Out fishin': Thousands of Utah special needs youth, young adults take to the pond
SALEM, Utah County — Nearly 1,500 kids and adults with special needs and disabilities spent their day reeling in fish and enjoying the outdoors on Tuesday at the annual Kids Fishing Day at Salem Pond. Attendees from local school districts had the chance to learn how to cast a fishing line, reel in a fish and choose to keep or throw back their catch. Around 500 volunteers from several organizations helped run the event by preparing fishing rods, pre-hooking fish, assisting attendees and cleaning any fish being taken home for...
The geothermal gamble: Fervo’s bold bid to disrupt clean energy
Fervo Energy’s geothermal drilling rig is pictured Monday, May 12, 2025, in Beaver County, Utah. Fervo has drilled over 75% of the wells for Phase I of the development. Industrial geothermal energy has been used for nearly two centuries. It‘s not a new concept, but in the United States, it‘s taken a backseat to other renewable energy sources like wind and hydropower. One company is trying to change that. Founded in 2017, Texas-based Fervo Energy is making groundbreaking moves in the clean energy landscape, and they’re doing it in Utah’s...
US small business administrator discusses tariffs, new initiative during Utah visit
SALT LAKE CITY — With the U.S. and China's trade war at the center of business conversations across the nation, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday paid the Beehive State a visit to talk tariffs. President Donald Trump last week said an 80% tariff on Chinese goods "seems right," suggesting for the first time a specific alternative to the 145% levies he has imposed on Chinese imports ahead of closely watched weekend talks between the two countries. Loeffler's visit to Utah took her to Davis Technical College...
Kim Kardashian tells accused in Paris jewel heist that she forgives him
PARIS — Reality TV star Kim Kardashian told the alleged mastermind of a jewel heist in which she thought she was going to die that she forgives him but that this took away none of the trauma from being held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room in 2016. "I absolutely thought I was going to die," the billionaire celebrity told a Paris court on Tuesday, recounting her shock and fear during the attack, in which she thought she was going to be raped and shot. "I thought about my...
UDOT announces reopening dates for some of Utah's biggest mountain routes
SALT LAKE CITY — State Route 148 in Cedar Breaks National Monument reopened on Tuesday, but some of Utah's other remaining picturesque seasonal routes are slated to reopen just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. SR 65, which links East Canyon and Emigration Canyon, is on track to reopen on Friday, as will state Route 39, alternatively known as Monte Cristo Highway, according to the Utah Department of Transportation. The agency adds that Guardsman Pass, which links Brighton to Park City, is scheduled to reopen on May 22. Wolf...
Water in the arid West and how Sen. John Curtis wants to shore up needs
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has already issued an emergency drought declaration for 17 of the state’s 29 counties. In southern Utah, the Virgin River is a shadow of itself and it is only May with the summer heat still left to come. Sens. John Curtis, R-Utah and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., on Tuesday introduced the Restoring WIFIA Eligibility Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation aimed at strengthening water quality and storage infrastructure across the western United States. Companion legislation has been introduced in the House. A map released this month by the U.S....
Republicans Push for Surge in Geothermal Energy on Federal Land
A drill rig stands at a Fervo Energy geothermal site under construction near Milford, Utah, in 2023. Republican lawmakers are pushing to launch a series of geothermal energy projects on federal land in the Southwest. GOP members of the House Committee on Natural Resources convened for a hearing in Cedar City, Utah, on Monday to advocate for galvanizing geothermal energy projects, a renewable-energy source that takes heat from deep beneath the earth and uses it to generate energy for heating, cooling and electricity. The process is similar to fracking, but...
'The Paper' premiering on Peacock in fall 2025. Here's who's in the cast.
'The Paper' premiering on Peacock in fall 2025. Here's who's in the cast. PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 26: Tim Key at The Vulture Spot at Sundance Film Festival at The Vulture Spot on January 26, 2025 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Vox Media) Tommaso Boddi, Getty Images For Vox Media NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 28: Ramona Young attends the "You're Cordially Invited" New York screening at Jazz at Lincoln Center on January 28, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty...
Out of work and on the dole — is Uncle Sam contributing to young men’s malaise?
American men are in trouble. From Richard Reeves’ "Of Boys and Men" to Nicholas Eberstadt’s "Men Without Work," we have learned that men are opting out of our most important institutions — work, education and family — in record numbers.
But what or who is to blame for this male malaise?
Uncle Sam.
'Killer robot' talks at UN continues as regulation lags
GENEVA — Countries are meeting at the United Nations on Monday to revive efforts to regulate the kinds of AI-controlled autonomous weapons increasingly used in modern warfare, as experts warn time is running out to put guardrails on new lethal technology. Autonomous and artificial intelligence-assisted weapons systems are already playing a greater role in conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza. And rising defense spending worldwide promises to provide a further boost for burgeoning AI-assisted military technology.