Those of us who call southeastern Utah home welcome the jobs, tax revenue and domestic supply of clean-energy minerals that ...

In late September, an underground coal mine just outside the town of East Carbon in rural Utah caught fire. More than two months later, it’s still burning. Now, the once-bustling mine called Lila ...

A group of Utah teens have re-filed a lawsuit accusing the state of harming their health through its fossil fuel policies.

Ten youth from Utah filed a lawsuit against the Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining, arguing fossil fuel development is ...

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HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Six miners were trapped in a coal mine Monday by a cave-in so powerful that authorities initially thought it was small earthquake. Eight hours after the underground cave-in was ...

Canada-based Anfield Energy can begin construction on mine in San Juan County, Utah Utah has given the go-ahead for a uranium mine located about 20 miles northeast of Monticello. Anfield Energy, a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — In the southeastern Utah desert famous for red rock arches and canyon labyrinths, the long-dormant uranium mining industry is looking to revive under President Donald Trump. Hundreds ...

Environmentalists filed a lawsuit on Monday to prevent the construction of a new potash mine that they say would devastate a lake ecosystem in the drought-stricken western Utah desert. The complaint ...

EUREKA, Utah (KSL) — Utah mining crews recently completed a project that closed off dozens of abandoned mines across southwestern Utah County, including a mine shaft where the bodies of a Utah couple ...

(KUTV) — It was a story that gripped Utah last year and now the families of Brelynne "Breezy" Otteson and Riley Powell are speaking out again regarding the closures of mines around the state. It’s ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A new report by the Utah Geological Survey details the value and the diversity of the state's mining industry — which was responsible for close to $10 billion last year. The industry ...