Utah State and Weber State

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (434+ words) A NEW plastic bag ban has been initiated, and shoppers frequenting multiple different stores will be affected. Customers from Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Stop & Shop must keep the new rule in mind if they’re looking to declutter anytime soon. The…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (500+ words) Seeing a wild animal from a distance can be incredible. Having one come charging after you is a very different experience. Fortunately, most encounters between people and bears end without injury, but bears are powerful wild animals and their behavior…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (518+ words) San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has helped establish a third reintroduced population of endangered Pacific pocket mice at North San Mateo, a training area within Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Establishes Third Reintroduced Population of…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago   (408+ words) Published Oct 12, 2026 9:00 AM EDT An endangered mouse is slowly returning to the Golden State. Pacific pocket mice (Perognathus longimembris pacificus) are about as large as a human thumb and about as heavy as three pennies. Unsurprisingly, they are the smallest…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (500+ words) For FY 2026 alone, IIJA provided $2.603 billion in general supplemental funding for each of the Clean Water SRF and Drinking Water SRF programs, plus $3 billion through the Drinking Water SRF for lead service line replacement, $800 million through the Drinking Water SRF…...

5+ hour, 32+ min ago   (344+ words) Wyoming lawmakers are considering new measures to regulate online gambling. Facing another record-breaking year for money wagered at Wyoming gambling establishments, lawmakers are mulling new measures to regulate the industry. In a unanimous vote this week, lawmakers on Wyoming’s Select…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (294+ words) Flash flooding in the Grand Canyon's South Rim killed three people in August and also cut off the water supply for nearly 2,000 people who live and work in the area. Now, volunteers and nonprofits are working to restore it. Rescuers…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1485+ words) Vermont’s Agency of Education advises schools to keep ChatGPT-style chatbots away from students through eighth grade. But the agency can’t tell parents which schools have turned on Google’s Gemini chatbot for students, because it doesn’t collect that information. The state…...

5+ hour, 53+ min ago   (632+ words) While its ability to predict the weather may be overstated, the Groundhog is still a perceptive creature that always seems to stay on the lookout. The Groundhog (scientific name Marmota monax) belongs to the Rodent Order, in the Family Sciuridae....

6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1293+ words) Students now use AI constantly. A 2026 survey of 1,054 UK undergraduates found that 94% use generative AI to support assessed work. In fact, 12% include AI-generated text directly in their submissions. Teachers want answers, and AI detectors promise them. However, a wrong flag…...