A storm forecast to wreak havoc across the South this weekend should also help ease the Wasatch Front's longstanding inversion first and deliver some snow to other parts of Utah.

Happy weekend, Utah! We have arrived to Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend with dry conditions and hazy sunshine, and some poor air.

District leaders cast the Orem tunnel and its earthquake-resistant pipe as one slice of a broader, multi-year push to strengthen Wasatch Front water delivery against quakes and landslides. For now, they are betting this underground detour is their best shot at avoiding a multi-county water outage when the ground eventually starts to shake.

Utah’s Great Salt Lake ended 2025 with the third-lowest water level in a century, prompting concerns about dust from the exposed lakebed that can degrade air quality across the Wasatch Front.

Grab the umbrellas as you head out this morning! We have much-needed rain moving through parts of the Wasatch Front early this morning, with a chance of isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Showers are lifting northeast throughout the day and will help ...

Note to readers • This story has been updated to reflect that Utah Energy and the state propose building a facility to manufacture equipment used in the enrichment of uranium at Camp Williams. Utah Energy previously said it proposed building an ...

Dru White has logged more than 8,200 miles in the Wasatch Mountains since he retired nearly 14 years ago.