Utah

A man from Palo Alto drowned after saving his son in Lake Powell, Utah.

Airport officials facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during what could be a ferocious wildfire season, potentially endangering surrounding communities.

The parking lot at the trailhead to Corona Arch was packed on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. A national park ranger posted a sign saying to come back later, a common problem that was forgotten about during the pandemic.

Images of deer, bears, moose and coyotes crossing a specially dedicated thoroughfare for wildlife have officials in Utah calling the project a huge success. 

The plan released by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management aims to limit wildfires in a 350,000-square-mile area of mainly sagebrush habitat that includes parts of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah.

Fierce, strong, and inspiring. Those have been words repeatedly used to describe 17-year-old Sarah Frei, a Utah teenager, who tragically lost both of her legs when an alleged drunk driver hit her in a head-on collision over the summer. And it’s been her fighting spirit that has lifted up people across the country and around the world, as they have followed her story on social media.

Authorities in Utah are investigating the shooting of a 13-year-old autistic boy by police in the Salt Lake City area.

Since Disney theme parks are closed until at least the end of March, one family decided to bring the magic of Disney into their home, making the most of their shelter-in-place situation.

A little over a year later, Howard came to the Sundance Film Festival to premiere “Rebuilding Paradise,” a documentary he directed about the aftermath of the Camp Fire, including the colossal cleanup and rebuilding efforts of the close-knit rural community.