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(Brett Walton | Circle of Blue) Morning sun strikes the powerhouse on the Nevada side of Hoover Dam.

Utah House speaker criticizes Nevada’s Colorado River lawsuit for making a ‘difficult situation more difficult’

By Brooke Larsen | August 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Lake Powell rental pontoon boat motors down the main channel of the reservoir on Saturday, April 25, 2026, as bathtub rings are indicative of how far the waters levels have fallen since being at full capacity in the early 1980s.

The Trump admin finalized a short-term Colorado River plan. Here’s what it means for Lake Powell.

By Brooke Larsen | August 21, 2026, 9:31 p.m.

Tarot cards, secret doors and craft cocktails: Inside the speakeasy hidden in St. George

Lake Powell’s falling water levels could sink Utah’s ferry service for good

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(Photo illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

ICE arrests have quadrupled in southwest Utah under Trump. Most arrestees have no criminal convictions.

Immigration arrests have increased in southwest Utah, but most people arrested have no criminal records.

By Brooke Larsen | Andy Larsen | August 17, 2026, 1:45 p.m.

(The Dyrt camper Chuck T.) The collection of dispersed camping sites along the Valley of the Gods Road in southern Utah was named the best campsite in the U.S. in 2026 by campsite locator The Dyrt. Sites were chosen according to camper reviews.

This Utah campsite has no water, power or shade. It was just named the best in the U.S.

Dispersed camping sites accounted for half of those listed among The Dyrt’s top 10.

By Julie Jag | August 15, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) People gather for the opening of Switchpoint Red Hills, St. George's first permanent housing development for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.

Can permanent housing help tackle homelessness in this Utah city? A new project is betting on it.

Red Hills will provide seniors, veterans and homeless with apartments and on-site support

By Mark Eddington | August 14, 2026, 1:15 p.m.

(Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) A storefront in the St. George Place shopping center, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026.

REI planned to open in St. George in 2025. Here’s where things stand.

The outdoor retailer has confirmed a new opening timeline for its first southern Utah location.

By Mark Eddington | August 12, 2026, 4:41 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A boat makes its way to Bullfrog Marina on Lake Powell as high water marks indicate how much the reservoir has receded on Friday, April 24, 2026.

‘Pain and suffering’: What the feds’ Lake Powell proposal means for Utah and other Colorado River states

The Bureau of Reclamation released a massive document outlining possibilities for managing Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

By Brooke Larsen | August 12, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

The Southern Utah Tribune

What’s coming to southern Utah this month

22 new projects are planned for St. George, Hurricane, Santa Clara, Washington and Springdale, including restaurants, retail and industrial parks.

| August 10, 2026, 12:17 p.m.

(Utah Inland Port Authority) The Utah Inland Port Authority approved a new project area in Washington City on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. The project will span 320 acres in the Sunrise Valley Industrial Park area near the landfill.

A new inland port is coming to southwest Utah. School officials fear students will pay the price.

Utah Inland Port Authority approved a project area near the county landfill in Washington City.

By Brooke Larsen | August 5, 2026, 1:48 p.m.

(Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) State, local and federal officials break ground on a $12.5 million water recycling facility aimed at boosting water supplies in Washington County on Aug. 4, 2026.

Can a fast-growing Utah county keep up with its water needs? Officials say this $12.5M project is key.

The initiative is part of a long-term effort to turn wastewater to drinking water.

By Mark Eddington | August 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Indian Creek area of Bears Ears National Monument near Monticello on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

Trump said recreation in Bears Ears was virtually impossible. New documents show the White House knew otherwise.

The documents suggest the administration was “lying or spreading misinformation about these fantastic public lands,” a Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance official said.

By Maxine Joselow | The New York Times | August 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The remains of Canyonside Lodge and trail map at Eagle Point Resort, one of the smallest ski and snowboard areas in Utah, reveals what remains for one of the first areas to fall victim to the Cottonwood Fire in late June, pictured Thursday, July 9, 2026.

A Utah ski area is pulling the plug on the 2026-27 season

Fires, floods and damage to the highway leading up to Eagle Point prompted the decision.

