4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (147+ words) Overall water availability, which relies heavily on snowpack, is significantly below normal. Utah’s reservoir storage is at 48% capacity, down 14% from last year, with the Sevier Bridge and Piute... Utah’s mountains receive above-normal rain; reservoirs still lacking Utah’s mountains have benefitted…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (121+ words) KPCW Utah lifts fire restrictions; Park City, North Summit bans still in place Authorities are reducing fire restrictions in parts of the state after monsoonal rains have reduced fire danger over the last few weeks. Stage 1 and 2 fire restrictions will…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (137+ words) Utah has seen more than 1,000 wildfires so far this year, about 80 more than this time last year. But state fire officials say human-caused fires are down. Utah Fire Info reports people caused 46% of this year’s wildfires compared to 68% in 2025 and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (218+ words) Utah’s mountains are hiding a ton of ice — perhaps a billion tons of it. Those ice troves are locked inside “rock glaciers,” which are hidden under a shell of rocky scree that insulates the ice and slows its melt. Scientists…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (408+ words) Chainsaws were buzzing Aug. 15 along the Summit County ridge that follows state Route 65 from East Canyon to the north edge of the Henefer Valley. It was just over a week since the Rocky Canyon Fire started and grew to about…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (410+ words) Chainsaws were buzzing Aug. 15 along the Summit County ridge that follows state Route 65 from East Canyon to the north edge of the Henefer Valley. It had been just over a week since the Rocky Canyon Fire started and grew to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (622+ words) Crews literally fought fire with fire after the Rocky Canyon Fire sparked Aug. 7 near East Canyon State Park. On Aug. 9, when it was growing rapidly, flames raced toward the firefighters’ camp along state Route 65. Spokesperson Elisha Hornung said crews had…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (44+ words) KPCW How wildland firefighters battle wildfires in Utah Unified Fire Authority Battalion Chief Riley Pilgrim shares the difference between firefighting strategies for wildfires versus house fires, and what crews are doing to battle the Rocky Canyon Fire....

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (513+ words) Firefighting crews in Utah are getting a hand from the National Guard as wildfires across the state and nation continue to stretch resources thin. Soldiers with the Utah Army National Guard are using Black Hawk military helicopters to drop water…...

1+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (490+ words) Inflation is partly to blame. But the rising cost also reflects the sheer size of this year’s fires, their encroachment on communities and the intense heat, drought and wind making them more resistant to containment, said Wade Snyder, deputy state…...