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UDAF announces $1 million fund to protect Utah’s working farms and ranches
Salt Lake Business Journal - Utah
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June 22, 2025
As Utah’s agricultural lands face increasing development pressure, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) has announced $1 million in funding to permanently protect working farms and ranches through conservation easements under the...
Texas AG Ken Paxton will hold Senate fundraiser in Utah
Deseret News - Utah
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June 21, 2025
Ken Paxton will hold a fundraiser in Utah County on Thursday. Paxton is running for U.S. Senate in Texas against John Cornyn. It is expected to be the most expensive primary race of 2026. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will hold a fundraiser in...
Guest opinion: Pragmatism needed in US Senate to protect Utah’s energy future
Daily Herald - Utah
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Isaac Hale, Daily Herald file photoA solar panel is pictured on a private home Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Lehi. When my ancestors settled in what is now Beaver County 170 years ago, they carved out a living with few economic options beyond...
Utah among ‘aggressive players’ in national housing shortage. But states can’t do it alone.
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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National housing officials, including Utah’s housing czar, said that states have had to step in to help with the housing crisis. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Housing under construction at Firefly, a new subdivision in Eagle Mountain, on...
Fervo Uses Oil Drilling Technology to Dig Deep for Clean Geothermal Energy
Newsweek
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June 21, 2025
The U.S. oil and gas industry sparked an energy revolution a few decades ago by thinking in a different direction—literally. Horizontal drilling, combined with hydraulic fracturing, unlocked new petroleum reserves and quickly propelled the U.S. to...
Utah launches nation’s first AI policy office, becomes model for federal regulation
Cache Valley Daily - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is pioneering a new path in artificial intelligence policy, becoming the first state in the nation to establish a dedicated Office of AI Policy (OAIP) and passing landmark legislation aimed at fostering innovation while...
Voices: I’ve attended Utah’s Pride Festival for 17 years. It’s become a feedback loop of mediocrity.
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pride flags at the Pride Parade, on Sunday, June 8, 2025. As someone who’s been to 17 of Utah’s Pride Festivals, I’ve noticed that attendance — and community support — has declined noticeably. It’s not hard to...
Lifetime Store Relocating To West Bountiful After 18 Years In Salt Lake City Due To I-15 Expansion Project
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) CLEARFIELD, UT / ACCESS Newswire / June 20, 2025 / Lifetime Products is relocating one of its nine retail store locations after 18 years in Salt Lake City just off the freeway on Warm Springs Road to a new location in West...
Pests are loving Utah’s urban growth and hotter summers
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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June 21, 2025
(Utah State University) A codling moth, a common agricultural pest that attacks various fruit grown in Utah, is shown in a green apple. The pest is growing faster due to Utah’s warmer summers, causing more problems for fruit farmers. Sitting in...
Salt Lake City International Airport Poised To Finish Rebuild By Next Year
Simple Flying
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June 20, 2025
On Wednesday, the Engineering News-Record reported that Michael Williams, the program director for the $5.2 billion construction project at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), had recently passed away. His death and final message to the...
Utah construction worker fights off ‘crazy’ black bear during campsite attack: report
New York Post
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June 21, 2025
Bearly a scratch. A Utah construction worker survived an attack from a massive, “son of a bitch” black bear who snuck up on him while at a popular campsite, according to a report. Nate Peterson, 43, was part of a four-person crew working in a...
Music Theatre West opens brilliantly staged, performed production of 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'
Cache Valley Daily - Utah
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LOGAN – The Music Theatre West production of the musical The Scarlet Pimpernel opened at the Ellen Eccles Theatre on June 20 and knocked the packed house audience deader than chivalry. By the time that the lovely Patrice Weatherston had finished...
Utah sees steady employment growth amid a national downturn
Deseret News - Utah
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June 20, 2025
Utah's employment increased by 2.5% over the year despite a national downward trend. Net addition of 42,900 jobs in Utah since May 2023, despite slight increase in unemployment rate. Despite 15% decrease in job openings in Utah, there are 1.3 jobs...
Utah’s Cutest Town Has a Quirky Name—And a Top National Park Next Door
The Travel
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June 20, 2025
Among outdoorsy types and lifelong adventurers, Utah is famed for its spectacular outdoor scenery and amazing parklands. Utah's "Mighty Five" national parks are among the most stunning (and most unique) in the National Park System, while the rest...
Utah adds 42,900 jobs over year, but unemployment edges up
Cache Valley Daily - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s economy continued its steady climb in May with a year-over-year job growth rate of 2.5%, adding an estimated 42,900 nonfarm payroll jobs since May 2024. But the state’s unemployment rate inched up to 3.2%—up from 3.1% the...
Utah unveils training video to curb over-service of alcohol
Cache Valley Daily - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — State officials unveiled a new training video Thursday aimed at helping Utah’s bartenders and alcohol servers prevent over-service, a move that underscores the state’s effort to reduce impaired driving and its often-deadly...
Taylorsville residents frustrated by prolonged construction, gas odor concerns
KMYU - Utah
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TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (KUTV) — Construction headaches and strange smells have some Taylorsville residents fed up and asking the same question: When will it end? Ongoing infrastructure work — including a large-scale gas line replacement, road repairs,...
Utah Avalanche Center report recounts a winter of fatal slides and unpredictability
Park Record - Utah
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June 20, 2025
With erratic snowfall and a rise in avalanche fatalities, this winter was defined by an unstable snowpack with persistent weak layers that lingered for months and demanded ongoing caution. Avalanche forecasters worked to deliver accurate and...
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Man Survives Black Bear Attack at Utah Campsite: 'It's Nothing Like Getting Bit by a Dog'
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW A black bear was killed after attacking a camper in Utah The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources tells PEOPLE it’s their policy to euthanize bears that show signs of aggression Nate Peterson, 43, was initially released from a local...
Interstate ramps in Salt Lake City area scheduled for weekend closures
Beehive State News - Utah
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June 19, 2025
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has announced the closure of several major interstate ramps in Salt Lake and Davis County this weekend due to construction work. The closures are part of ongoing efforts to improve road conditions...