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Tale of a transferred transfer station: Talking trash in San Juan County, Utah Durango, Colorado Currently Tue 3% chance of precipitation 6% chance of precipitation 10% chance of precipitation 1% chance of precipitation Sunday, April 11, 2021 1:03 PM The town of Bluff, Utah, is without a transfer station to deposit trash before it is hauled to the San Juan County landfill. On Nov. 20, 2018, county commissioners voted to transfer ownership of the transfer station to the Hole-in-the-Rock Foundation, a Mormon nonprofit group. Adobe stock Tale of a tran...

U.S. interior secretary looks to restore Utah monuments slashed by Trump Reuters 2 hrs ago By Valerie Volcovici © Reuters/Bob Strong FILE PHOTO: Bears Ears, twin rock formations, are pictured in Utah's Four Corners region By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will kick off a two-day visit to Utah on Thursday where she will meet with tribes and political officials to discuss the potential restoration of two national monuments that were slashed in size by former President Donald Trump in order to open them to mining and drilling. ...

| Updated: 5:47 p.m. If you try calling attorney Bruce Baird about one of his many lawsuits over the past few years, odds are good you’ll catch him at his vacation home in Costa Rica. Utah residents might recognize Baird’s name from more recent cases, like his successful push to get the contentious Olympia Hills development approved in Salt Lake County. Or his failed attempt to pressure Utah County into letting a client build a swanky lodge atop Bridal Veil Falls. Or when he intimidated the town of Bluff into giving up hundreds of acres of its brand-new town.

| Updated: 3:19 p.m. With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden could return Utah’s two largest national monuments to their original sizes. Instead, he opted to open a 60-day review into how his predecessor shrunk the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by 2 million acres, leaving open a range of options for the new administration. An executive order issued Wednesday instructs the Interior Secretary, a post likely to be filled by Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, to submit findings and recommendations for moving forward on the future of these landscapes that have b...