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OKEMAH, Okla. — Okemah residents said a lack of state funding for infrastructure makes their town feel forgotten, and it's forcing city leaders to charge higher utility rates. It got so bad that ...
4:45 P.M. UPDATE: I-40 westbound lanes are back open near Okemah (mile marker 215) after a crash in the work zone this afternoon shut down traffic for approximately two hours, ODOT says.
OKEMAH, Okla. — While the May 19 storm did not destroy any homes or injure anyone in Okemah, a building housing a valued non-profit took devastating damage. KI BOIS Area Transit Service, or KATS ...
Tulare Lake wasn’t always something from the past. Back in the 1800s, it was the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. But things started to change in the late 19th century. As ...
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.
The transition from well water is expected in the coming weeks. (Joe States/Lake County News-Sun) Holding an estimated quadrillion gallons of water — that’s a one followed by 15 zeroes ...
Lake Superior is the largest and northernmost of the five Great Lakes. The freshwater lake features dozens of lighthouses and a national park. The lake's history also includes high-profile ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...