Search and Rescue

As far back as the Middle Ages, monks in the Saint Bernard monastery in the Swiss Alps discovered how helpful their dogs could be searching for travelers who had become lost in the mountains.

The pair was found safely by search and rescue teams on Tuesday. In other news, Utah Transit Authority services are free this weekend, but fares could increase next year.

In other news, Tooele County Search and Rescue saved a dog that fell into a mountain mine over the weekend. And, a hospital in Price is getting a behavioral health unit as soon as next month.

In other news, Utah has the highest rate of melanoma in the country — and it keeps rising. And, search and rescue saved a missing 83-year-old hiker in Grand Canyon National Park.

In other news, Wasatch County Search and Rescue responded to three different snowmobile accidents within one hour on Monday.

In other news, one worker's mistake last year has led to nearly 200 trees dying in one area of Salt Lake City. And, a small wildfire in Zion National Park has forced the closure of the popular Hop Valley Trail.

The sheep parade was part of Cedar City's annual Cedar Livestock and Heritage Festival, which celebrates the city's agricultural history.

A man who was reported this weekend near Spirit Lake in Daggett County has been found.

Scott Hammond is a 20-year veteran of search and rescue in the Rocky Mountains and he joins us on this Access Utah Episode. Today we’ll about his new book Finding Caleb: He was lost. Not once. Not twice. But now three times.

A pair of Summit County snowmobilers were rescued after being caught in an intense winter storm that left them stranded overnight.