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Drilling waste disposal impacts oil and gas market
Utah's Division of Oil, Gas and Mining estimates that 90 percent of drilling waste is water with the remainder comprised of drilling mud and sludge.
2. Another swine flu-related death reported ...
Utah health officials are reporting another death related to swine flu -- the fourth this flu season.
Creative writing student wins Mailer award
John Gilmore, winner of the first annual Norman Mailer College Nonfiction Writing Award, reads a book in the Merrill-Cazier Library.
Troubled Eagle View Elementary coming back to life
Eagle View Elementary principal Robert Stearmer gives a hug of encouragement to Talon Tohtsoni in the hallway at Eagle View Elementary School.
Bittersweet history revisited in eastern Utah
People peer into a hole in Utah Highway 121 where the marker for the Uintah Special Meridian lies.
Long before GPS technology, key physical markers, critical to surveying, were already established.
Utah releases No Child Left Behind school scores
Over bagels and orange juice, teachers at Hillsdale Elementary School in West Valley City learned the good news Tuesday morning.
USU Distance Education names associate dean
Utah State University has recently hired Martha Archuleta as associate dean for the USU Regional Campuses and Distance Education Wasatch Front region.
Beneath the surface: Hard times, high hopes meet in Uintah Basin
The honking begins as soon as the guy in the cowboy hat takes his position on Main Street.
School districts cautious ahead of Obama speech to students
School districts across Northern Utah are taking precautions ahead of a speech from President Obama to students next Tuesday.
Obama protest planned by parents
Parents across Utah are preparing to protest a live broadcast by President Obama scheduled to be shown in schools nationwide Tuesday.
As principal Debbie Koji strolls across the fresh playground blacktop, three children run up and throw their arms around her for a giant circle hug.
Child, 1, run over in own driveway
A Uintah County toddler was seriously injured last week when he was run over in the driveway of his home by a family member, authorities said.
Technology grants available for Utah colleges
In an effort to bring innovative new technologies to market from Utah's public colleges and universities, USTAR has launched the Technology Commercialization Grant program.
The Sun also rises in Carbon County's early days
Fred T. Waltrous, a newsman of note at the time, took over management of the Eastern Utah Advocate on July 3, 1913.
Natural arches at issue in Utah land trade
The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY -- When professional appraisers value a swap of state and federal parcels in Utah, they'll have to put a dollar value on a pair of notable natural arches.
Utah felt the heat of more than two dozen summer fires Thursday that closed down roads and highways and even a runway at Salt Lake International Airport.
Lightning sparks fires in Northern Utah
Utah felt the heat of more than two dozen summer fires Thursday that closed down roads and highways and even a runway at Salt Lake City International Airport.
Driver dies in Interstate 84 crash
A motorist was killed when his sports utility vehicle crashed into a flatbed trailer Friday around 5:30 p.m. The accident happened on I-84 near mile marker 81 in the mouth of Weber Canyon outside of Uintah.