Carter Williams
Advisories issued as storm forecast to bring valuable snow, snapping long dry stretch
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 24 - 2:40 p.m.
A storm system headed to Utah is projected to deliver much-needed snow to both northern and southern Utah after a lull in activity.
Demolition to begin soon for downtown Salt Lake City building
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 24 - 9:12 a.m.
A downtown building damaged in the 2020 earthquake will come down later this year, after its most prominent tenant moved out last year.
Feds directed $122.8M in drought spending across Utah. Will it be held up by freeze?
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 23 - 9:02 p.m.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation directed about $122.8 million toward drought mitigation and resiliency projects in and around Utah.
Salt Lake City International Airport shatters passenger record — again
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 23 - 12:18 p.m.
2024 was the busiest year on record for Salt Lake City International Airport, shattering all records set the year before.
Utah bill targets RMP account amid rate increases, but will it help or hurt customers?
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 22 - 9:05 p.m.
A bill that targets a Rocky Mountain Power recovery account cleared its first hurdle in the Utah Legislature as lawmakers vented about the company's rising rates.
Where is the snow? Why Utah valleys remain on pace for below-average snowfall
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 22 - 3:20 p.m.
A rare winter storm has turned the South into an unlikely winter wonderland this week, giving cities like New Orleans more snow in a day than Salt Lake City has received all season.
Salt Lake City's cherished sycamore trees are dying. Here's how the city is responding
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 22 - 12:04 p.m.
Scores of Salt Lake City's sycamore trees are struggling to survive because of disease and other issues. The city is considering a project that seeks to save them.
Salt Lake City passes ordinance banning new gas stations near 'sensitive lands'
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 22 - 6:24 a.m.
The drama over a gas station next to Sugar House Park spilled over into a new citywide ordinance about gas station locations.
Popular Tooele County reservoir temporarily closed over 'dangerous' ice conditions
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 21 - 11:04 a.m.
The owners of a popular reservoir near Tooele say they're temporarily closing the waterbody to recreation due to ice conditions that haven't yet formed this winter.
Have a piece of Salt Lake City history? The city would like to highlight it
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 21 - 6:24 a.m.
Salt Lake City launched a new program to place plaques at specific sites that highlight a significant historical event, person or place in the city, but it's looking for help identifying sites.
Southern Utah leaders call on prayers for rain, as state warns of possible water 'challenges'
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 17 - 5:05 p.m.
Washington County Commissioners are calling on residents to continue to reduce water consumption and pray for rain, as unfavorable water conditions persist in southwest Utah and some of the state's other basins.
A polar vortex is coming toward the US. Here's how it will impact Utah
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 17 - 12:05 p.m.
Parts of Utah are on the "very western fringe" of a cold front that will bring in air from the Arctic, meaning some snow but also much colder temperatures.
Leaving Utah would be 'huge mistake' for Sundance Film Festival, Cox says
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 16 - 9:04 p.m.
Gov. Spencer Cox says he still feels "very good" about Utah's odds of retaining the Sundance Film Festival in the future.
Maloy seeks Antiquities Act changes as Utah monuments land in the spotlight again
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 16 - 7:11 p.m.
A Utah congresswoman is taking on the century-old law that created national monuments, as a pair of monuments in the state are expected to return to the spotlight.
Credits offered to Park City Mountain skiers, snowboarders who visited during strike
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 16 - 3:03 p.m.
The owner of Park City Mountain is now offering credits toward future purchases to people who skied or snowboarded at the resort during the now-settled ski patrol strike.
'Fed up' Salt Lake City calls for help to solve 'brokenness' in crime, homeless services
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 16 - 1:11 p.m.
Salt Lake City's mayor says major gaps in homeless services and criminal justice systems must be fixed to solve issues that prompted state leadership concerns about policing.
Utah receives $9.6M grant to help solve a section of US 40's wildlife safety problem
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 15 - 8:36 p.m.
Utah is getting a boost in its efforts to reduce the high number of wildlife-related crashes on a large section of U.S. 40.
How will Smith's Ballpark be used before it's redeveloped?
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 15 - 4:07 p.m.
Salt Lake City is beginning work to figure out "interim" uses for Smith's Ballpark before a long-term project begins as early as next year.
Wildlife experts urge drivers to be careful as snow pushes elk to Utah valleys
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 15 - 2:16 p.m.
Utah wildlife experts are advising drivers to be careful of elk on roadways as wintering herds have started to migrate down into the valleys again
2024 was Utah's second-warmest year on record. These counties broke records
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 15 - 6:18 a.m.
Ten counties, including Salt Lake and Washington, broke average temperature records last year, which was a scorcher across the U.S.
UTA leaders eye pre-pandemic ridership levels after 40M rides last year
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 14 - 6:04 p.m.
Utah Transit Authority reports over 40 million rides were recorded in 2024, marking its busiest year since 2019.
Here's how much water is needed to get the Great Salt Lake back to 'healthy' by 2050s
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 14 - 12:40 p.m.
A report released on Tuesday finds that the Great Salt Lake needs a big water boost every year because of looming factors in its basin.
140 officers sworn into Utah's newest law enforcement division. Here's what they'll do
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 13 - 3:04 p.m.
Utah swore in 140 officers Monday to a newly formed law enforcement division that essentially consolidates all of the state's natural resource officers into one agency.
Supreme Court declines to hear Utah's public lands case. What happens next?
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 13 - 12:11 p.m.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to take up Utah's public lands lawsuit, but those for and against the case believe the argument isn't over.
