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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — The second driest state in the country, Utah, doesn’t contribute much water to the Colorado River as it flows from Rocky Mountain headwaters through Canyonlands National Park to Lake Powell.

Utah is less dependent on Colorado River river than Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California. Still, the state aggressively pursues conservation measures.

In November 1922, seven land-owning white men brokered a deal to allocate water from the Colorado River, which winds through the West and into Mexico.

As firefighters battle a wildfire threatening a grove of giant sequoias in the national park, high temperatures were posing a challenge in California and Utah, with Texas regulators warning of potential rolling blackouts on Monday.

'The Talk': These teens from rural Utah are filling ‘the gaps’ in sex ed. PRICE, UT — Des Childs really wanted to win sex ed trivia. She quickly picked her response to each question on her phone, and then her eyes darted to the TV screen, scanning to see if she had earned...

Utah Republican congressional candidates Jake Hunsaker and Chris Herrod took the debate stage alone as incumbent Reps. Burgess Owens and John Curtis decline to participate in debates sanctioned by the Utah Debate Commission.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild...

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms, the agency said Wednesday.

MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah -- Federal officials signed an agreement with leaders of the Navajo Nation on Friday that provides funding for clean drinking water infrastructure for reservation residents and resolves

The $210 million deal will go toward providing clean drinking water infrastructure to the Navajo Nation.