Public Lands
Lands that Trump cut from Bears Ears were opened to mining claims last week. Prospectors filed 16 that same day.
— Sixteen mining claims were filed at Bears Ears the day lands cut from the monument by Trump opened to new claims, drawing alarm from environmental groups over potential uranium mining and land disturbance.More: KSL , Salt Lake Tribune All 3 reports
Insurance company launches own investigation into catastrophic Midvale apartment fire
— An insurance company's investigators will conduct a destructive joint examination of the fire-damaged Midvale North Union Apartments beginning Sept. 21, after Unified Fire Authority's report left the cause of the $65…More: ABC 4 , ABC4 (YouTube) , Fox 13 , Fox 13 (YouTube) , KJZZ , KSL , KUTV 2News , KUTV 2News (YouTube) , KUTV 2News (YouTube) All 10 reports
Voices: A bat in my sink revealed a dark truth about our healthcare system
— An opinion piece describes a personal encounter with a bat that led the author to critique U.S. healthcare policy around rabies vaccine access and cost.
Reauthorize the Legacy Restoration Fund to preserve Utah’s national parks, economy
— An opinion piece by the head of Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks urges Congress to reauthorize the expired Legacy Restoration Fund, which invested $133.8 million in Utah's national parks, to address a $621.5…
Groups opposing Utah monument cuts say a new survey supports their cause
— A new poll commissioned by the Grand Canyon Trust found 66% of Utah voters support restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to their prior boundaries, following Trump's July order shrinking…More: Moab Sun News , St George News (Washington County) All 3 reports