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A shopper who receives SNAP benefits slides an EBT card at a checkout counter in a Washington, D.C., grocery store in December 2024.

Food

Utahns will be banned from using SNAP to buy soda starting Jan. 1

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 30, 2025

A solar installation in Emery County, with PacifiCorp’s Hunter coal-fired power plant in the background, is pictured on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Environment

Utah leaders are hindering efforts to develop solar despite a goal to double its energy supply

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 30, 2025

Vehicles zoom down Broadway as a pedestrian waits to cross the street in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, N.Y., this month. Lawmakers in some states, including New York, are taking steps to curb aggressive driving.

Community

States crack down on aggressive driving

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 29, 2025

People walk on the south steps of the Capitol in Salt Lake City before a special session of the legislature on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

Weather

Salt Lake is experiencing its second-warmest December on record

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 26, 2025

Medical Assistant Janet Casamichana gives a flu shot to a child in Coral Gables, Fla., in September. Measles cases nationwide rose to 1,958 this year as of Dec. 16.

Health

Measles cases rise amid holiday travel

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 24, 2025

Tabby Mountain, a 28,500-acre block in eastern Utah owned by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. The land has been at the center of a controversy involving hunting interests, school trust principles, and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.

Environment

Ute Indian Tribe says a top state lawmaker meddled when it tried to buy back land

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 19, 2025

A variety of kratom and 7-OH products — including capsules, cartridges and wellness shots — are on display at a smoke shop in Buffalo, N.Y. States have led the way in regulating kratom, and now federal officials want to ban 7-OH, a powerful compound found in some kratom products.

Health

What is kratom — and why Utah lawmakers want to ban it

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 18, 2025

Health

Measles spreads in waiting rooms, so call ahead instead of walking in, health officials say

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 15, 2025

Environment

Rocky Mountain Power requests 4.48% rate increase to feed fire fund

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 4, 2025

National Parks

Fees to increase for international visitors to national parks

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Dec 1, 2025

The EnergySolutions Clive facility in Utah.

Health

Nuclear waste may travel from Canada to Utah under EnergySolutions proposal

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Nov 26, 2025

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Brigham City City Mayor DJ Bott, Joel Ferry, Rick Springman and Emy Lesofski during the announcement of a nuclear “energy ecosystem” in Brigham City on Nov. 17, 2025.

Business

Nuclear ‘energy ecosystem’ and, eventually, Utah’s first reactor will live in Brigham City

by Utah News Dispatch
Published: Nov 25, 2025

Utah News Dispatch

Food

Utahns will be banned from using SNAP to buy soda starting Jan. 1

Environment

Utah leaders are hindering efforts to develop solar despite a goal to double its energy supply

Community

States crack down on aggressive driving

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Weather

Salt Lake is experiencing its second-warmest December on record

Health

Measles cases rise amid holiday travel

Environment

Ute Indian Tribe says a top state lawmaker meddled when it tried to buy back land

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Health

What is kratom — and why Utah lawmakers want to ban it

Health

Measles spreads in waiting rooms, so call ahead instead of walking in, health officials say

Environment

Rocky Mountain Power requests 4.48% rate increase to feed fire fund

National Parks

Fees to increase for international visitors to national parks

Health

Nuclear waste may travel from Canada to Utah under EnergySolutions proposal

Business

Nuclear ‘energy ecosystem’ and, eventually, Utah’s first reactor will live in Brigham City

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