Environment

The city of Spanish Fork has contracted with Allied Waste for a city recycling program, but officials say 2,000 residents must sign up before the program can start.

Janice Peterson

In response to residents using alternative energy sources, Springville City has implemented a net metering program.

American Fork is wondering what to do with $50,000.

SALT LAKE CITY -- UTAH ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS WANT TO ROLL BACK THE STATE'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO 2005 LEVELS BY 2020, ROUGHLY A 28 PERCENT REDUCTION.

When Brigham Young University professor Ron Harris did geological research in Indonesia in the mid-1990s, he found that the Sumatran Fault was due for a 8.0 or higher quake, which may lead to a tsunami. The research was published and sent to scientists and government officials, but a government short on resources did little to prepare. In December 2004, a 9.1 magnitude struck the area, eventually killing more than 200,000 people.

ONAWA, Iowa -- Darrin Toney left for Boy Scout camp last weekend a strapping 16-year-old with designs on winning a starting position for the Carroll (Iowa) Tigers in football this fall.

When someone tells you to take a hike this month, don't take offense. It's the thing to do during June for National Trails Day which was officially celebrated Saturday.

American Fork residents will soon be recycling or at least paying for it, unless they tell city officials they do not want to participate. The City Council voted Tuesday to implement an opt-out recycling program, in place of the voluntary or opt-in program the city now has.

Linda Butler

There are few things children enjoy more than digging in dirt. They also enjoy planting seeds and picking flowers or harvesting vegetables. Gardening with children can be fun, but it can also be a challenge. Children, who live so fully in the present, are not like their parents, who see a garden as a means to an end -- flowers and/or food.

Linda Butler

There are few things children enjoy more than digging in dirt. They also enjoy planting seeds and picking flowers or harvesting vegetables. Gardening with children can be fun, but it can also be a challenge. Children, who live so fully in the present, are not like their parents, who see a garden as a means to an end -- flowers and/or food.

Linda Butler

There are few things children enjoy more than digging in dirt. They also enjoy planting seeds and picking flowers or harvesting vegetables. Gardening with children can be fun, but it can also be a challenge. Children, who live so fully in the present, are not like their parents, who see a garden as a means to an end -- flowers and/or food.

Janice Peterson

High temperatures over the weekend and through the next few days are helping to melt snow in the mountains, but meteorologists are not expecting flooding problems any time soon.