Navajo Nation continues advocating for water and power for Navajo families residing in Westwater Subdivision indiancountrytoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiancountrytoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Utah community has no running water or power and lawmakers are being urged to fix it fox13now.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox13now.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Utah political leaders believe Biden's decision on Bears Ears boundaries is 'imminent' fox13now.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox13now.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The ghosts of the uranium boom continue to haunt the land, water and people. Image credit: U.S. Department of Energy July 30, 2021 In late August 2018, in the heat of one of the warmest and driest years on record in the Four Corners country, under a blanket of smoke emanating from wildfires burning all over the place, I piloted the Silver Bullet my trusty 1989 Nissan Sentra to the quiet burg of Monticello, Utah. I was on my way from one camping site on the Great Sage Plain to another on Comb Ridge, where I would feed my misanthropic side with a searing hike down a canyon, seeking out potholes that still had a smidgen of stagnant water left over from the last rain.
Rising rates? Paying to 'rip out' lawns? How is Utah fighting drought deseret.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from deseret.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
'Lawn' is becoming a 'four-letter word' amid Utah's dire drought msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Editor s note: This article is a part of a series reviewing Utah and U.S. history for KSL.com s Historic section. BLANDING, San Juan County A significant Navajo Nation trading post at the heart of Monument Valley in southeast Utah received major recognition Thursday as efforts begin to save it before it s possibly lost forever. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Oljato Trading Post one of its 11 most endangered historic sites in the United States this year, which highlights it as one of the more important historic sites in desperate need of rehabilitation to preserve it. The listing comes as members of the Navajo Nation and also historians have started to look into ways to rehabilitate the structures tied to the trading post and turn them into a new community center and tourism destination at the center of growing popular outdoors spots like Monument Valley and Bears Ears National Monument.
| Updated: 1:08 p.m. When it seemed like rationality and reason might actually prevail at the Utah Capitol, the hysteria took hold and Republican legislative leaders are hellbent over “critical race theory” in Utah schools even though it never has been taught in Utah schools. If you’re not sure what critical race theory is, you’re not alone. Neither does the Utah Legislature or the hundreds of angry conservative moms convinced their kids will end up in Antifa. In essence, critical race theory is a way to dig down to the foundation of our history and social structures and analyze the very real role race and racism has played and continues to play in our society. It’s been around for five decades and is taught in colleges but as a reminder is not taught in Utah public schools.
SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Legislature passed a ban on face mask requirements in schools beginning with the next academic year after an emotional debate Wednesday among some who questioned how an end to mask-wearing could impact unvaccinated students, and others who pleaded for the move to improve kids mental health. It s really about the mental health of our students, bill sponsor House Majority Assistant Whip Val Peterson, R-Orem, said. I know there s been some concerns about local control, and I just want you to know that local control is maintained, Peterson said, explaining that masks can be required by schools in collaboration with local health departments during outbreaks under HB1007.
SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Legislature passed a ban on face mask requirements in schools beginning with the next academic year after an emotional debate Wednesday among some who questioned how an end to mask-wearing could impact unvaccinated students, and others who pleaded for the move to improve kids mental health. It s really about the mental health of our students, bill sponsor House Majority Assistant Whip Val Peterson, R-Orem, said. I know there s been some concerns about local control, and I just want you to know that local control is maintained, Peterson said, explaining that masks can be required by schools in collaboration with local health departments during outbreaks under HB1007.