Utah to buy, preserve land near Great Salt Lake
State leaders say they’re moving closer toward a goal of snapping up more land on the southeast side of the Great Salt Lake to help protect it from any further encroaching development.
Out West
As Colorado River shrinks, a public power system frays
Gunnison River hydropower under stress as data center development creates increasing demand for electricity generation.
WA voters will get to weigh in on new income tax
Washington voters will get their chance in November to embrace or reject the state’s new income tax on households with earnings greater than a million dollars a year.
Tribal reps say they were left out of monument reduction decision
Two coalitions of Native American tribes emphasized Tuesday that they weren’t consulted before President Donald Trump downsized Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by roughly 90%.
Initiative to end Idaho's strict abortion ban makes ballot
Idahoans United for Women and Families collected more than 110,000 signatures for ballot initiative that would also protect contraceptives, IVF access.
Residents of Colorado town ask state to reject abandonment
A new law fast-tracks Colorado town abandonment after the local government in the rural town of Hartman resigned in January, leaving no one to run elections or maintain the town’s water supply.
Probe of WA fish and wildlife commissioners continues
An investigation of Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members launched by Gov. Bob Ferguson last summer is taking longer and costing more than expected.
New campground opens along Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes in Idaho
The state of Idaho opened a new campground along the popular Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes, which stretches from Mullan to Plummer.
Divisions emerge as WA looks to retool its wolf shooting rules
As now written, owners of domestic animals, owner’s family members, an owner’s employee or the agent of an owner can kill one gray wolf without a permit if it’s caught attacking livestock.
Judge halts roundup of wild horses in Arizona
Wild free-roaming horses will continue to rove national forests in Arizona and New Mexico after a judge granted a preliminary injunction to stop removal of the equines.