The Nation’s Last Uranium Mill Plans to Import Estonia’s Radioactive Waste
Utah says the White Mesa Mill isn’t contaminating groundwater, but its neighbor, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, disagrees.
Utah says the White Mesa Mill isn’t contaminating groundwater, but its neighbor, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, disagrees.
Jessica Douglas High Country News Nov 2021 20min Permalink
Love, loss, and growing up in the Utah desert
Mark Sundeen Outside Mar 2021 35min Permalink
Who gets to decide when a destination is “at capacity”?
Mark Sundeen Outside Jan 2020 25min Permalink
Did a member in a shadowy Mormon offshoot known as the Order collect a half-billion dollars in biodiesel credits his company didn’t deserve?
Jesse Hyde, David Voreacos Bloomberg Businessweek Jun 2019 20min Permalink
A war on wolves in Utah.
Jeremy Miller Harper's Dec 2016 25min Permalink
In Utah, an unlikely leader is looking to end the state’s land-use wars.
Christopher Solomon Outside Feb 2016 30min Permalink
Personal dislikes and tensions abound during Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
"I have been held up to the standards of this perfect girl since. It was Nancy who pushed for Bonneville. She was a Nevada girl, through and through. Utah and the Salt Flats were only ever a mountain range away. Once the idea of Bonneville had been planted, it rooted itself in Jeffery, eating him like a mold. He had to be there. He had to be part of it. By 2007, forum members had pledged enough money to send us all out. Jeffery set a record that year then lost it the next."
Alexander J. Allison Untoward Magazine Mar 2013 20min Permalink
Mormonism’s past and present.
Lawrence Wright New Yorker Jan 2002 50min Permalink
He was an itinerant preacher who claimed god have revealed him to be the one true prophet. He kidnapped Elizabeth Smart and lived with her in a makeshift camp for years. She was hard to find; not because he was sly, but because Utah is full of prophets with multiple young wives.
Scott Carrier Mother Jones Dec 2010 Permalink