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(Willard, UT) -- A coordinated water release is sending nearly 10-thousand acre-feet toward the Great Salt Lake. Utah's Great Salt Lake Commissioner, the watershed enhancement trust and Great Salt Lake Rising partnered on the release from Willard Bay. The opportunity was created largely by construction on the Pineview Reservoir waterline project.
John Brent Zundel, a Willard resident known as a "Mountain Man Extraordinaire," passed away on October 27, 2026, at the age of 83. Services will be held on October 31, 2026, at the Willard 2nd Ward Chapel.
Conservationist and photographer Alexis Kelner, a co-founder of Save Our Canyons, passed away on September 23, 2026, at age 87. Kelner left a lasting legacy through his photography, mountaineering, and advocacy for the preservation of Utah's wilderness and the Wasatch Mountains.
According to an October 12 statement from Willard Elementary, school activities and lunch menus were scheduled for the week of October 12-16, 2026.
Approximately 3.26 billion gallons of water has started flowing from Willard Bay to the Great Salt Lake in an effort to support the wetlands during the fall migratory season. The water, which amounts to nearly 10,000 acre-feet, was first moved from Pineview Reservoir to Willard Bay as the reservoir was drained.
The Great Salt Lake and surrounding wetlands will be the recipients of over 3 billion gallons of water in what is being called a strategic water release from Willard Bay. According to the Great Salt Lake Commissioner's Office, the release stems from ongoing construction at Pineview Reservoir, which was drained over the summer to replace a 6.4-mile transmission pipeline.
Roughly 3.26 billion gallons of water will be released from Willard Bay to the Great Salt Lake and its surrounding wetlands after water was drained from Pineview Reservoir. Earlier this year, officials began draining Pineview Reservoir in Weber County as part of a $100 million infrastructure upgrade. The upgrade project will replace 6.4 miles of pipeline that supplies half of the drinking water for over 120,000 Ogden area residents.
A public viewing for Katie Sue Ruth Huggins is scheduled for Thursday at Myers Mortuary in Layton. Huggins, 22, died on Halloween following a critical collision on Oct. 27 near the mouth of Ogden Canyon.
The Arts Council’s 40th Birthday Bash The Arts Council of Park City & Summit County will throw a 40th birthday bash from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday at CREATE PC, 1500 Kearns Blvd, Suite F110. The theme is ’80s Prom, and attendees are encouraged to dress in their best Day-Glo, New Wave and punk attire.
It took a little longer than expected, but Rep. Blake Moore is returning to Washington after winning Utah's 2nd Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race for Moore over Democratic challenger Peter Crosby on Thursday morning, over a full day after polls closed.
This article was first published in the Ute Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. Just when opposing teams think they have a bead on Utah’s offense, a new player emerges. The hallmark of coordinator Kevin McGiven’s offense this season has been his versatile use of his personnel.
Zane C. Yazzie, 33, of Aneth, Utah, has been sentenced to 35 months in prison following guilty pleas for multiple violent assaults. The sentencing follows a series of incidents occurring within the Navajo Nation Reservation.
A man was charged with murder after police said he shot and killed a father in front of his two children in a West Valley restaurant parking lot. Ryley Jilberto Avila, 26, was charged with multiple felonies on Tuesday, including murder and aggravated robbery, in connection to a deadly shooting on Oct. 24.