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A high-ranking official from the U.S. Department of the Interior touched down in Salt Lake City this week to meet behind closed doors with leaders from the state, Utah’s national parks and their surrounding communities.

Utah's Minor Protection in Social Media Act requires social media platforms to take extra care with minor users. But a federal judge blocked its enforcement in 2024.

Over the next four decades, Utah’s population is on track to rise from about 3.6 million residents today to more than 5.6 million — an increase of 2 million people, or roughly the size of Idaho’s current population.

The state and Brigham City partnered with Hi Tech Solutions and Holtec International to advance energy manufacturing, workforce development and a fleet of small modular reactors

A fight over which states along the Colorado River have to cut their water use may still be damming up negotiations like the towering concrete of Lake Powell.

While visitors may not notice a significant impact in the short term, others say the shutdown is holding parks and their staff back from meeting their mission to preserve the land and serve the public.

Rocky Mountain Power started construction on its new 10-story, 300,000-square-foot, all-electric headquarters, which alongside a potential Major League Baseball stadium, is set to become the landmark of the so-called Power District on Salt Lake City’s west side.

Advocates from Oregon, Idaho and Utah want to bring back the Pioneer, a train line discontinued in 1997 because of funding shortfalls.

Rodatherm Energy’s project in Millard and Beaver counties had stalled because of funding, but is back on track.

About 48,000 acres of federally-owned land in Utah are available for coal-mining operations, a big step in the Trump administration’s plan to increase energy production in the country, particularly fossil fuels.