Utah News

Shareholders of the Logan and Northern Canal now have water restored to their access points, according to project spokesperson Andy Neff.

In July 2009 a breach in the canal caused a landslide that killed 3 residents of Cache Valley. Due to the closure of that section of the canal, shareholders have not been able to access irrigation water from the canal.

Road work on the sections where the road was cut to lay pipe for the canal is expected to begin the week of May 20th and continue through the end of the month.

A coalition of environmental and community organizations are asking the Utah Department of Transportation to reevaluate their proposal for the West Davis Corridor, a 24-mile highway that would skirt the Great Salt Lake to the north of the Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area.

Tim Wagner is from the Utah Sierra Club and said that a draft plan by the Utah Department of Transportation to build a 4-lane highway along the banks of the Great Salt Lake is misguided.

Authorities in the Uintah Basin are working with federal investigators to determine what caused an explosion of an oil tank Tuesday evening which killed one man and injured another. The blast occurred just after 8:30 Tuesday night next to a crude oil well near Myton – about  20 miles south of Roosevelt. 

In a five-week period two men have died near Moab who were engaging in a new extreme sport, back country rope swinging. As a result, the Bureau of Land Management is studying whether stricter rules should be in place. UPR's Jon Kovash reports.

St. George street crews are mopping up a day after a 15-minute downpour caused mud and other debris to clock storm drains and flood city streets with nearly three feet of water in some areas.

St. George street crews had to wait for the rain to stop and water to drain away before they could work to remove mud and debris from clogged drainage grates.

UPR and Dixie Regional Medical Center are sponsoring the StoryCorps recording booth in St. George happening now to June 1 in the St. George town square.

You do not need to be a resident of St. George, or even Utah. Come to the booth and share your story. You can reserve your spot to interview someone by calling 1-800-850-4406 or going to the StoryCorps reservation website.