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A voter drops off a ballot on primary Election Day at the Salt Lake County Government Center on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Photo by Marco Lozzi for Utah News Dispatch)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Cour...

Gov. Brad Little, center, tosses dirt with a shovel next to Idaho State Police Col. Bill Gardiner, right, at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new forensics laboratory on Aug. 25, 2026. (Photo by Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun)

State law enforcement officials broke ground Tuesday on a new forensics laboratory that they hope will improve the sta...

Firefighters on the Claremont Fire in Boise, Idaho on July 6, 2026. Drought across the Northwest has exacerbated wildfire conditions in the region. (Photo by Brenen Helgerson/ National Interagency Fire Center)

The last weeks of summer find Oregon and much of the Northwest experiencing historic drought, exacerbating what has become one of the most ...

Firefighters at the Widemouth 2 Fire manage hoses in a photo shared by fire officials on Aug. 14, 2026. (Photo courtesy of inter-agency fire officials via InciWeb)

Help was on the way. Five firefighters were about to be flown to safety after a new wildfire broke out on rugged terrain at the Utah-Colorado border in June, whipped by furious, dry win...

Physical security systems exist for traditional, big, nuclear reactors. National laboratories are now discussing how to protect small modular reactors. (Illustration by Alex Cochran for Utah News Dispatch)

As states like Utah make moves to be at the forefront of the “nuclear renaissance” race, a neighboring research lab is working on ways nuclear ...