By Julie Jag | August 4, 2026, 2:24 a.m.

(Sky Chaney) Village Light's board president, Pema Tsumpa, distributes a new solar light to a woman in Nepal.

Utahn finds a higher calling in the world’s tallest mountains

How a Kanab man’s trek to Nepal turned into an $800,000 aid mission.

By Mark Eddington | August 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hite Marina, long closed down due to the declining water levels of Lake Powell, is pictured from the Colorado River overlook on Saturday, April 25, 2026.

Trump administration allows smaller water releases from Lake Powell under new Colorado River plan

The Bureau of Reclamation released a 10-year framework for managing Lake Powell and Lake Mead, as states continue to negotiate.

By Brooke Larsen | July 31, 2026, 10:09 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Information about measles at Sugar House Health Center in Salt Lake City in June 2026.

Map: See where measles is hitting Utah the hardest

Only one state in the U.S. has seen more measles cases than Utah so far this year.

By Sean P. Means | July 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Grand County EMS) Grand County Emergency Medical Services crews respond to a cardiac arrest on the Mesa Arch Trail on Aug. 27, 2025.

Utah received millions to transform rural health. Will it work?

Utah received nearly $200 million in year-one funding from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. But rural health advocates say clinics and hospitals are still at risk of closure.

By Brooke Larsen | July 27, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bureau of Land Management) Federal agency leaders and tribal representatives on the Bears Ears Commission stand in front of the newly installed Bears Ears National Monument sign on June 18, 2022. Pictured from left, former Agriculture Department Under Secretary Homer L. Wilkes, Ute Indian Tribe Business Committee Member Christopher Tabbee, Ute Mountain Ute Councilman Malcolm Lehi, Zuni Tribe Lieutenant Governor Carleton R. Bowekaty, Hopi Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Navajo Nation Executive Assistant Davis Filfred and BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning.

Days after slashing Bears Ears, Trump administration removes tribal seals from monument signs

The Biden administration added seals of five tribes to the Bears Ears National Monument sign after agencies and tribes signed a cooperative management agreement in 2022.

By Brooke Larsen | July 23, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) St. George on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025.

Here are the southern Utah cities that are allowing personal fireworks for Pioneer Day — and the 2 that aren’t

Fireworks are back for most southern Utah cities after recent rains led the governor to move to a “hybrid” policy rather than the ban that was in place over July 4.

By Mark Eddington | July 23, 2026, 2:37 p.m.

(Utah Department of Public Safety) Flash floods washed through parts of Beaver on Sunday, July 19, 2026.

Beaver installed flood cameras after the wildfire. Four days later, the flood came.

The cameras let emergency managers track a debris flow in real time, giving them enough warning to evacuate residents before it slammed into the Grove neighborhood.

By Mark Eddington | July 22, 2026, 7:05 p.m.

(Southern Utah University) First Lt. Tyler Feehan, a student at Southern Utah University, was killed in military action in Jordan on Saturday, July 18, 2026.

Southern Utah University student serving in U.S. Army killed in Iranian attack

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called the death of First Lt. Tyler James Feehan “a tremendous loss.”

By Courtney Tanner | July 21, 2026, 1:52 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) St. George on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025.

Will Pioneer Day fireworks be banned in southern Utah? St. George has already decided.

St. George is planning to allow personal fireworks, while other Washington County cities are taking a wait-and-see approach.

By Mark Eddington | July 19, 2026, 3:49 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A fisherman tries his luck in the receding waters near Bullfrog Marina at Lake Powell on Friday, Saturday, April 24, 2026. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area officials plan to move the marina to the deeper waters in the main channel of the reservoir across from Halls Crossing.

The Colorado River’s 2 biggest reservoirs just hit a new record low

Total water stored in Lake Powell and Lake Mead drop to levels last seen before Lake Powell even existed.

By Brooke Larsen | July 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Construction for a new overpass in St. George, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026.

A southern Utah I-15 project is getting a major funding boost. Here’s what it means.

Project aims to bridge city’s highway divide and improve public safety

By Mark Eddington | July 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.