Trump names new head of VOA’s parent agency after court ruling against Kari Lake

President Donald Trump nominated a senior State Department official Thursday for the top post at the U.S. Agency for Global Media after a federal judge ruled that Kari Lake’s leadership violated federal law. Trump nominated Sarah Rogers, the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, less than a week after U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered … Read more

The audacious plan to refill the Great Salt Lake

Long-term drought played a role in the lake’s decline, but about 75% of the problem was human-caused, according to research published in 2022: People had simply been taking too much lake water for decades. State officials got serious about intervention in 2022. Lawmakers created a $40 million water trust to boost water quality and quantity. … Read more

Robert Cosby Jr., son of ‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ star Mary Cosby, dies at 23

Robert Cosby Jr., the son of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Mary Cosby, has died in Utah, according to police. He was 23. Officers responded to a call for a possible overdose on Monday and found Robert Cosby Jr. had died, Salt Lake City Police said in a statement to NBC News. … Read more

Deadly February for skiers in Lake Tahoe region continues with 2 fatalities at Heavenly Resort

Two skiers died Friday in separate incidents at Lake Tahoe’s Heavenly Mountain Resort, marking the latest in a series of ski-related deaths this month in the region that stretches across Northern California and Nevada. This follows an avalanche earlier this week that claimed the lives of at least eight people. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office on … Read more