Amid growing apprehension around license plate cameras across the country — especially those that are part of the Flock Safety network — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told reporters he shares concerns around privacy and whether those cameras are being misused. Cox’s comments came Thursday during a news conference hosted by PBS Utah, after a Utah […]
Mary Dickson, a downwinder from Salt Lake City who has survived thyroid cancer, said when she first saw Utah’s pro-nuclear billboards earlier this year while driving to Idaho, “I wanted to scream.” The state-funded billboards with messages like “nuclear energy is cleaner than a candle” and “nuclear plants emit less radiation than bananas” were on […]
Crews in Utah are getting a hand from the National Guard as wildfires across the state and nation continue to stretch resources thin.
Utah has burned through an estimated $33 million to fight raging wildfires this year, putting the state on track to outspend last year’s record total.
Following similar steps of elected officials in Washington D.C., Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is spearheading the state’s own push to bolster quantum technology development with a new executive order. The technology, often used to create tools in computing, sensing and communications by applying the principles of quantum physics, has been in the eye of leaders […]
The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission has selected 12 nominees — three women and nine men — that Utah Gov. Spencer Cox may choose from when deciding how to fill two vacancies on the newly expanded Utah Supreme Court. The two open seats on the state’s highest court result from the sudden resignation of Justice Diana […]
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on Thursday struck an $18.4 million deal to help Beaver and Piute counties recover from wildfire and flooding damage. Cox and Schultz signed the agreement Thursday ahead of touring areas impacted by the over 97,000-acre Cottonwood Fire in Beaver County (including where flash flooding […]
A micro nuclear reactor may be coming to Utah as the state’s Office of Energy Development announced it signed an agreement with Nuclea Energy, a Canadian nuclear technology developer, to explore siting a test reactor in central Utah. Morpheus, the microreactor Nuclea Energy is developing, is “designed to be factory-built, transportable and scalable from approximately […]
A severe wildfire season in Utah is still going strong.
Utah's state forester has been tapped to lead the Utah Department of Natural Resources.
