The Bear River Health Department has confirmed its first human West Nile Virus case in Cache County in 2024, its second in the Bear River district.

The Jordan Valley Water Conservancy announced Monday that it plans to release about 10,000 acre-feet of water from Utah Lake over the next month, sending more water to the Great Salt Lake via the Jordan River, which connects the two bodies of water.

With agreements expiring in 2026, Utah Water Research Lab at Utah State University is looking to inform others of what is likely to occur to the Colorado River after these management systems are gone.

The Colorado River District wants to buy water used by the Shoshone hydropower, but a Front Range water supplier wants to see more data.

Utah faces a precarious water future. Roughly three-fourths of the state’s water goes to agriculture and Utah is investing millions to help farmers and ranchers modernize their irrigation.

Utah researchers are working to restore Green River tributaries with a host of strategies including reintroducing beavers and removing invasive plants.

Washington County officials are pushing for a highway to be built through a national conservation area. Conservation organizations and many St. George residents object.

In other news, Utah schools could be on their way to implementing similar panic alert systems to those used to alert others of an active shoot during a school shooting in Georgia last week, and more.

In "The Age of Melt," environmental journalist Lisa Baril explores the deep-rooted cultural connection between humans and ice through time.

Seven teens who say Utah’s policies promoting fossil fuels are impacting their constitutional rights took their argument to the state supreme court on Wednesday, asking the justices to consider their case after it was dismissed by a lower court.