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
This Sunday is the 104th anniversary of the founding of Grand Canyon National Park. But Indigenous peoples have called the Grand Canyon home for thousands of years before the park came into being. A... Read Original Story
Conservationists say White Mesa Mill in southern Utah is processing radioactive waste from Europe.
The mill is located near Bears Ears National Monument. It was built to process uranium ore and can... Read Original Story
Arizona voters show an unmoving concern about environmental conservation even as other issues become more pressing, according to a bipartisan poll released Wednesday.
In the poll, nearly 70% of... Read Original Story
New data show a snowy start to 2023 for the Colorado River basin. Inflows into Lake Powell, the nation’s second largest reservoir, are currently projected to be 117 percent of average during spring... Read Original Story
