Patterns of record-breaking temps affect life in places like Utah, scientists say – especially when it comes to our 💧 supply.

Yes, there is a stigma around holding students back. Even so, Gov. Cox hopes the possibility motivates parents and teachers to offer more support.

The current school year phone restrictions – which by default allowed them during lunch and in the halls – didn’t go far enough for Gov. Cox. He’s pushing for the entire school day.

It’s been harder to attract young people, says the Utah Farm Bureau, as farming as a livelihood gets increasingly difficult.

In its attempt to boost literacy rates, Utah hopes for a “Mississippi Miracle” of its own.

What’s in Utah’s 🏠 forecast for 2026?

Gov. Cox dismisses the idea that the move is politically motivated, noting that Utah’s firm right lean makes a court expansion unlikely to change current dynamics.

“We're already hammering lions hard enough,” said the founder of Utah Mountain Lion Conservation.

It’s not just buses and trailers. Some heavy-duty pickups can also exceed Zion’s size limit. Protip: Measure before you go.

The governor’s bell-to-bell 🚫 would apply to both 📱 and smart ⌚

Utah’s home interest rates are slowly creeping down. Not ideal for sellers, but could be good for first-time buyers.

Half of Utah’s 3rd-graders aren’t reading at grade level. The gov thinks a policy requiring them to be held back can help Utah improve literacy rates.

Chillin’ on the train home after work isn’t a bad way to unwind – as opposed to driving through rush hour.

When should a student be held back for their reading ability? Kindergarten? 3rd grade? Utah policymakers are still trying to figure all that out.

Warmer winters mean the precipitation that would’ve given us ❄️ in years past, instead falls as ☔

Utah GOP leaders say it’s about efficiency. Others see it as court packing.

NOTE: Large vehicles will still be able to drive through Zion’s south entrance and park at the main visitor center.

Where will Utah find its next generation of farmers?

Stephen Chbosky’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” was named by @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social as one of the best books for young adults – which, along with “Wicked,” is now banned in Utah.

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will cull the cougar population to aid a study on the link between mule deer populations and predators. Some conservationists and hunters aren’t OK with it.

Record-breaking warmth has been a pattern for Utah over the last few years. Scientists say we’re moving into “a very new environment.”

What’s a 🔔 to 🔔 ban? It means no 📱 for students once the school 🔔 rings

The study requires removing as many cougars as possible with any legal method, including trapping, in 6 wildlife hunt units across the state. www.kuer.org/science-envi...

The ACLU wants a federal court to block Utah’s law, and for banned books to be returned to school library shelves.

Depending on their school this year, students faced a patchwork of cellphone rules. Next year, it could be the same ban for everyone.

How easy is it to get around in #SLC without a 🚗? Here’s what we learned from a few commuters.

2025: Close encounters of the warm kind for several Utah cities.

Zion’s new oversized vehicle rule applies to RVs, tour 🚌 and even some heavy-duty 🛻 . Time to bust out the tape measures.

Kids are expected to know how to read by the time they’re in 4th grade. If they don’t, everything becomes harder, experts say.

No chorus lines or dancing monkeys here. The original source material for the “Wicked” musical and films wasn’t intended to be family-friendly, the author has said.

Utah’s book ban list is up to 22 titles. So it goes. (As the Tralfamadorians would say.)

Ogden’s decision was partly based on a survey that was unclear to some respondents. The answers were mixed, and the vote was very close.

Utah’s agricultural workforce is aging on the farm.

The change is for safety reasons, says Zion’s transportation manager. “I don't care how good of a driver you are, if your vehicle physically does not fit on the roadway, you're not going to stay in your own lane.”

Utah’s housing market is in its 4th year of pandemic recovery, notes a Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute Senior Fellow. “It's going to take probably another year to really get to the end of this.”

The unofficial Mount Ogden golf trail will stay closed. But a group of trail advocates says they aren’t ready to give up.

20 states have all-day school phone bans. Will Utah join the ranks?

Next week (January 13-17), most of the West and Southern Plains lean drier than normal. Greater than normal precipitation chances are favored for the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and the East. Temperatures: Above-normal temps are likely for most of the US. www.drought.gov/forecasts

When it comes to Utah’s 💧 supply, warmer temps are a “dual threat,” says a @utah.edu hydrology prof. It evaporates water while making it harder to predict when we’ll get more of it.

Suing the state are authors @elanakarnold.bsky.social and @ellenhopkins.bsky.social, Kurt Vonnegut’s estate and 2 Utah high school students.

With the busy summer on the horizon, Zion wants to get the word out on the new oversized vehicle restrictions.

By 4th grade, students go from learning to read to reading to learn. Students who can’t read by then will struggle in every subject.

3 new titles were added to Utah’s banned book list, including the one that inspired the musical “Wicked.”

It was another year of record-breaking weather for Utah in 2025 – and not the good kind.

When it comes to child care and working full-time, many Utah families find themselves in a 🐓 or 🥚 situation.

Utah’s law, the ACLU contends, removes critically-acclaimed books “not because they lack literary merit,” but because they acknowledge topics like sexuality and sexual assault.

Some snow is *finally* finding its way into Utah... but the warmer temps are also hanging around like a bad house guest. buff.ly/1fMrmzi

Utah's stubborn housing market is "paying the piper for what happened during COVID with extremely low interest rates and the sales surge."

“We don’t believe this was a targeted attack against a religion or anything like that,” Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said of last night's shooting outside a meetinghouse in Rose Park.

Gov. Cox wants to take a 📄 from Mississippi’s 📘 to get Utah’s reading scores where they need to be.