Author: Mariah Wheeler

UTAH – Coal remains king in Utah’s Emery County despite bankruptcies, shrinking demand and obstacles shipping it oversees. The Bureau of Land Management quietly signed off on a plan to expand a Utah coal producer’s federal lease by 7.2 million tons, adding two or three years of additional production from Emery County’s Lila Canyon mine. But at the same time it shelved a proposal to issue a much larger lease to the mine’s operator, the reorganized Murray Energy Corp., which recently emerged from bankruptcy with a new name and corporate structure. Even as mines shutter all over the United States in the face of…

OGDEN, Utah – Ogden Police Department’s Chief shares his response to Governor Cox’s emergency declaration in a video statement, Friday. Ahead of potential protests, Governor Spencer Cox has placed Utah under a state of emergency until next week. While people have a right to free speech, officials will not tolerate violence. “Governor Cox has issued a state of emergency that begins January 15 and runs through January 21, due to the threats and the violent protests in connection to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, ” says Young. ” The Ogden Police Department has a strong capacity in our area tactical analysis…