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Mountain life didn’t use to need AC. Then Utah summers got warmer and smokier

By KUER · August 27, 2026 · 1 min read
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Mountain life didn’t use to need AC. Then Utah summers got warmer and smokier
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“It felt like you were suffocating,” said one Wayne County resident. When smoke from the Widemouth 2 fire overlapped with a heat wave this summer, it left some Utahns without air conditioning in a tough spot.

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