The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.

Note to readers • Leia Larsen is a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She spent a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining the intersection of politics and environmental ...

Spiraling dangers from a dried-up Great Salt Lake would gradually spread well beyond its shores, a study warns, eventually threatening Utahns’ health and economic well-being. Not only does the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Leaders of Utah's capital city voted to add three new city flags, all incorporating designs not allowed through a new state flag law, to sidestep the measure hours before it ...

Results are unofficial and final as reported by the Lake County Board of Elections. • Ward 1 Precinct B: Shall the sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor be permitted for ...

A woman in a canoe was attacked and killed by an alligator on Lake Kissimmee on May 6, prompting a multi-agency response. This is the second alligator attack on a paddler in the Lake Kissimmee ...

An alligator attacked and killed a woman in a small boat in the water near a popular Florida lake Tuesday, authorities said. The woman was in the boat in the mouth of Tiger Creek where it meets ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Mayor Erin Mendenhall unveiled a series of flags that appear to circumvent a new law that goes into effect banning "non-sanctioned" flags. During Tuesday's Salt Lake City ...

You can get in touch with Joe by emailing joe.edwards@newsweek.com The U.S. Coast Guard issued an urgent public warning over three undetonated military flares unaccounted for in Lake Michigan.

SALT LAKE CITY — What is now Pioneer Park has gone through many revisions since pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 178 years ago. Within months, they set aside a fort that would ultimately ...

Authorities are seeking public assistance to identify a burglary suspect who stole a stove from a home on Lake Royale Drive in South Fulton. The stolen stove was sold at a secondhand store in ...

Lake Minnetonka’s only waterfront hotel, The Shoreline, opened on May 1 with 27 guest rooms, including a presidential suite, a restaurant, a 32-slip marina, and a sandy beach. Most rooms feature ...