Tucked away on state Route 18 is a trail where hikers meander through pinyon-juniper forest, braving rocky and sandy conditions to get to a single point — one of the ...

At stake is control of public lands in Western states, and conservationists fear increased efforts to roll back protections ...

The state in August filed a lawsuit asking the court to declare the federal Bureau of Land Management’s ownership of 18.5 million acres of land in Utah unconstitutional.

A pair of land bills advanced on unanimous votes from the Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee on ...

The Supreme Court is turning back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government.

In Emery County, fourth-generation coal miner Jared Simms says, “This whole area was raised on coal mining." But at 49, he ...

A coalition of Utah Republicans has filed legislation invoking a 19th century mining law to block the Bureau of Land ...

In 1996, President Bill Clinton created the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument with pen and paper at a table in neighboring Arizona. The designation came as a harsh surprise to Utah political leaders ...

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while hoping in vain for different results, then Utah’s ...

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The Salt Lake Tribune examines the shifting political landscape and its effect on Utah's Bear Ears and Grand ...