flume of liquid sandpaper rubbing the land over... Read Original Story
SPRINGDALE, Washington County — The Narrows and all routes that exit through it at Zion National Park are currently closed to hiking and canyoneering as a result of high water volumes in the Virgin... Read Original Story
Utah’s largest coal company will relinquish two mining leases and apply the social cost of carbon in the environmental analysis of a third lease as part of a settlement agreement reached last week... Read Original Story
SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah — About 660 metric tons of radioactive material from Estonia traveled to a mill in southeast Utah last year, according to state inspection reports.
The state of Utah had... Read Original Story
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a politically tumultuous era and worked tirelessly to correct wrongdoings against Native Americans... Read Original Story
Residents near the Grand Falls have temporarily closed the location to visitors.
They say the closure is motivated by the heightened popularity of the falls, which has led to high tourism as well as... Read Original Story
The National Park Service released visitation statistics this week showing that five of the top 15 most-visited parks in 2022 are in the Mountain West.
Zion National Park in Utah and Rocky Mountain... Read Original Story
